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Papers are welcome for the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation (IWPLMS) conference organized by Utrecht University's School of Law, 8-9 September 2025.
On the 11th of December we celebrated the remarkable achievements of three master students and crowned the best migration-related thesis at Utrecht University.
Rigney’s has showed that “cultural memory forms the foundation of our identity and social awareness, while also being a subject of debate and even conflict”.
The conference organizers at Utrecht University welcome papers on the subject of the role of culture, in developing global perspectives on contemporary crimes, harms, and social injustices.
Pooyan Tamimi Arab is awarded a Vidi grant for research on secularisation in Iran: how do Iranians truly feel about religion, atheism, and the separation of mosque and state?
“Sacralizing Security” (SACRASEC), in collaboration with UU IOS platform “Open Cities”, brings you a workshop on religious discrimination in urban Brazil. This workshop attempts to unravel some of the dynamics that cause it.
On Friday 7 February, Elizabeth Omoruyi will defend her PhD dissertation ‘Women Oppressing Women: An Intersectional Reading of Women Authors in Nigeria’.
Laura van Os will defend her PhD thesis 'Enabling (dis)ability at work. Employer engagement in hiring and retaining workers with disabilities, including its contributions to employability'.
This workshop by the Open Cities Platform is framed by the problematic of the global housing crisis and the multiple challenges this context brings to the majority of the world’s urban population living in precarious conditions.