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Plant-covered facades can help cool cities and boost biodiversity, a new study now confirms. The study systematically compares these ‘green walls’ with bare walls and natural cliffs. “Green walls can be much more than just a decorative trend.”

Research into microorganisms, methane emissions and climate change interaction in Arctic lakes

The Sixth Workshop on Sociological Inquiries into International Law will be held at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� on 13–14 November 2025. We invite abstracts.

Call for Seed Money Proposals Focus Area Migration and Societal Change, Spring 2025

Stories from the Lab: an interview with Bas Rodenburg and Armanda den Exter from the AI & Animal Welfare Lab.

Board game to study EU competion law, developped by Malgorzata Kozak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in European Union law and competition law at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��

Recently Paul Kuijer passed away. Paul was a senior experimental physicist at Nikhef who had an important role in the ALICE experiment at CERN and has worked as an assistant professor at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� in the 80's and 90's.

There should be a more demand-conscious approach to regulation of digital products and services, argues Nikita Divissenko of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

WICS and the ICS Diversity Committee are working to make the Department of Information and Computing Sciences a more inclusive and welcoming place for everyone.

In 2025, two new researchers began their doctoral research within the Utrecht AI Labs.

A look back on the book launch from January 16th 2025.

Papers are welcome for the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation (IWPLMS) conference organized by Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��'s School of Law, 8-9 September 2025.

In this newsflash, you will find quick, bite-sized updates on a range of topics that we wish to share with you in addition to the other, more extensive articles in our newsfeed.

The initiators of the project "Whose Ocean?" advocate for inclusive representation of the ocean and aim to explore methods for achieving this during an assembly on 30 January in The Hague.

A team of students, a team of employees and an alumnus were awarded the 2024 Societal Impact Award of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance.

On the 11th of December we celebrated the remarkable achievements of three master students and crowned the best migration-related thesis at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

Recent advances in AI-driven protein modelling have enabled accurate prediction of both antibody and antigen structures.

This reporting center for civilian harm is a result of a collaboration with a consortium containing researchers from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

A new AI tool can now predict how well seed potatoes will grow into healthy potato plants. "This marks the beginning of a new era in farming, where microbiology and AI come together to enhance agriculture."

The Physica Prize is the most prestigious award for physicists active in the Netherlands.

RAW researchers Marijn Hoijtink and Lauren Gould have been awarded a Research Project grant by FWO Vlaanderen to trace and investigate the realities of algorithmic warfare.

Daphne Odekerken will defend her PhD thesis on 6 January, focusing on the design of an AI system that simplifies filing a complete report.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� is proud to host the 12th ECLAN PhD Seminar on European Criminal Law, on 10 and 11 April 2025.

21 research consortia get the chance to make a breakthrough thanks to funding from the Open Competition ENW-XL. Utrecht scientists are involved in 11 of the research consortia.

"What benefits the climate does not always benefit nature." This dilemma was central to the discussions at the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16), held in Cali, Colombia.