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The UMC Utrecht Brain Center provides state-of-the-art care for neurological and psychiatric diseases and develops (personalized) treatments by performing research in the full translational range, from fundamental research to values-driven healthcare. We also educate, stimulate, and train the next generation of researchers and caregivers.
The Strategic Program Cancer is UMC Utrecht’s world-leading platform for cancer research and innovation. We focus on improving the outcome of ​(ex-)cancer patients, and those at risk of getting cancer.
The Child Health Program is an integrated framework for child-centered interdisciplinary research, aligning patients, clinicians, researchers and resources in order to fill gaps to improve the lives of children with complex chronic diseases, during childhood and thereafter.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide for both men and women. To address this challenge, the strategic program Circulatory Health creates scientific and societal impact by bringing together cardiovascular researchers, clinicians, and educators.
The Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH) aims to empower all Faculty of Humanities staff and students by enriching their digital competencies, developing tailored research software, and fostering an ethical and critical approach to Digital Humanities (DH).
- Ethics
The Ethics Institute plays a central role in Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ's research and education in the field of ethics.
/en/research/ethics-institute - History of Philosophy
The History of Philosophy Research Group analyses philosophical texts within their social, religious and scientific contexts, at all levels, from antiquity to the present.
/en/research/research-group-history-of-philosophy - Human Rights
The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) is the key centre of expertise of human rights research and education at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ. SIM offers internationally oriented study programmes, conducts interdisciplinary research and organises a range of activities in the field of human rights.
/en/research/netherlands-institute-of-human-rights-sim The Strategic Program Infection & Immunity is a leading platform in the field of inflammatory and infectious diseases and immune-mediated therapy. We continuously focus on developing and improving the treatment of patients with difficult-to-manage infections, immune diseases or cancer.
- Institutions for open societies
Scholars from the fields of economics, history, public administration, culture, law, sociology, social psychology, ethics, innovation studies, and geography join forces to find answers to the following key questions: Why do societies develop so divergently? And how do institutions contribute to the formation of open and sustainable societies?
/en/research/institutions-for-open-societies - Islam and Arabic
The Islam and Arabic research group studies the rich cultural and linguistic diversity of the Islamic world.
/en/research/research-group-islam-and-arabic The Julius Center is a knowledge center for Health Sciences and Primary Care. Together with our colleagues of UMC Utrecht, we work hard to improve patient care. We conduct multidisciplinary scientific research into new diagnosis and treatment methods.
- Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice
The Montaigne Centre combines multidimensional expertise in the field of judicial administration and conflict resolution. The main themes are studied from the legal, legal theoretical, socio-psychological and criminological perspective.
/en/research/montaigne-centre-for-rule-of-law-and-administration-of-justice - Multidisciplinary Economics
Joint research programme of U.S.E. Research Institute that deals with themes like: the future of work, behavioural insights for policy making, entrepreneurship, sustainable finance and sustainability and economic development.
/organisatie/utrecht-university-school-of-economics-use/onderzoek - Public Matters
Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Governance studies public issues and public organisations in their interaction with the developments in politics and society. The research programme is divided into 2 major research lines: Public Governance and Management (PGM) and Managing Social Issues (MSI).
/en/organisation/utrecht-university-school-of-governance/research - Public Procurement
The Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Centre for Public Procurement (UUCePP) is an interdisciplinary research centre in the field of public procurement both from a legal and economic perspective.
/en/research/centre-for-public-procurement-uucepp Utrecht is home to Regenerative Medicine Utrecht (RMU), a world-renowned collaboration of excellent knowledge institutes and start-ups. At RMU, we are continuously working on and developing cutting edge technologies and principles that can cure patients.
- Regulation and Enforcement
The Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE) focuses on the relationship between regulation and enforcement at the interplay of national, European and other levels of government as well as private spheres of regulatory enforcement.
/en/research/utrecht-centre-for-regulation-and-enforcement-in-europe The research groups within the Faculty of Medicine are to be found on the website of UMC Utrecht.
- Social, Health & Organisational Psychology
At the department Social, Health and Organisational Psychology we conduct research on human behaviour in social contexts. Our research covers various topics such as how people behave to achieve health and well-being in a wide variety of social contexts.
/en/organisation/social-health-organisational-psychology/research - Sociology
At the department Sociology we deal with a wide range of sociological topics such as: social inequality, crime, migration and integration, social networks, policy and organisation, cooperative relations, families and work.
/en/organisation/sociology/research - Sustainability
This research theme aims to unravel system Earth for a sustainable future.
/en/research/sustainability - Theoretical Philosophy
Theoretical philosophers combine research on foundations in logic, metaphysics, and epistemology, with urgent contemporary challenges.
/en/research/theoretical-philosophy - Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (UCALL)
The Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (UCALL) conducts multidisciplinary research on the boundaries of accountability and liability in the Netherlands, in Europe, and beyond.
/en/research/utrecht-centre-for-accountability-and-liability-law-ucall The Utrecht Centre for European Research into Family Law (UCERF) organises and promotes research in the field of family and inheritance law from a comparative, international and multidisciplinary perspective.
- Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans, and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL)
The Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability (UCWOSL) researches how law can contribute to a sustainable management of oceans, freshwater systems and deltas.
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