Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Sat, 27 Apr 2024 01:59:46 +0200 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 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 Use I-Analyzer tool for informed voting in Dutch Elections on November 22 https://www.uu.nl/en/news/use-i-analyzer-tool-for-informed-voting-in-dutch-elections-on-november-22 Would you like to gain insight into the statements of a politician or party? The Dutch Parliamentary Speeches, from 1815 to 2022, have now been added to the text search and exploration tool I-Analyzer. 134903 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:31:00 +0200 Nieuws How Dutch employers are stimulating a Sustainable Workforce https://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-dutch-employers-are-stimulating-a-sustainable-workforce Sociologist Anne van der Put (Utrecht University) is leading a study in which people can share experiences with investments in a sustainable workforce. 131764 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 22:56:00 +0200 Nieuws Educational project TerInfo wins prestigious Brouwer Vertrouwensprijs https://www.uu.nl/en/news/educational-project-terinfo-wins-prestigious-brouwer-vertrouwensprijs Onderwijsproject TerInfo heeft de Brouwer Vertrouwensprijs gewonnen van de Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW). 126985 Tue, 24 Jan 2023 09:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Spinoza and Stevin prize awarded to Corné Pieterse and Tanja van der Lippe https://www.uu.nl/en/news/spinoza-and-stevin-prize-awarded-to-corne-pieterse-and-tanja-van-der-lippe With a special ceremony held today, Utrecht University biologist Corné Pieterse and sociologist Tanja van der Lippe received the Spinoza and Stevin Prize. 124015 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:14:00 +0200 Nieuws How gossip can promote cooperation https://www.uu.nl/en/news/how-gossip-can-promote-cooperation Paper of an international group of scientists awarded with Ig Nobel Peace Prize 2022. 123274 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:03:00 +0200 Nieuws Spinoza and Stevin Prize for Corné Pieterse and Tanja van der Lippe https://www.uu.nl/en/news/spinoza-and-stevin-prize-for-corne-pieterse-and-tanja-van-der-lippe The highest awards in Dutch academia, the Spinoza and Stevin Prize, have been awarded to Utrecht University researchers Corné Pieterse and Tanja van der Lippe. The awards comprise a 2.5 million euro funding, provided by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 120083 Fri, 17 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Video: working with migrants https://www.uu.nl/en/news/video-working-with-migrants How do you ensure migrants use their full potential? Prof. Marcel Lubbers and Dr. Verena Seibel from Utrecht University share scientific insights in this video. 114553 Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:37:00 +0100 Nieuws State Secretary receives research into unequal division of household and care tasks during COVID 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 Working out during 'working hours': employers should set a good example 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 Copycat behaviour in terrorist attacks occurs and deserves attention https://www.uu.nl/en/background/copycat-behaviour-in-terrorist-attacks-occurs-and-deserves-attention A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Kees van den Bos conclude that copycat behaviour in terrorist attacks can be (partially) prevented 109089 Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:42:00 +0200 Nieuws © iStockphoto.com FutureFit: Digital skills training has a positive and lasting effect 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 Commitment to the wellbeing of employees is on the rise, during COVID https://www.uu.nl/en/news/commitment-to-the-wellbeing-of-employees-is-on-the-rise-during-covid A survey among 3,400 Dutch companies with more than 100 employees, conducted by Maastricht University and Utrecht University, shows this trend. 106745 Mon, 17 May 2021 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws The role of reputation systems in digital discrimination https://www.uu.nl/en/in-the-media/the-role-of-reputation-systems-in-digital-discrimination Judith Kas, Rense Corten and Arnout van de Rijt published about the role of reputation systems in digital discrimination. 106574 Mon, 10 May 2021 09:35:00 +0200 Nieuws Karin Geuijen: "Asylum chaos is a consequence of the wrong assumptions about migration" https://www.uu.nl/en/news/karin-geuijen-asylum-chaos-is-a-consequence-of-the-wrong-assumptions-about-migration Karin Geuijen argues in De Volkskrant and Nederlands Dagblad that migration policy is based on the wrong assumptions. 99335 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:16:00 +0200 Nieuws What keeps workers eager to learn in the digital era? https://www.uu.nl/en/news/what-keeps-workers-eager-to-learn-in-the-digital-era Researchers of Utrecht University join the FutureFit project, led by Nesta and supported by Google.org, for empowering workers with tomorrow’s skills. 99327 Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:54:00 +0200 Nieuws Hands typing on laptop Anne-Rigt Poortman appointed professor https://www.uu.nl/en/news/anne-rigt-poortman-appointed-professor Retroactively from 1 March 2020, Anne-Rigt Poortman has been appointed professor of Family Diversity and Life Course Outcomes. 94853 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:56:00 +0200 Nieuws Anne Rigt Poortman All employees should have access to health promotion at work https://www.uu.nl/en/bite-of-science/all-employees-should-have-access-to-health-promotion-at-work Lower educated employees make less use of sports facilities and healthy food options at work. This spurs inequality, say sociologists from Utrecht University. 92167 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:21:00 +0100 Nieuws pingpongtafel op kantoor The many aspects of identity https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-many-aspects-of-identity On 15 November, Belle Derks, Marco van Leeuwen and Joop Schippers organized an interdisciplinary symposium on the topic of inequality and identity. 87063 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 15:23:00 +0100 Nieuws Professor Tanja van der Lippe nominated for Huibregtsenprijs https://www.uu.nl/en/news/professor-tanja-van-der-lippe-nominated-for-huibregtsenprijs Her European research into investments in a sustainable workforce is scientifically innovative and has great social relevance. 79871 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:18:00 +0200 Nieuws Tanja van der Lippe