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After another tumultuous day and evening, during which all university buildings in the city center had to be closed, we would like to announce that these buildings will re-open on Thursday and educational activities will continue as planned. As Janskerkhof 15a had been occupied, classes planned in this building will be moved to another location.

The Contesting Governance Platform statement on police violence against protesting students

Given the developments in the conflict between Hamas and Israel since the Hamas attack on October seventh, the rulings of the International Court of Justice, signals that colleagues and students no longer feel safe, and protests at universities, we feel that an update of the Executive Board’s statement of October 24th 2023 is needed.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� has seen various forms of protest in recent months. In the Netherlands and also at UU, tensions are rising. The Executive Board receives many e-mails and questions every day about how the board deals with this. Anton Pijpers explains.

On 14 May, a joint guideline (pdf) of Universities of the Netherlands and Universities of Applied Sciences Netherlands for protests was published. With this, the same arrangements for protests apply at all universities and universities of applied sciences, although each university may articulate the arrangements differently in its own house and code of conduct rules.

The Political Philosophy of Internal Displacement, co-edited by Jamie Draper, shines a light on the barely touched upon topic of internal displacement.

A ‘national walk-out’ has been announced for tomorrow, Monday, May 13. This action is in support of the pro-Palestinian protests and against police brutality. The action will involve students and staff walking out of the lecture hall at 11:00 a.m. and gathering in front of the Administration Building at noon.

A UU building on the Drift occupied by pro-Palestine protesters has been evacuated under police direction. As a precautionary measure, university buildings in the city centre will remain closed until Monday morning.

In her new book, Liliane Stadler examines Switzerland's role in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan from 1979 to 1992 and why and how this role changed in this period.

The pro-Palestine demonstration of Tuesday 7 May at the courtyard of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Library was terminated by the police around 00:30 because of growing security risks.

The graphic novel, a public engagement activity, aims to tell the complex history of peace-making in the inter-war era in a fun but still thought-provoking manner.

Data donation presents a new and unique approach to collecting digital trace data. The team of Karin van Es and Dennis Nguyen are conducting two pilot studies involving Netflix and ChatGPT.

Dr. Judith van de Kamp's talk at the launch ceremony of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics in Utrecht.

Music and computer science are the two passions of Anja Volk. By connecting these two fields, the professor of Music Information Computing hopes to unlock the fundamental role of music in our lives.

The Institute for a Circular Society (i4CS) is excited to introduce a new round of seed funding for researchers at TU/e, WUR, UU or UMCU who are passionate about advancing circular solutions through inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration and innovative research. This seed funding is a co-production between i4CS’s new theme Urban-Rural circularity (URC) and the province and city of Utrecht.

How can and should the government respond to the current low participation in the vaccination programme? Ethicists Marcel Verweij and Roland Pierik (Maastricht) offer advice in their new book.

Stefan Gaillard and Martijn van der Meer have been listed in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Science and Healthcare in Europe, in recognition of co-founding the Journal of Trial and Error.

Professor Sven Dupré will appointed Vice-Dean and portfolio holder for Research and Impact in the Humanities Faculty Board from 1 June 2024.

Every month, Emeritus Professor of ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��’s long history. This time: fights and feuds.

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

The KHMW Langerhuizen Oeuvre Prize has been awarded annually since 2020 to honour a scientist who has made meritorious achievements in the field of natural sciences. This year the prize goes to two emeriti from the UU: Dennis Dieks and Floris Cohen.

On Tuesday 26 March, Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� celebrated its 388th Dies Natalis.

Mark Bovens elaborates the importance of the unwritten rules to uphold democracy. He gives this speech at the 388th anniversary of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� on the future of democracy on March 26th 2024.

Postcolonial Theory and Crisis, edited by Sandra Ponzanesi and others, aims to find out how to best make sense of postcolonial theory in Europe in the present.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Centre for Global Challenges and UMC Utrecht Global Health have joined forces at confronting global health inequities.