Lisa Genzel on the board of EARA (European Animal Research Association)
Lisa Genzel was nominated and elected to be on the board of EARA (European Animal Research Association).
Project Wrap-Up Improving Interdisciplinary Knowledge Integration in Public Health Crisis Management
Simon Lohse recently completed a project on policy advice during the COVID-19 crisis. His team and collaborators developed ideas to improve evidence-based (public health) policy.
New publication in Science & Public Policy
Simon Lohse and Karim Bschir published a perspective article on pluralism and values in policy advice.
Open Science project for Free Cognitive Testing Stimuli
Researchers from the Donders Institute, including Rogier Kievit, Nicholas Judd, and Jordy van Langen, have received funding from the NWO Science grant for their initiative titled 'Open Matrices: A global, free resource for testing cognitive ability.'
'Frontiers in Conflict Resolution Conversation Series' episode 1: Marijke ter Voert & Lize Glas
In deze aflevering praten Marijke ter Voert en Lize Glas met Anna Pivaty over hun recente onderzoek naar de gevolgen van de Covid-crisis voor de Nederlandse rechtspraak en kwetsbare justitiabelen in migratie-, kinderbeschermings- en strafprocedures.
Paul Kouwer receives grant for development animal-free mini organs
Together with his project group, Paul Kouwer has received a Create2Solve grant from ZonMw for his project ‘Transition to Animal-Free Organoids’(TRAFO).
2023 Hermesdorf Awards go to Platform Diversity in Sex and Gender and to Paul Reef
This year, the Hermesdorf Award and the Hermesdorf Talent Award go to the Platform Diversity in Sex and Gender Platform and to Paul Reef.
Development organisations in peacebuilding: don't stare blindly at land registration
Mathijs van Leeuwen is a professor of conflict and peacebuilding at the Centre for International Conflict Analysis and Management (CICAM) and researches the role of land conflict and land reform in developing countries during peacebuilding.
Innovate even in difficult times
Innovating sometimes means standing still, or even taking steps backwards, in order to move forward again. Above all, innovation cannot happen without reorganisation, says Rick Aalbers, appointed Professor of Corporate Restructuring and Innovation.
The study of ‘Futures thinking’: what if we deeply question our assumptions about the time yet to come?
‘Future thinking’ or studying ‘futures in the present’ looks deeply at assumptions about the future and their influence on daily actions in the present. Sietske Veenman and Liam Mayo tell more about it.
How international cooperation led to a revival of the humanities
In her cum laude PhD thesis, Mirte Liebregts examined a project that was supposed to save the humanities in the 20th century: a series of books that made ancient languages and literatures accessible to the general public, the Loeb Classical Library.
Financial support for sustainable research projects
In 2023, the Social Sciences sustainability team was able to support research projects which aim to help us understand and promote sustainable behaviour. The first results of one of these projects can now be presented.
Business administration a science? Then more critical reflection is needed
Less market and management, more critical reflection and diversity. Student and philosophy researcher Lucas Gronouwe argues for business school reform at universities.
Preliminary Advices ‘Duty to contract and freedom of contract’ for Association for Civil Law by Danny Busch and Iris Houben
On Friday 8 December, the Association for Civil Law (Vereniging voor Burgerlijk Recht) held its annual meeting. The theme was 'Contract coercion and freedom of contract'. Preadvices by Danny Busch and Iris Houben were discussed during the meeting.
NRO Grant for Identification of Developmental Language Disorder in teenage newcomers
Tijs Kleemans and Eliane Segers receive the NRO grant "Knowledge for education of the future". With their research, they would like to develop a "Screening Protocol DLD for teenage newcomers" with a language delay.
Black hole symphonies: revealing the complexities in gravitational waves
In this new work, the authors showed the presence of QNM frequencies predicted by second-order perturbation theory in the gravitational wave flux infalling into the horizon.
Methane emissions from canals underestimated
Researchers have so far underestimated methane emissions from canals in five major Dutch cities. That is the conclusion of microbiologist Koen Pelsma, who will defend his PhD thesis on this topic at Radboud University on 13 December.
Unveiling the positive aspects of ADHD: Vidi grant for Martine Hoogman
ADHD, often viewed through a lens of challenges and difficulties, is receiving a fresh perspective through the research of Dr. Martine Hoogman. Awarded a prestigious VIDI grant from NWO for her work before last summer.
Liber Amicorum for Volker Manuth: Not Always Rembrandt, 37 Studies in Baroque Art
The liber amicorum was presented on November 30 to Volker Manuth, retiring Professor of early modern art history at Radboud University Nijmegen, on the occasion of his farewell lecture, on Rembrandt and Dürer.
Pivotal moment for humanity as tipping point threats and opportunities accelerate
The world has reached a pivotal moment as threats from Earth system tipping points – and progress towards positive tipping points – accelerate, a new report shows.
