The pilot with algorithm GeoMatch risks discrimination, researchers and journalists warn. “Everyone loses: the refugee, the municipality, and the community.”
On 1 February 2026, Ilse van Liempt will be appointed Professor of Geography of Migration and Urban Inequalities at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning.
Utrecht University is organising a roundtable on the European Court of Justice Grand Chamber's judgments in WS and Others (C-679/23 P) and Hamoudi (C-136/24 P).
In Fall 2025, the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Forced Migration was established to bring together scholars across Utrecht University working on issues related to refugees, displacement, and forced migration.
The integration of immigrants is currently an issue of great political concern in almost every liberal democracy, reflecting the high volume of recent arrivals.
The Utrecht Summer School 2026 aims to answer questions relating to citizen involvement in politics and policy making. Together experts in different fields aim to explore how democracy can be re-imagined.