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- 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 - Biomorphodynamics of living river and coastal landscapes
Our aim is to understand and predict natural and human-induced dynamics of living fluvial and coastal landscapes.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/biomorphodynamics-of-living-river-and-coastal-landscapes - Computational geography and earth observation
Earth observation from satellites and other platforms (aircrafts, drones) is crucial for our understanding of System Earth and to monitor processes at the Earth surface.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/computational-geography-and-earth-observation - Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
The Copernicus Institute investigates and develops processes and opportunities for innovative change towards sustainability.
/en/research/copernicus-institute-of-sustainable-development - Cultural Anthropology
At the department Cultural Anthropology we study the interconnectedness, changes and conflicts in human societies and cultures from a global and comparative perspective.
/en/organisation/cultural-anthropology/research - Cultural History
The Utrecht Cultural History research group focuses on the international dimensions of cultural modernity in historical perspective.
/en/research/cultural-history - Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
At the Debye Institute for Nanomaterial(s) Science, chemistry and physics meet to study the properties of materials at the nanoscale, with a specific focus on three themes: catalysis, colloid science and nanophotonics.
/en/research/debye-institute-for-nanomaterials-science - Department of Earth Sciences
We focus on understanding the evolution of the Earth and how it works as a system.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences - Department of Physical Geography
Our research is directed to understanding the physical processes, patterns, and forms at the Earth's terrestrial surface.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography 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).
Research and education in the field of early modern studies at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is united in the Utrecht Centre for Early Modern Studies (UCEMS).
- 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 - Energy and Resources
We study the grand challenges of our times: how to realize a sustainable energy and resource system within a world constrained by climate change and increasingly resource scarcity?
/en/research/copernicus-institute-of-sustainable-development/research/research-groups/energy-and-resources - Environmental Governance
We study and formulate recommendations about interventions that have the potential to make governance outcomes more congruent with sustainability goals.
/en/research/copernicus-institute-of-sustainable-development/research/research-groups/environmental-governance - Environmental Humanities
The Network for Environmental Humanities brings together scholars from different fields and disciplines with an interest in the relationship between humans and the natural world.
/en/research/network-for-environmental-humanities - Environmental Sciences
We investigate interactions between global changes and ecosystem processes, for sustainability of ecosystem services to humans
/en/research/copernicus-institute-of-sustainable-development/research/research-groups/environmental-sciences - 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 - Evolution and morphodynamics of rivers, floodplains and deltas
Our Delta Evolution programme aims to develop a fundamental, data-driven understanding of the development of deltas and resulting subsurface architecture at time scales of millennia to centuries.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/evolution-and-morphodynamics-of-rivers-floodplains-and-deltas - Experimental Psychology
At the department Experimental Psychology we focus on understanding human cognition and emotion at three levels: fundamental, neurobiological and applied.
/en/organisation/experimental-psychology/research - Experimental rock deformation/HPT-lab
We conduct research on the mechanical behaviour and transport properties of Earth materials at conditions pertaining to the Earth’s crust and upper mantle.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences/research/earth-planetary-processes/experimental-rock-deformation - Gender and Ethnicity
Gender Studies scholars focus on processes of inclusion and exclusion from a feminist and postcolonial perspective.
/en/research/gender-studies Geochemical research at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ emphasizes the study of processes taking place in environments near the Earth's surface, in particular, soils, sediments, aquifers, estuaries, and the ocean.
- Geolab
The GeoLab is the main laboratory facility of the Faculty of Geosciences. We have a wide range of lab facilities available for measuring bulk rock geochemistry, bulk rock stable isotopes (H, C, N, S), in situ stable and radiogenic isotopes (U,Pb-dating), in situ major and trace elements and crystallography.
/en/organisation/faculty-of-geosciences/research-facilities/geolab - 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 The historians of international relations study the developments in the international political system from the early modern period until the present day.
- 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 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 - Hydrology, water resources and global change
At Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ we study hydrological processes from the scale of the smallest catchment, to continental and even global scale.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/hydrology-water-resources-and-global-change - Innovation Studies
We investigate the dynamics of emerging technologies and innovations that are relevant for societal problems.
