Wealth influences the housing market, the pension system, equality of opportunity and the differences between rich and poor. Simon Toussaint shows how you can systematically map out assets and make them transparant.
Researchers at Utecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ are mapping the effects of biodiversity and climate change on grassland functioning on a daily basis. In hundreds of containers behind the greenhouses of the Botanical Gardens, plant and soil ecologists from the Ecology and Biodiversity Research Group create future natural grasslands.
Classes in the final three years of primary schools in the province of Utrecht can now sign up for the project and contribute to research on plant biodiversity.
Leen Dorsman, emeritus professor of university history and winner of the 1999/2000 Lecturer-of-the-Year Award, together with the 2007/2008 winner, emeritus professor of psychology Liesbeth Woertman, looks back on 30 years of Lecturer Awards.
The way to a healthier planet is not always one with direct actions. Being patient, collecting data and developing new methods for taking measurements will help us understand the parameters necessary to create a more sustainable environment. This is what the research of Yannick Wiegers, PhD candidate at the Ecology and Biodiversity research group of the Institute of the Environmental Biology teaches us. Five questions to Yannick on his current research and how this contributes to the pathway of a more healthy planet.
The licence with the literature management tool RefWorks will be terminated by 31 December 2025. After this date, users will no longer be able to access their accounts through Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.
As of September 2025, two new Senior Fellows will be appointed by the executive Board: dr. Sigrid Merx (Humanities) and dr. Patrick Witte (Geosciences).
Kathrine van den Bogert investigated the societal impact of soccer association SVO De Dreef in Utrecht Overvecht - a living room for the neighbourhood.
In three training sessions you will learn how to present your research briefly and attractively. You will put it into practice during the heats and have a chance to win € 1500,-.
Will you help to relieve the pressure on healthcare providers, make patients more self-reliant, prevent diseases or treat them better by using new techniques, digital tools or innovative research?
Due to the use of different methods, there was considerable variation in the conclusions drawn. Jonas Lembrechts was one of the participants of the study.
Today marks eighty years since the passing of Julius Wolff in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Wolff was internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of mathematics - some of which remain relevant today.
The AOb and FNV, among others, announce relay strikes at educational institutions across the Netherlands. The strikes are directed against the severe cuts in higher education. Some of the students and staff at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ want to go on strike on 11 March.
Ecohydrologist Stefan Dekker has been named the new director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences' national institute for ecological research, effective 15 June 2025.
