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Naturalis ecologist Prof. Hans ter Steege has been appointed professor of community ecology of tropical trees at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

Fertilization and grazing animals affect plant diversity by influencing the competition for light between plant species, researchers report in a Nature paper.

As of 1 November 2022, Anoeska Buijze has been appointed full professor of National and European Administrative Law at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��.

Sustainability Education and Engagement is one of Pathways to Sustainability's new communities, a conversation with two of the four community leaders, Sebastiaan Steenman and Erik van Sebille

From 1 November 2022, Veronique Schutjens is appointed professor of Experiential Education in Geography.

The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science has announced financial support for participants in the European Universities Initiative.

A recap of the first symposium organized by the ElectroChemistry Hub for Energy Materials & Sustainability (e-CHEMS) and Science for Sustainability (S4S).

Max Rietkerk, Arjen Doelman, Ehud Meron and Isla Myers-Smith have received a €10 million ERC Synergy grant with their project RESILIENCE. They will investigate whether and how tipping points can be prevented or avoided.

Interview with Prof. Niki Frantzeskaki

Professor Roderik van de Wal from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� who led the research, says: "I assume that these findings will be incorporated in the next IPCC report."

Do you have an idea to engage an audience with your research? The Public Engagement Seed Fund affords small grants to researchers with a good plan for public engagement activities.

The Water, Climate and Future Deltas Community at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� recorded a Social-Ecological Resilience Workshop in September 2022. Watch it here.

Anna van der Kaaden dives into her research on cold-water corals, making scientific animations, and the importance of research reaching a broader audience.

The documentary 'New Connections', about the impact of energy transition in Rotterdam's Bospolder-Tussendijken neighbourhood, is now available online. The film is made by the Urban Futures Studio as part of a research project.

Nitrogen is a many-headed monster

We are honored to announce that the ‘Unspoken Stories’ Photography Exhibition will be hosted at the Living Lab of the ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� Library at Utrecht Science Park

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��, UMC Utrecht, Hogeschool Utrecht, SSH and Stichting Internationale School signed a cooperation agreement to jointly realise a new collective thermal storage system.

Valentijn As has won the Werkgroep Italië Studies Thesis Prize for his bachelor thesis ‘The social relgious space in Rome’.

From 2025, the Dutch government plans to greatly increase the childcare allowance and make it independent of income: all parents will be reimbursed for 96% of the costs. Thomas van Huizen and Janneke Plantenga were invited to the round-table discussion to answer questions from members of the House of Representatives.

Start-up wins award that is given annually to companies that distinguish themselves in the field of design and technology.

We at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� want to learn from each other by sharing stories from those actively engaging in transdisciplinary research and how they went about their journeys. In this field story, we share the experiences of the SustaIndus team.

Evelien van Leeuwen shows that HR instruments can likely contribute to strengthening careers and employability of medical specialists.

In this field story we highlight the 'Mixed Classroom', an educational innovation developed by the Urban Futures Studio in which students from different disciplines and policy makers are part of one classroom where they learn from and with each other.

The chair is embedded in the Department of Sustainable Development’s Environmental Sciences section at the Faculty of Geosciences.

The Netherlands has an ambitious goal of having a 100% circular textile industry by 2050. Will second-hand clothing get us there? No, says recent research by Denise Reike and others.