Through the "Mobility in a Sustainable Future" program, NWO has committed funding for a four-year project exploring how challenges in mobility, energy and housing can be addressed together.
NWO has committed funding for a five-year research project on one of the most complex challenges of our time: scaling digital innovation in a responsible way.
Throughout history, people have tried to give shape to the future. This piece offers no comprehensive tour of this history. Yet it does share some glimpses of how we might see the future in different ways, or rather different worlds. Here we begin our journey around the future in eighty worlds, even if we visit just a few for now…
With the election of Tim Schuring as Alumnus of the Year 2023, the university emphasises the importance of good and inspiring education. He received this honorary title on Tuesday 26 March 2024 in the Dom Church during the celebration of the university's 388th anniversary, the Dies Natalis.
Mark Bovens elaborates the importance of the unwritten rules to uphold democracy. He gives this speech at the 388th anniversary of Utrecht University on the future of democracy on March 26th 2024.
Paleontologist Jimmy de Rooij receives his PhD title from Utrecht University on his Triceratops research. Utrecht University and Naturalis Biodiversity Center work closely together.
Peter Pelzer, associate professor at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, had been elected as Teacher of the Year by the jury of the Dutch National Student Association (ISO).