https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 03 May 2024 00:38:46 +0200 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:18:00 +0200 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/iarc-monographs-establish-their-priorities-for-carcinogenicity-evaluations The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has established their priorities for the evaluation of carcinogens. 139856 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:18:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/care-as-a-human-right UCERF provided legal comment at Argentina's request to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on care as a human right, based on national and European law. 139230 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:50:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/the-bright-side-of-boredom-at-work Carina Schott (Utrecht University) and Caroline Fischer (Twente University) define four types of positive behaviours that can result from boredom at work. 126962 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:07:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/house-of-representatives-asks-uu-researchers-for-advice-on-childcare-allowance From 2025, the Dutch government plans to greatly increase the childcare allowance and make it independent of income: all parents will be reimbursed for 96% of the costs. Thomas van Huizen and Janneke Plantenga were invited to the round-table discussion to answer questions from members of the House of Representatives. 124915 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:32:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/possible-solutions-for-medical-specialists-under-pressure Evelien van Leeuwen shows that HR instruments can likely contribute to strengthening careers and employability of medical specialists. 124212 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:30:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/future-of-work-video-the-influence-of-digitalisation What do we know from research about the digitalisation of jobs? Economist Ulrich Zierahn and IT researcher Iris Beerepoot share findings and practical advice. 120869 Wed, 06 Jul 2022 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/iarc-monographs-evaluate-the-carcinogenicity-of-occupational-exposure-as-a-firefighter The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has evaluated the carcinogenicity of occupational exposure as a firefighter. 120727 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:52:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/work-in-process-unearthing-meaning-using-process-mining Jelmer Koorn promoveerde als informaticus op een onderzoek naar Process Mining: het ontdekken, analyseren en verbeteren van werkprocessen. Hij deed dat in de zorg. 120264 Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:51:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/prof-erin-kelly-on-work-redesign-and-working-from-home-distinctions-that-matter Erin Kelly (Professor, Work and Organization Studies) shares her thoughts on redesigning work with the Future of Work hub at Utrecht University. 117185 Mon, 30 May 2022 00:09:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/background/psychologists-can-make-humans-and-computers-work-better-together Human-machine interaction has fascinated Chris Janssen all his life. He thinks it is high time for more experimental psychology in Future of Work research. 116183 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:56:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/behaving-more-positively-towards-public-sector-workers Citizens can be stimulated to act more positively toward public sector workers, write Gabriela Szydlowski and her colleagues after an experiment in Canada. 115398 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:56:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/large-grant-for-multidisciplinary-research-into-strengthening-womens-economic-resilience Researchers aim to gain greater insight into the complete ecosystem around economically vulnerable women. 114839 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:13:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/research-handbook-on-hrm-in-the-public-sector Published at Edward Elgar: 'Research Handbook on HRM in the public sector', edited by Bram Steijn (EUR) and Eva Knies (Utrecht University). 112227 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:35:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/state-secretary-receives-research-into-unequal-division-of-household-and-care-tasks-during-covid Chantal Remery (Universiteit Utrecht) presenteerde gezamenlijke onderzoeksresultaten aan staatssecretaris Dennis Wiersma van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid. 111991 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:51:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/working-out-during-working-hours-employers-should-set-a-good-example Even without the pandemic, it is healthy behaviour to interrupt your working day by working out, say researchers Anne van der Put and Evelien van Leeuwen. 112072 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 12:39:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/imposing-a-sanction-on-unemployment-benefit-recipients-can-have-detrimental-effects Warnings are a useful alternative to sanctions for unemployment benefits recipients who didn't comply with job search requirements. 111046 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 09:06:00 +0100 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/h2020-grant-for-studying-the-transformative-impact-of-technology-on-skills-in-the-labour-market Emilie Rademakers and Ulrich Zierahn, both assistant professors at Utrecht University, jointly lead a work package in a Growing Inequality project. 109644 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:22:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/a-radical-report-on-work-that-gives-direction-to-new-policy As one of the ten experts in the Borstlap committee Prof. Erik Stam advised the Cabinet on a radical reform of the labor market. In an interview, Prof. Erik Stam explains, among other things, what influence the committee had on the polder agreement of the Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER), which advice he thinks the new Cabinet should adopt, and his own experiences as a member of the committee. 109432 Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/professor-of-european-pension-law-hans-van-meerten-teaches-at-chinese-university Hans van Meerten will be a visiting professor at the China University of Political Science and Law for two months and will teach international pension law. 109116 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:04:00 +0200 Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en/news/futurefit-digital-skills-training-has-a-positive-and-lasting-effect Deelnemers aan een training kregen meer zelfvertrouwen over hun digitale vaardigheden en over hun leervermogen, zeggen onderzoekers van de Universiteit Utrecht. 107961 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:50:00 +0200 Nieuws