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A look back on the third edition of the Legal Hackathon for "Inleiding Staats- en Bestuursrecht" attended by nearly a thousand first-year law students.

In this blog Swantje Falcke and Floris Peters the question: What does it mean to be a citizen? In the past the answer seemed simple: Citizenship is a legal status that links individuals to nation states. But in today’s world of global mobility, multilevel governance, and transnational lives, the story is not so straightforward.

“I was always fascinated by Fantastic Voyage. Maybe it influenced me without me realising. In a way, I’ve actually become a kind of builder at the nanoscale”, says Krijn de Jong, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis.

Utrecht climate scientists Roderik van de Wal and Michiel Baatsen explain both the strengths and the uncertainties of these powerful tools.

One Book One Campus presents Night at the Library on 9 October. Maaike Wijnen is involved as a programme maker and talks about the festival, the extra pressure caused by the elections and how she and her colleagues still managed to put together a fun and surprising programme.

A team from the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� School of Law has organised, "de Rechtsstaat Parade" (Rule of Law Parade) at the Neude Library in Utrecht on September 15.

We are proud to announce that UU Associate Professor Niko Wanders has been selected to receive the AGU James B. Macelwane Medal.

Honour in recognition for exceptional contributions

“In the past, there were periods much warmer than today,” says Anna von der Heydt. “By looking at what happened then, we can learn what might lie ahead.”

Social robots, smart speakers, Google Home, or Amazon Alexa: they are making their way into our homes. What role do these forms of artificial intelligence play within the family? Ruud Hortensius and his team of researchers are seeking answers to this question.

For this academic year, funding is available for projects that relate to the themes and topics of the AI in Cultural Inquiry and Art Special Interest Group.

Future Food Utrecht is proud to announce that Anneke Hellinga has been awarded the Hofvijverkring Fellowship!

More time spent and more rejections: humanities scholars who do not have English as mother tongue encounter considerable obstacles, a study of philosophers suggests.

Cristiana Santos wins G.J. Wiarda Prize 2025 for a study she co-authored on consent banners on commercial and non-commercial websites and apps.

Week of Our Food 2025: Discover where your food comes from and celebrate the Young Future Food Movement’s Waarde-Ring nomination!

Salvo Nicolosi, Associate Professor at the Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� School of Law, has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission on European Law and Migration Policies “EULAMP”

The App Everyone’s Talking About to Make Women Feel Safer

The Flagship Catalogue contains 3.4 billion simulated galaxies, each with hundreds of properties, reproducing the large-scale structure of the cosmos in great detail.

Elisa Fleischmann ’24 publishes her UCU thesis on immune cell interactions and continues research at Karolinska Institutet.

FAN: Where Event Creatives Find Their Crowd

On Wednesday 8 October, Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� is organising the ‘XR Community Day’. This event offers you the opportunity to talk to (national) XR colleagues and experts about this promising technology.

Kirsten Buist is one of the few experts in the Netherlands on sibling relationships. She is currently working on an e-learning module for nursery staff.

The report 'Uprooting Medical Misinformation: Listening to Concerns and Cultivating Well-Founded Trust' continues to inspire new collaborations and initiatives.

Esther Nieuwenhuizen investigated how transparency actually influences citizens' trust in algorithm use by public organisations, such as the police.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� has taken a significant step in its sustainability strategy by acquiring full ownership of the Solar Farm Bunnik. With this move, Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� becomes the first university in the Netherlands to purchase and operate a solar park in its entirety.