Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:32:17 +0200 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Registration Open Now!!! – Conference & Summit 2024 – Call for Abstracts Closed https://www.uu.nl/en/news/registration-open-now-conference-summit-2024-call-for-abstracts-closed IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac Conference & Summit 2024 Registration Open Now!!! Call for Abstracts Closed 138758 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call: Open Cities Reading Circles https://www.uu.nl/en/background/call-open-cities-reading-circles If you are starting a new research project and want to read specific scholarship, we invite you to suggest a reading circle within our Open Cities events. 139199 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for abstracts: Tropical Horizons 2024 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/call-for-abstracts-tropical-horizons-2024 Call for abstracts of papers and posters for the Tropical Horizons Conference 2024. 139150 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Conference & Summit - Call for Abstracts https://www.uu.nl/en/news/conference-summit-call-for-abstracts Call for Abstracts: Conference & Summit - Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac 138201 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Liesbeth van de Grift explains why more people support farmers’ protests than climate protests https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/liesbeth-van-de-grift-explains-why-more-people-support-farmers-protests-than-climate-protests Research shows more people in the Netherlands support the farmers’ protests than the climate protests. Liesbeth van de Grift sheds light on these findings. 138190 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:09:00 +0100 Nieuws Unraveling the mysteries of the East Asian Summer Monsoon: unveiling a 21,000-year temperature record https://www.uu.nl/en/news/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-east-asian-summer-monsoon-unveiling-a-21000-year-temperature-record Soil moisture content plays a key role in reshaping land surface temperatures 137858 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Conference & Summit - Call for Sessions https://www.uu.nl/en/news/conference-summit-call-for-sessions Call for Sessions: Conference & Summit - Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac 136922 Thu, 15 Feb 2024 23:00:00 +0100 Nieuws The first high-resolution time-dependent groundwater model of the world https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-first-high-resolution-time-dependent-groundwater-model-of-the-world Groundwater scientists and model developers from Utrecht University and Deltares joined forces to create the very first 1 km global groundwater model. 136958 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 16:23:00 +0100 Nieuws Conference & Summit - Save the Date https://www.uu.nl/en/news/conference-summit-save-the-date Save the Date: 3-5 July 2024. Conference & Summit - Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice IoS Fair Transitions Platform & LANDac 136593 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:34:00 +0100 Nieuws Niki Frantzeskaki appointed new Scientific Director of Pathways to Sustainability https://www.uu.nl/en/news/niki-frantzeskaki-appointed-new-scientific-director-of-pathways-to-sustainability As per 1 August 2024, Niki Frantzeskaki will be appointed the new Scientific Director of the university-wide Strategic Theme Pathways to Sustainability. 136504 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Climate Displacement https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/climate-displacement Jamie Draper draws together debates in different fields to provide a unified view on the topic of climate displacement. 135916 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:27:00 +0100 Nieuws Another strong greenhouse gas is on the rise - and it spells trouble for hydropower https://www.uu.nl/en/news/another-strong-greenhouse-gas-is-on-the-rise-and-it-spells-trouble-for-hydropower Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide have more than tripled over the last century due to the use of fertilisers and dammed water reservoirs. 133306 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:14:00 +0200 Nieuws The Balearic Islands have a new climate law. “There are, however, foundational challenges” https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/the-balearic-islands-have-a-new-climate-law-there-are-however-foundational-challenges In The Conversation, lecturer Morten Byskov, Assistant Professor Jeroen Hopster and Júlia Isern Bennassar write about the recently passed climate law on the Balearic Islands. 133049 Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Addressing the Future Challenges of Global Surface Water Quality https://www.uu.nl/en/news/addressing-the-future-challenges-of-global-surface-water-quality How do climate change and societal developments impact surface water quality until the end of the century? 131985 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws IOS Fair Transitions / LANDac International Conference 2023 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/ios-fair-transitions-landac-international-conference-2023 From June 28th to June 30th, the IOS Fair Transitions Platform and LANDac are hosting the IOS Fair Transitions / LANDac International Conference 2023 at the heart of Utrecht City Centre. Join us! 131553 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:05:00 +0200 Nieuws Join us for the IOS Fair Transitions / LANDac Summer School https://www.uu.nl/en/news/join-us-for-the-ios-fair-transitions-landac-summer-school We are excited to host a range of lectures and activities at the crossroads of the fair transitions and land governance debates in this year’s Summer School: Fair Transitions and the Politics of Land: Institutions and Imaginaries for Inclusive Futures. We hope it will draw many of you to Utrecht! 131036 Fri, 26 May 2023 14:17:00 +0200 Nieuws ‘That we have enough time is a misconception’ https://www.uu.nl/en/news/that-we-have-enough-time-is-a-misconception Climate is changing, ice sheets are melting and sea levels are rising. This concern is crystal clear. Eight questions to four passionate 'polar researchers'. 130756 Wed, 17 May 2023 14:28:00 +0200 Nieuws Flood risk 10 times higher in many places worldwide within 30 years https://www.uu.nl/en/news/flood-risk-10-times-higher-in-many-places-worldwide-within-30-years An international team of researchers from Utrecht University, Deltares, and NIOZ, among others, devised a new method to calculate when we can expect a certain increase in flood probability in a specific area. 128280 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:21:00 +0100 Nieuws Green light for Delta Climate Center in Vlissingen https://www.uu.nl/en/news/green-light-for-delta-climate-center-in-vlissingen Utrecht University is one of the six founders of the centre which will start operations in Vlissingen in mid-2023. 127762 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0100 Nieuws New start-up to reduce global methane emission https://www.uu.nl/en/news/new-start-up-to-reduce-global-methane-emission “My company operates with the latest academic knowledge. Although many questions are still unanswered, we have developed enough methods which are suitable for application in the real world.” 127275 Fri, 10 Feb 2023 14:51:00 +0100 Nieuws