UU data scientists developed a model to predict the potentially severe consequences of minor disruptions in complex transport networks. Like railway timetables.
To inform local communities who participated in this research, Sara Ramirez Gomez’s thesis was synthetized in simpler and accessible writing style and it was translated into Dutch, English and Saamakan, the local language.
Taking part in international conferences is an important part of conducting science. Due to the corona pandemic in 2020, online conferences were experimented with on a large scale.
Pauline Phoa, Assistant professor of European law, discusses the question: Is the EU’s regime fit to face the demands of our era of Big Tech and ‘big data’?
Bram Duivenvoorde, assistant professor at the Law Department, shares his thoughts on the question: What will the DSA mean for the future enforcement of consumer protection law through and against platforms?
Sybe de Vries, professor of EU Single Market Law and Fundamental rights and Jean Monnet Chair, discusses how to attain a more comprehensive Digital Market Act.
Lisanne Hummel, PhD-candidate at the law department, shares her thoughts on contestability in the digital sector in light of the new Digital Markets Act.
The Utrecht Sustainability Institute celebrates its tenth anniversary and takes on a new form: after a great start and successful maturation within Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, USI becomes an independent organization.
Dealing with climate change-induced droughts is a challenging governance issue for the simple reason that it involves multiple actors that represent different interests. During a workshop on 14 December 2020, the strengths and weaknesses of different drought strategies were discussed.
An international research team developed an extensive global subsidence map that shows areas and populations that will be under threat of land subsidence.
What do interdisciplinarity and Darwin's law have to do with each other? In this blog, dr. Amir Raoof discusses interdisciplinarity in the context of selection and mutation in species survival.
The finding shows that these early organisms had already evolved traits to deal with waves and tidal currents on what was a turbulent coastline half a billion years ago.
Viktorija Morozovaite, PhD Candidate at the law department, addresses if the new Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act will have effect on transparency of digital platforms.
An advance version of Erik J. Molenaar’s article on Multilateral Creeping Coastal State Jurisdiction and the BBNJ Negotiations was published in January 2021.
In this blog, Carla Farinhas, external PhD-candidate at the law department, focusses on the intervention-side of the new Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act.
The notion that deploying drones will enable militaries to conduct war with greater precision and less civilian harm is neither new, nor accurate argues the IRW team.
Laura Frederika LalÃková, PhD-candidate at the law department and as a researchers affiliated with RENFORCE, shares her thoughts on the new Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, and how it influences the accessibility of digital platforms.
