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On July 17th 2024, the Reconfiguring Energy for Social Equity (ReSET) project launches an innovative, experimental website to share research findings on just energy transitions more effectively and engagingly.

An Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ research team has taken the first steps in creating an evidence base about data purchasing by governments in the Netherlands.

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has joined forces with the CESDA network for the development of a new Collaborative Online Learning Platform (COIL) on climate change and sustainable development.

The UGlobe team travelled to Accra, Ghana, to meet with the team of Dr. Fatima Denton and visit three local projects that that illustrate the specific challenges addressed by the Just Transitions project.

Researchers at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and Delft ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Technology have found that charging breaks can double the effectiveness of smart charging.

The Copernicus Institute is offering visiting scholar positions fully funded by ERC project "Problem-Shifting between International Environmental Treaty Regimes: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions".

From 15 July 2024, Michelle van Vliet will be appointed professor of Water Quality and Sustainable Water Systems at the faculty of Geosciences.

Six million euros were divided over ten projects in total, and all studies will last five years.

Researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Economics (U.S.E.) and CSES explored technological developments of digitalisation in budgetary control within the EU.

PhD students from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ are investigating what administrative and legal options are available to comply with the Water Framework Directive.

Project raised awareness among citizens, schoolchildren and students of soil decomposition processes that play a significant role in climate and biodiversity .

The RightsCities project aims to promote civil society organisations' implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Utrecht, Lund, Vienna, Gdansk and Sopot.

Utrecht researchers developed a broader method to measure welfare: the Better Well-being Index (BWI). This year, broad welfare in the Netherlands increased.

Fractals made out of bismuth can conduct electricity, without losing energy.

Chiara Palmeri studies English Language & Culture at UU. She is currently trying to open a cat café in the USP. Read a monthly update on her entrepreneurial journey here.

Nearly 2,000 people went out in recent weeks to map as many plants, animals and fungi as possible. They participated in the so-called BioBlitz.

Een kunstwerk van Arnout van der Heijden staat in de tuin van het Johanna Huidggebouw van de Universiteit Utrecht als deel van een tentoonstelling.

Douwe van Hinsbergen and Marjolein Naudé of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ take the cycling audience on their journey through the landscape and the geological history of the Tour de France

This volume brings together eight essays by eminent scholars, each reflecting on the phenomenon of erasure and the various methodologies used in its investigation.

Lorena De Vita is the recipient of the Heineken Young Scientists Award in the Humanities, awarded by the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation.

Anna Salomons, Professor of Labor Economics at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ’s School of Economics, is recognized by the EEA for her academic work.

Paulien de Winter is going to research how group dynamics among street-level bureaucrats influence enforcement of social security rules.

Scott Douglas, Associate Professor of Public Management at the Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Governance, becomes the new permanent member of the Dutch Safety Board.

Researchers from Nanjing universities and Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ made the first sink or source map that can be used when deciding where to invest in blue carbon.

Paul ’t Hart, professor of Public administration and member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, receives the award for his work in knowledge utilization.