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

The focus area Applied Data Science again provides funding to finance research projects within the SIGs of Applied Data Science.

A new project aims to build fundamental knowledge about flower pigmentation, with real-world applications. This may help breeders create more stable flowers, fruits, and vegetables. The grant is awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

To recognize and promote excellence in student research as well as awareness in our field, the focus area Migration and Societal Change awards the best master’s thesis.

What are the challenges of conducting research into your own teaching? Educational developer Jennifer Casey shares her experiences and offers tips.

Secretary General Maarten Schurink at the Ministry of Defence is an academic fellow at the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� School of Governance (USG) as of September 2025.

The conclusion of the study is that the surface area of ​​a newly formed black hole is, with 99.999 percent certainty, significantly larger than the two original surface areas combined.

How much electricity can a solar panel on a north-facing balcony actually generate? And how does the output change if the panel comes in a different color? These are the kinds of questions at the heart of the Lumifield, located at Utrecht Science Park.

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

Seven researchers based in Utrecht have been awarded a €1.5 million Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).

Vanaf 1 oktober 2025 maakt de Bibliotheek Wiskunde met haar collectie geen onderdeel meer uit van de universiteitsbibliotheek. Het Mathematisch Instituut neemt het beheer van de locatie over.

“This shows that our attention system has deep evolutionary roots,” says Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� behavioral biologist Tom Roth.

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

On August 27 2025, Quirijn Meijer has successfully defended his thesis.

Research team urges better education on the environmental impact of medicines, helping patients make informed choices and reduce waste and costs.

“Gravitational waves could one day help us tell the difference between ‘normal’ nuclear matter and something we’ve never directly observed before.”

Physicist Tom Dooney developed DeepExtractor, a fast AI tool for cleaning gravitational wave data that helps scientists ‘hear’ the universe better.

XS grants provide up to € 50,000 to support promising ideas and to facilitate innovative, exploratory initiatives.

Her aim is to uncover how the loss of Arctic sea ice impacts melting of surrounding glaciers. Specifically, she will look at the effects of the rapid loss of sea ice in the Last Ice Area, which harbours the Arctic's oldest ice.

Joana Dopp recently received an EMBO Fellowship to find out more on exactly how the the zombie ant parasite adjusts its host’s clock.

As of September 1, 2025, Annemarie Drahmann has been appointed full professor of administrative law at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

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).

M-grants offer researchers the possibility to elaborate creative and risky ideas and to realise scientific innovations.

The project will make a substantive contribution to the current scholarly debate on colonial legacies and their present-day impact.

This large research programme, which brings together Dutch universities, research institutes and industrial companies, aims to make fuels and materials from industrial waste gases and CO2 using sustainable energy and hydrogen.