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As of 15 October 2025, Kees van den Bos has been appointed professor at the new chair ‘Organisational Development and Leadership for Societal Transitions’.

An exploratory study shows how cities like Utrecht, Amsterdam and Rotterdam deals with disinformation. Citizens expect action from the municipalities.

Esther Nieuwenhuizen investigated how transparency actually influences citizens' trust in algorithm use by public organisations, such as the police.

'Diplomademocratie' (Diploma Democracy) by Mark Bovens & Anchrit Wille is the completely revised edition of the Dutch of this ground breaking book from 2011.

What if we see our vulnerability and neediness not as problems, but as conditions for solidarity and coexistence?

The study is the first publication based on data collected in the long-term Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Biodiversity and Climate Variability Experiment (UU BioCliVE).

Over thirty promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1 in 7 Venis went to Utrecht researchers this year.

A new round of financial support is offered by the Dynamics of Youth community Youth Education & Life Skills (YELS) to promote and support research activities. Submit your proposals by June 13, 2025.

In her PhD research at IRAS of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shirah Buijnink investigates the spatial and temporal variation in nitrogen deposition on the Veluwe and Utrechtse Heuvelrug.

Isabelle Donatz-Fest spent 350 hours with the police to see how algorithms are given a role in daily operations.

Last Thursday Adapt! was launched. “By linking research with practice, we are developing practical solutions,” says key initiator and Director Beatrice de Graaf.

The Executive Board of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� has appointed Prof. Marc Bierkens as the new interim Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences as of 1 March 2025.

Researchers receive Biodiversa+ funding for research into nature-based solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change.

Three Utrecht research projects have been awarded funding within the programme National Science Agenda Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC).

The Open Cities Platform announces the launch of their Monthly Research Seminar, an engaging and collaborative space designed for UU researchers and students to present and feedback research.

On July 17th 2024, the Reconfiguring Energy for Social Equity (ReSET) project launches an innovative, experimental website to share research findings on just energy transitions more effectively and engagingly.

An Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� research team has taken the first steps in creating an evidence base about data purchasing by governments in the Netherlands.

Researchers at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and Delft ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� of Technology have found that charging breaks can double the effectiveness of smart charging.

From 15 July 2024, Michelle van Vliet will be appointed professor of Water Quality and Sustainable Water Systems at the faculty of Geosciences.

Utrecht researchers developed a broader method to measure welfare: the Better Well-being Index (BWI). This year, broad welfare in the Netherlands increased.

Fractals made out of bismuth can conduct electricity, without losing energy.

This volume brings together eight essays by eminent scholars, each reflecting on the phenomenon of erasure and the various methodologies used in its investigation.

Lorena De Vita is the recipient of the Heineken Young Scientists Award in the Humanities, awarded by the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation.

Researchers from Nanjing universities and Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� made the first sink or source map that can be used when deciding where to invest in blue carbon.

Since the birth of Islam, there have always been critical dissenters. ERC project Beyond Sharia examines precisely these non-conformists.