Utrecht University

This spring four Special Interest Groups have been awarded funding from the Focus Area Migration and Societal Change. All SIGs bring scholars form various faculties and disciplines together to work on one common topic. A wide variety in…

The Surinamese coast changes constantly. Mangrove tree roots retain sediment, causing the coast to rise along with sea levels, thus providing protection against flooding. But the supply of sediment is extremely variable. In phases of ten…

Kees van den Bos and Elly Hol are two of the 22 new members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Members of the KNAW, eminent scientists from all disciplines, are elected based on their scientific achievements.…

It is well known that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels underlie the havoc being wrought by climate change. Stemming further emissions through innovations in sustainable energy production is certainly part of the solutions. However,…

Next month the project "Building with Ecosystem Engineers" will start with the aim of restoring mussel and oyster reefs in the Wadden Sea. The innovative research project of NIOZ and Utrecht University will 3D print artificial reef…

Utrecht University participates in various experiments in Minister Dijkgraaf's call to investigate how we in the Netherlands can achieve a more efficient and more manageable academic year. The goal is to reduce work pressure and course…

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has awarded seven Gravitation grants, two of which to projects led by researchers at Utrecht University’s Faculty of Science. A consortium led by Prof. Anna Akhmanova will conduct research…

As part of the Gravitation programme external link, the government is awarding 21.3 million euros to ‘The Algorithmic Society’. This research project is a collaboration between several universities, in order to investigate the…

Utrecht water and drought experts Marc Bierkens and Niko Wanders today announced the launch of the World Water Map project, in cooperation with the National Geographic Society. Over the next five years they will be mapping the global…

They are similar in several ways: Lund University (Sweden) and Utrecht University. Broad universities, approximately the same age, comparable amount of students and staff and in significant rankings among the best hundred universities of…