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On 29 September, the Governing the Digital Society focus area organised a webinar consisting of a presentation by and Q&A with Catalina Goanta.

Mayors in the Netherlands are facing a growing number of threats, aggression and violence.

Anna Poletti was interviewed about her new book "Stories of the Self. Life Writing after the Book".

Preliminary data on the effects of COVID-19 reveal that existing inequalities have been intensified.

Lorena Sosa wrote a blog for the 'Gender, Diversity and COVID-19' platform on inequality in- and outside the corona crisis.

Joris van Eijnatten has been appointed as Professor by special appointment for Digital History.

Summary of a lecture by German ambassador Dirk Brengelmann and his French colleague Luis Vassy.

Masterstudent Dawid Aristoteles Fusiek elaborates on the lessons stemming from EU's response to the narrative of a North-South division.

Recently a special issue was published of the International Journal of Cultural Studies, co-edited by Sandra Ponzanesi and Donya Alinejad.

The chair complements the Humanities faculty’s existing expertise in pre-modern and modern Arabo-Islamic history and religion.

This month an English translation of 'Tegen de terreur' by Beatrice de Graaf was published.

The Contesting Governance Platform is launching a new Podcast series called "Travelling Concepts on Air" hosted by dr. Tessa Diphoorn and dr. Brianne McGonigle Leyh.

José van Dijck discussed the role social media played in the public debate immediately after the Covid-19 outbreak in the Netherlands in an interview with "The Network Pages". 

Paul Adriaanse is the new Director of Continuing Education in the Binnenstadscampus. Adriaanse will work across the borders of faculties, strategic themes and hubs to increase UU education aimed at professionals.

Dr. Pooyan Tamimi Arab from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and Dr. Ammar Maleki conducted a large-scale, anonymous digital survey in Iran, showing fundamental changes in religious attitudes.

Paola Monachesi and Marina Turco spoke in Italian cultural magazine 'MicroMega' about two perspectives on the corona pandemic.

This book provides a qualitative analysis of the process of consultancy, to prove how intercultural communication can solve issues rising from multiculturalism in organizations and policymaking.

Following the outbreak of corona UNESCO called for a worldwide translation of their handbook "Journalism, 'Fake ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ' and Disinformation".

Karin Geuijen argues in De Volkskrant and Nederlands Dagblad that migration policy is based on the wrong assumptions.

This week, René Koekkoek's new book about revolutions around 1800 will be published.

Janneke Stuulen and Wendela de Raat have received Doctoral Grants for Teachers from the NWO.

Presentation of the pilot 'Supporting policy from a scientific perspective' in the House of Parliament.

Maranke Wieringa and Mirko Schaefer talk about algorithms and artificial intelligence in the 'VNG magazine'. In the podcast 'De Dataloog' Wieringa also talks about SyRi (System Risk Indication).

In August, the fifth and last part of the Aëtiana series, written by Jaap Mansfeld and Douwe Runia, was released.

Emile Wennekes wrote a piece on Charlie Parker in honour of what would have been Parker's 100th birthday.