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On 29 March 2022, Alex Oude Elferink participated in a panel organized by the Centre for International Law, National ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Singapore

The motion by MPs Bouchallikh (GroenLinks) and Dekker-Abdulaziz (D66) to make the use of IAMA mandatory was approved by the Second Chamber (Tweede Kamer).

On 28 March 2022, Alex Oude Elferink participated in the webinar hosted by the Public International Law Research Group of Brunel ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ London

Researchers have mapped out the consequences of the attack in Hawija in 2015 and have concluded that, seven years later, the attack still has an enormous impact.

The funding will enable these young researchers to further develop their research ideas over the next three years.

This publication, edited by Koen Scholten, Dirk van Miert and others, sheds new light on the formation of early modern scientific communities.

In the past few weeks, the importance of a healthy food environment has been widely discussed in Dutch parliamentary circles. On 21 March there was a roundtable discussion on lifestyle prevention. Sanne Djojosoeparto, PhD-researcher at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ (Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning) was one of the co-authors of a position paper that was presented by the lead author Maartje Poelman (Wageningen ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ & Research).

An international team of researchers, including oceanographer Erik van Sebille, published an alarming inventory of dozens of studies into microscopically small plastic particles in the Arctic region.

It is important to invest in the resilience of society so that the Netherlands is ready for the next pandemic.

We increasingly go out for breakfast, lunch or dinner. However, although eating out is considered to be pleasing and tasty, we also tend to eat more meat and get higher intakes of salt, fat and sugar when eating away from home. Though enjoyable, it is not necessarily a healthy habit. Iris Claessens, PhD-researcher at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is diving into this contradictory question.

The overall objective of this thesis was to gain insight into the opportunities and risks of a free range for the welfare of laying hens, with the ultimate aim of optimizing hen welfare including health.

The Table Talk podcast of Food Matters Live explores the future of food and nutrition. The latest episode of the podcast features Dutch researchers Frederike Praasterink (HAS ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Applied Science) and Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researcher Brian Dermody (Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development).

They are back..! Fresh fruit en veg from Groentetas. Groentetas is a non-profit organization by sustainable-thinking and vegetable-loving students that was founded in 1994.

Certain genes seem to influence the growth or shrinkage of brain regions. So writes Professor of Neuroscience Hilleke Hulshoff Pol in Nature Neuroscience.

Joost de Graaf (ITP) helped Stefania Ketzetzi and her fellow experimental researchers in the group of Daniela Kraft at Leiden ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, show in Nature Communications that artificial microswimmers can cooperate just like their biological counterparts. Read here how they did this: https://edu.nl/6p6c8

Social-psychology researcher Reine van der Wal investigates how people maintain social relationships in times of conflict and stress.

Collaboration with other sectors such as agriculture and spatial planning must be strengthened in order to achieve the objectives of the Water Framework Directive.

Citizens can be stimulated to act more positively toward public sector workers, write Gabriela Szydlowski and her colleagues after an experiment in Canada.

Even the High North can’t escape the global threat of plastic pollution. This alarming picture emerges from inventory of dozens of studies into microscopically small plastic particles in the Arctic region

The Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities join forces in the Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. As part of this collaboration, the Utrecht Data School (UDS) has become part of the CDH under the joint deanship of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities.

The goal of the Paris climate agreement will become out of sight unless countries collectively show more ambition and take immediate action. That is the opinion of the five Dutch climate experts who contributed to the IPCC report.

With her mathematical research on aspects of graph theory, Carla Groenland makes algorithms in digital networks simpler and more efficient.

On March 22, we celebrated the festive opening of the AI Labs at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. We welcomed more than 300 guests, including researchers, representatives from public and private sectors and more.

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is joining forces with four facility partners: Asito (custodial services), Eurest (catering), Maas (coffee machines) and Sight Landscaping to create unique jobs for people with an occupational disability and/or psychological vulnerability.

In his inaugural lecture on 7 April, developmental biologist Mike Boxem will discuss his work on polarised cell division. Boxem's insights support cancer research.