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As from 1 September 2020, Marcel Lubbers has been appointed Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Science: Relations between groups and cultures.

Sociologists investigate the extent to which division of labor between parents is changed.

Two scientists from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and one from the VU start FIRMBACKBONE: digital data collection infrastructure about Dutch companies.

On Thursday November 21, Sander van der Linden (Cambridge ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) gave a public lecture on Socially Situated Nudges.

Psychologist Hans Marien and colleagues analysed 20 years of conceptualization and operationalization of habits.

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Professor of Community Psychology and Social Pedagogy in New York, will receive a honorary doctorate.

Clinical psychologist and senior researcher Mooren studies the consequences of individual traumatisation on the immediate social environment, and vice versa.

Lower educated employees make less use of sports facilities and healthy food options at work. This spurs inequality, say sociologists from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

Elma Blom wants to find out whether it is difficult for children to learn a language when presented with mixed languages.

Retroactively from 1 March 2020, Anne-Rigt Poortman has been appointed professor of Family Diversity and Life Course Outcomes.

On 1 April 2020, Maarten van der Smagt was appointed professor of Psychological Literacy in Higher Education.

Olfactory researchers of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ have teamed up with around 600 scientists to form a to study the link between COVID-19 and the loss of senses.

Dutch youngsters are very satisfied with the contact with parents, friends and classmates. This can be read in the HBSC report.

Five scientists from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ hope to change employer behaviour when hiring people with an occupational disability.

UYA has produced the video series "1punt5", in which faculty members reflect on global warming and its consequences from the viewpoint of their disciplines.

Ellemers is praised, among other things, for the treatment of social issues in her research.

Ellen Hamaker, Stefan van der Stigchel and Sander Thomaes each receive two million grants from the European Union.

During the Opening of the Academic Year 2020-2021, Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ will award two honorary doctorates, to Valerie Masson-Delmotte and Hirokazu Yoshikawa.

Kids at home, and all the time on their smartphone. What does the expert say about screen behaviour of young people?

Madelijn Strick, member of the Utrecht Young Academy, recently published the book ‘Humour is one of the four pillars of the universe (I have forgotten about the other three)’.