/en/research/copernicus-institute-of-sustainable-development/research/research-groups/innovation-studies - 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 - Interdisciplinary Social Science
At the department Interdisciplinary Social Science we deal with social issues such as discrimination in the labour market, reintegration at work, growing up in multicultural neighbourhoods, developing your own identity, risk behaviour among young people, growing inequality and accessibility of healthcare.
/en/organisation/interdisciplinary-social-science/research - 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 - 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 - Landscape functioning and natural hazards
Our group focuses on studying natural hazards processes: including landslides and soil erosion in mountainous areas in the Alps and the Himalayas, and wind erosion and droughts in semi-arid environments like the Mediterranean region and the Sahara. The results of our studies and the outcome of our models helps society to mitigate the negative impacts of hazards.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/landscape-functioning-and-natural-hazards - Literature
The research group Literature covers a broad scope of themes concerning our literary past and present.
/en/research/literature - Mantle Dynamics
We study how geodynamic processes of the Earth’s mantle couple to tectonic evolution of the crust and to the deformation of the Earth’s surface.
/en/research/mantle-dynamics - Marine Palynology and Paleoceanography
We study climate and biota in past oceans to project the future.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences/marine-palynology-and-paleoceanography - Media and Performance
The Media and Performance research group focuses on media and performative art in past and present.
/en/research/media-and-performance - 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 - Microbiology
Research in the group of Microbiology focuses on understanding the mechanisms involved in secretion of protein.
/en/research/microbiology - 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 - Paleoclimate & Biogeology
Palaeoecology studies past environmental dynamics by means of palaeo-reconstructions combined with experiments and observations to understand past and present behavior of biota in relation to humans, climate and natural competition.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences/paleoclimate-biogeology We investigate variatons of the geomagnetic field, neotectonic and geodynamical research, and rock magnetism & environmental magnetism
The Political History group studies political and social relations from the Early Modern period until the present day.
- 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 - Quaternary climate and landscape
Our research covers the last hundred thousands of years when rapid climate change and sea level rise took place under mostly natural conditions. By studying this particular time-period, we gain a better understanding of the relative contribution and functioning of natural processes on climate and landscape changes.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/quaternary-climate-and-landscape - 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 - Religious Studies
Religious Studies scholars study religion in all of its appearances and in relation to pressing societal concerns such as religious and non-religious freedom, gender equality, racism, discrimination, and decolonisation.
/en/research/research-group-religious-studies - Risk Assessment
The overall aim of the Risk Assessment of Toxic and Immuno-modulatory Agents (RATIA) program is to improve the scientific basis for assessment of risk to humans, animals, and ecosystems from exposure to potentially harmful agents in the environment, in occupational settings, through vaccination, and through the food chain.
/en/organisation/faculty-of-veterinary-medicine/veterinary-research/infection-immunity-and-pathology/risk-assessment-sciences We extract information from earthquakes recorded at global and regional seismic networks to produce three-dimensional models of the Earth'sinterior, mostly using supercomputing.
- 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 - 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 - Stratigraphy and Paleontology
We carry out research in the field of (biological) validation of proxies and the development of time scales.
/en/node/609 - Structural Geology
We study structures and deformation processes in the Earth at all scales, from nanostructures to plate boundaries using tools ranging from electron microscopy to field geology.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences/structural-geology - Sustainability
This research theme aims to unravel system Earth for a sustainable future.
/en/research/sustainability - Tectonics
The Tectonics Group conducts innovative research to get a better understanding of the tectonic processes that control the mechanical deformation and thermal evolution of the Earth’s lithosphere and sedimentary basins.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences/tectonics - Tectonophysics
Tectonophysics (or lithospheric geodynamics) concentrates on trying to understand mantle and lithospheric processes that shape our planet.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences/tectonophysics - Theoretical Philosophy
Theoretical philosophers combine research on foundations in logic, metaphysics, and epistemology, with urgent contemporary challenges.
/en/research/theoretical-philosophy - 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 - 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 - 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.
/en/utrecht-centre-for-water-oceans-and-sustainability-law - 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