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What if the university would be a meeting place? A place for spontaneous and informal encounter between science and society? Blog by Lisette van Beek

An international collaboration led by Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� is calling for the closure of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), asserting that the organization has fulfilled its purpose and now operates as a "zombie" institution.

The regularity of the gaps, rather than the incompleteness itself, is what determines the reconstruction of evolutionary history

To recognize and promote excellence in student research as well as awareness in our field, the focus area Migration and Societal Change awards the best master’s thesis.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

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.

Researchers from Nanjing universities and Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� made the first sink or source map that can be used when deciding where to invest in blue carbon.

Climate researcher Detlef van Vuuren has been awarded the Spinoza Prize for his scientific work, the highest honour in Dutch science.