The pilot with algorithm GeoMatch risks discrimination, researchers and journalists warn. “Everyone loses: the refugee, the municipality, and the community.”
Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman explores an essential episode in Utrecht University’s long history. This time: the university as judge.
Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about the long history of Utrecht University. This time: the beadle.
What was once considered a normal body and what was abnormal? And what are the consequences of these perceptions for legislation and medical practices? This is explored by Willemijn Ruberg.
Ismee Tames has been appointed Professor of War Cultures. What exactly are war cultures? And how do they shape our daily lives, even in times of peace?
Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about the long history of Utrecht University. This time: labs in Utrecht.
In the research for his new book, cultural historian Arnoud Visser found that know-it-alls have always been among us – as has the resentment they provoke.
Endowed Professor of the Intergenerational Impact of Slavery and Colonialism Esther Captain on how slavery and colonialism continue to affect families and society.
22 researchers from Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, and Princess Máxima Center have each been awarded a Vidi grant worth up to €850,000.
Literary scholar and cultural historian Dirk van Miert has been appointed Professor by Special Appointment in the History of Knowledge from a Digital Perspective at Utrecht University.
More time spent and more rejections: humanities scholars who do not have English as mother tongue encounter considerable obstacles, a study of philosophers suggests.
Every month, Emeritus Professor of University History Leen Dorsman describes something you must know about Utrecht University’s long history. This time: timeless opening lectures.
Over thirty promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1 in 7 Venis went to Utrecht researchers this year.
Carine van Rhijn researched medieval medical texts in unexpected places: “When you start looking at manuscripts, you never know what you are going to find".
