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The Open Cities Platform announces the launch of their Monthly Research Seminar, an engaging and collaborative space designed for UU researchers and students to present and feedback research.

On May 2nd, 2024, the project “Conceptualizing Ecocide” of the Pathways to Sustainability organized its second seminar titled "Ecocide as Semiocide: The Demise of Nature and Its Impact on Meaning" led by Dr. Yogi Hendlin.

For the first time in its history, the Tour de France Femmes will not start in the sedimentary basins or crystalline massifs of France, but below sea level instead.

Four Public Engagement Seed Fund applications were honoured in the second quarter of 2024.

This two-day symposium, organized by the Open Cities Platform, explores the multitude of linguistic practices that serve to “open up” or “close down” participation in urban spaces.

Update on the evaluation of collaboration with Israeli partners

Fourteen promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (DRC).

New research explores how networks—groups of interconnected actors with shared—goals can break down barriers to nature-based solutions.

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.

Prof. dr. Roel Vermeulen has been appointed Distinguished ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Professor at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� as of 15 July. His focus in this role will be on the theme of planetary and preventive health.

An Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� research team has taken the first steps in creating an evidence base about data purchasing by governments in the Netherlands.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� has given the green light for the design phase of the ambitious project Uniek, a large-scale redevelopment of the Van Unnik building and surrounding areas in the Utrecht Science Park

Researchers at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� and Delft ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� 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".

The initiation phase for the renovation of Janskerkhof 13/13a has been completed and preparations for a large-scale renovation of the national monument have started

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.

Prof. Dr. Henk Kummeling will step down as rector magnificus of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� effective March 26, 2025.

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

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.

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.

Douwe van Hinsbergen and Marjolein Naudé of Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� take the cycling audience on their journey through the landscape and the geological history of the Tour de France

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

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� is filing a police report regarding the defacement of several buildings. On Sunday night, the Administration Building was smeared with red paint and during a protest on Tuesday, several buildings on the Drift were defaced.