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[interview] What does research data management mean in a researcher's practice? In this interview, social scientist Laura Boeschoten shares how the Research Engineering team helped her develop an algorithm to anonymize social media data.

Dr. Riccardo Levato tells us about the challenges and joys of different stages of an academic career.

Researcher Zeila Zanolli finds the time to fight for her beliefs about the conduct of science.

Utrecht-based scientists investigated the role of a harmful protein that causes hyperactivity in the onset of Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists are less willing to cooperate with companies in their research. They prefer to do research together with fellow scientists. A study by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and the Rathenau Institute has shown this.

Language may form a barrier to participation in education and to knowledge development, particularly if a child is not fully proficient in the Dutch language. How can we solve this problem?'

Five projects from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ have received funding from the so-called National Science Agenda. The Utrecht led consortia receive a total 24.8 million.

Researchers from, among others, Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, (HU) and the RIVM are developing a Virtual Human Platform to assess the safety of chemicals and medicines without the use of laboratory animals.

The Dutch Black Holes Consortium, of which Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is in the lead, receives 4.9 million euros from the National Science Agenda

By pushing the button Frederique Houben and Dick Groeneveld turned off the first engines of the Thermal energy plant, on Monday, November 23rd.

Introduction IMAU newsletter by Rupert Holzinger

The new research program 2021-2026 for the Freudenthal Institute has been published.

Claudia Wieners and Michiel Baatsen are starting a new group around the theme of Earth System Modelling.

Peter Kuipers Munneke looks back on the public engagement project The Weather challenge, a tribute to the Utrecht professor Marcel Minnaert.

'As meteorologist at Infoplaza I now work for Dutch companies that somehow depend on weather conditions.'

Utrecht researchers are involved in four major European Horizon 2020 projects that are all connected with research into substances that are harmful to our health. A brief impression of the projects is provided below.

"Regular mass screening and isolation does not seem a realistic strategy to fully reopen society", researchers say.

Copernicus Researcher dr. Walter Vermeulen published a new book: Transdisciplinarity For Sustainability: Aligning Diverse Practices

Researchers looked at the main differences between men and women in the field of work, care and welfare in the month of June.

In the science-policy interface scenarios to a low-carbon future are often made using Integrated Assessment Models. But there are many more ways to explore the future, such as visioning, gaming and speculative design. Why have IAMs become such dominant tools?

On an almost daily basis, wonderful encounters happen between between the public and researchers. You will find a small selection of these encounters in Close-up.

Rozemarijn Roland Holst successfully defended her thesis on change in the Law of the Sea at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ on October 5, 2020.

Nikolaos Giannopoulos successfully defended his dissertation on international law and environmental protection at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ on 2 November 2020.

To shape the transition to Open Science within the faculties, a Faculty Open Science Team (FOST) was recently set up within each faculty.

Jonathan de Bruin, research engineer at the central IT department, has won the Dutch Data Prize 2020 in the medical & life sciences category with his initiative CoronaWatchNL.