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- Algorithms
Algorithms consists of various research groups that each tackle challenges from their unique perspective, related to artificial intelligence and gathering, analysing, and applying knowledge through computer guided systems.
/en/research/algorithms - Ancient History and Classical Civilization
The research in the field of ancient culture focuses on social processes related to e.g. citizenship, social inclusion, and religion.
/en/research/ancient-history-and-classical-civilization - Applied Data Science
The focus area Applied Data Science builds a community of researchers who are interested in developing the field of data science. By joining forces and working interdisciplinarily, we can accelerate the development of data science techniques.
/en/research/applied-data-science - Art History
The art historians at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ study the art and architecture of the Netherlands, from the 14th century up until the present day.
/en/research/art-history - Cultural History
The Utrecht Cultural History research group focuses on the international dimensions of cultural modernity in historical perspective.
/en/research/cultural-history 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).
- Economic and Social History
The Economic and Social History group studies worldwide economic and social developments from the Middle Ages to the present.
/en/research/economic-and-social-history - Economic Geography
This research programme aims to develop Evolutionary Economic Geography both theoretically and empirically.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/economic-geography - Fundamental mathematics
The three broad pillars of this research group are algebra, geometry and analysis, as well as their relation to logic, number theory and physics, with an eye for the history of the subject.
/en/organisation/mathematical-institute/research/fundamental-mathematics - History
History research at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ includes economic history, political history, cultural history and history of science.
/en/organisation/department-of-history-and-art-history - History and Philosophy of Science
This research group tries to understand the nature and the history of the scientific enterprise and the knowledge it produces, which is a crucial part of understanding the world we live in.
/en/research/freudenthal-institute/about-us/history/history-and-philosophy-of-science The historians of international relations study the developments in the international political system from the early modern period until the present day.
The Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities is a joint collaboration of all seven Faculties at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.
- Human Geography and Spatial Planning
Human Geography and Spatial Planning focusses on Sustainable Cities and Regions as an overarching theme.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning - Institute for Theoretical Physics
Researchers at this institute use concepts and methods encoded in mathematical language to explain physical reality.
/en/research/institute-for-theoretical-physics - 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 - International Development Studies
The International Development Studies (IDS) research programme provides an innovative contribution to our understanding of development within a context of globalization.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/international-development-studies - Mathematical Institute
The Mathematical Institute conducts high level research in pure and applied mathematics
/en/organisation/mathematical-institute - Mathematical modeling
Mathematicians investigate solution structures, assess dynamics, stability, and the dependence on parameters.
/en/organisation/mathematical-institute/research/mathematical-modelling - Medieval Culture
Research and education in the field of medieval studies at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is united in the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies (UCMS).
/en/research/utrecht-centre-for-medieval-studies - Medieval history
Through thorough research into texts, materials and mentalities, the Medieval History department seeks to bring the Middle Ages and its people back to life.
/en/research/medieval-history The Political History group studies political and social relations from the Early Modern period until the present day.
- Software
Software consists of various research groups, each with their unique perspective on software systems. We focus amongst others on how programming languages, methods, and tools can be designed and applied to support the construction of programmes and related artefacts.
/en/research/software - Spatial Planning
Our research program endeavours to further our understanding of how and why different – often co-existing – modes of governance either do or do not result in (environmentally) sustainable outcomes.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/spatial-planning - Sustainability
This research theme aims to unravel system Earth for a sustainable future.
/en/research/sustainability - Urban Geography
Interactions between the behaviour of individuals and their households and the social and material-spatial structures at varying temporal and spatial scales
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/urban-geography - Water Climate and Future Deltas
This research area focuses on dealing with problems related to subsidence and associated loss of ecosystem services.
/en/research/water-climate-and-future-deltas