Bijels - pronounced "bye-gels" - are relatively new gels with unique properties. In her PhD research, Mariska de Ruiter has taken significant steps toward the industrial application of these promising ...

To make the plastic industry circular, we need innovative recycling technologies that yield a higher quality product. An interdisciplinary consortium of academic and industrial partners recently ...

Recent research shows that the immune system, which typically protects us from infections, and mitochondria, the energy producers in our cells, play a role in chronic pain. However, we do not fully ...

Pooyan Tamimi Arab is awarded a Vidi grant for research on secularisation in Iran: how do Iranians truly feel about religion, atheism, and the separation of mosque and state?

The protest on November 25 is organized by the FNV labor union, in collaboration with the AOb education union and partners like WOinActie. The program will include various activities, with the main ...

Professor of Public Administration Mark Bovens will retire with effect from 1 December 2024. On 29 November, he will give a farewell lecture entitled 'Education as a new pillarisation'.

DEN, an international hybrid pitch event, start-ups have the chance to present their ideas to a panel of experienced judges.

The Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics is a comprehensive overview of all aspects of Dutch politics. It was presented to the prime-minister of The Netherlands, Dick Schoof.

As per 1 January 2025, Anna Gerbrandy and Rutger Claassen will be appointed the new scientific directors of the university-wide strategic theme Institutions for Open Societies (IOS).

Utrecht University (UU) faces a tough task: next year we have to cut 35 million euros. With government measures still to come, this could rise further to 70-80 million euros in 2029. This financial ...

The focus area Applied Data Science has funding to financially support small research projects within the Special Interest Groups. The aim is to foster the application of data science techniques in ...

Migration and Societal Change provides a platform for researchers at Utrecht University working on migration and related societal transformations. It stimulates cross-fertilization between researchers ...