Mark Huijbregts joins TNO to bring sustainability assessment to the next level
Prof. Mark Huijbregts, Professor Integrated Environmental Assessment at Radboud University, will join TNO parttime as a Principal Scientist as of 1 April. He will combine this new role at TNO with his position as professor at Rdaboud University.
ARPH dissertation award for Inge Stortenbeker
Inge Stortenbeker received the 2022 Dissertation Award from the Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH). Her dissertation examined communication between doctors and patients about unexplained complaints/symptoms.
ERC Advanced Grant for research on senses and fast X-ray flashes
Radboud University researchers Uta Noppeney and Peter Jonker have both been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
Minister Dijkgraaf stresses importance of open science with Slave Registers
On 29 March, the Dutch minister of Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, sent a parliamentary letter stressing the importance of open science in scientific research in which he named research project Slave Registers by Coen van Galen.
New method to profile transcription factor binding affinities across the genome
Hannah Neikes, Rik Lindeboom, Michiel Vermeulen and their colleagues developed a method to profile transcription factor binding affinities across the genome. These breakthrough results were recently published in Nature Biotechnology.
Brightest ever gamma-ray burst illuminates Milky Way like never before
Telescopes in space and on Earth have observed the brightest gamma-ray burst ever. The results are described in a series of articles published today in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Praying helped during eighteenth-century disasters (but not because God was intervening)
On Tuesday 4 April, historian Adriaan Duiveman will receive his doctorate from Radboud University. “Religion was not a sign of despair, but a form of collective resilience.”
Praying helped during eighteenth-century disasters (but not because God intervened)
Praying in a packed church for a whole day, singing psalms, and hearing thunderous sermons about your sinfulness was what eighteenth-century Dutch people did during a prayer day, after a disaster. Did these rituals have any use? According to historian Adriaan Duiveman, they did.
Vibronic coupling in a potential astronomical molecular ion
Researchers at HMFL-FELIX have now for the first time measured the vibrational spectral fingerprint of the cyanoacetylene cation making use of the wide tunability of the FELIX free-electron lasers from the mid- to far-infrared.
The history of the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij in times of war and crisis raises the issue of executive responsibility
The Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij (predecessor of the KNHM Foundation and Arcadis) supervised the employment of Jews from Jewish labour camps during the Second World War. This was the conclusion drawn by historian Lennert Savenije.
Funding for research Quatas for The Inclusion of Racialised Dutch Academics
Dr. Anya Topolski receives funding for ‘Quatas for The Inclusion of Racialised Dutch Academics’.
Looking back: the first two years of Horizon Europe
In January 2021, the EU launched the newest and largest framework programme for research funding to date: Horizon Europe. On the occasion of a first review place, this is a good time to look back with a 'position paper'.
Peruvian scientist to investigate ‘Nimweegs’
Peruvian doctor Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia researches the Nimweegs, the dialect of Nijmegen.
Learning to read better with software that listens and gives feedback
Since 1 March 2023, the very first Reading Tutor with automatic speech recognition for Dutch has been implemented in primary schools. The basis for the programme was developed by researchers at the Centre for Language and Speech Technology.
Prevent breach of trust in court for more trust in the government
Within administrative and civil law, more attention should be paid to the consequences of a breach of legitimate expectations, says Nikky van Triet, who will defend her PhD at Radboud University on 22 March.
Gender and power research: as relevant as ever
Last Fall, the Hot Spot Gender and Power in Politics and Management, an interdisciplinary group of researchers, celebrated its tenth anniversary.
Climate goals have strong philosophical foundations in liberalism
Climate change: according to Professor of Political Theory Marcel Wissenburg and Political Science alumnus and Member of Parliament Silvio Erkens, in particular climate change deniers and climate activists dominate the social debate.
Multinationals can make a long-term impact with both moral and strategic intentions
Ayse Saka-Helmhout, Professor of Comparative Management at the Department of Business Administration, studied what multinationals are doing to address these challenges and what factors play a role in achieving long-term social impact.
‘Universities need to connect with practitioners more’
Both are concerned with sustainability. One from science, the other from practice. What problems do they encounter? What common ground is there? And how can science and practice reinforce each other? ‘As a university, we need to go that extra mile.’
University and Dar find each other in circularity ideal
Researchers at Nijmegen School of Management often work together with organisations. For example, Associate Professor Sjors Witjes, who for years has had close contact with Bart de Bruin, the director of Dar. Together, they work on various circularity projects.
