Nieuws /en en Sun, 04 May 2025 23:54:46 +0200 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Futures of Palestine: Imagining Justice /en/news/futures-of-palestine-imagining-justice Personal experiences and academic insights alternated during the 'Palestine Futures' meeting on April 7, 2024. 148961 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Vacancy Student Assistant Contesting Governance Platform /en/news/vacancy-student-assistant-contesting-governance-platform The Contesting Governance Platform seeks a new student assistant to support its interdisciplinary team. 148246 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:18:00 +0100 Nieuws Vacancy Core Team Member Contesting Governance Platform /en/news/vacancy-core-team-member-contesting-governance-platform The Contesting Governance Platform seeks new core members to strengthen its interdisciplinary team. 148245 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:51:00 +0100 Nieuws PhD Position to Trace and Investigate the Realities of Algorithmic Warfare /en/news/phd-position-to-trace-and-investigate-the-realities-of-algorithmic-warfare IRW researchers Lauren Gould and Marijn Hoijtink offer a 4-year PhD position in International Relations and Conflict Studies as part of their FWO-funded project. 147610 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:23:00 +0100 Nieuws Adapt! takes off: Beatrice de Graaf on a research project preparing the Netherlands for crises /en/news/adapt-takes-off-beatrice-de-graaf-on-a-research-project-preparing-the-netherlands-for-crises Last Thursday Adapt! was launched. “By linking research with practice, we are developing practical solutions,” says key initiator and Director Beatrice de Graaf. 147043 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Does AI really reduce casualties in war? “That’s highly questionable,” says Lauren Gould /en/news/does-ai-really-reduce-casualties-in-war-thats-highly-questionable-says-lauren-gould Lauren Gould recently received an FWO grant for research into algorithmic warfare and the role of AI in military conflicts. She explains the current state of affairs. 146455 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:00:00 +0100 Nieuws Dutch Ministry of Defence has opened civilian harm reporting center /en/news/dutch-ministry-of-defence-has-opened-civilian-harm-reporting-center This reporting center for civilian harm is a result of a collaboration with a consortium containing researchers from Utrecht University. 146061 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:58:00 +0100 Nieuws FWO Research Project grant to trace and investigate the realities of algorithmic warfare /en/news/fwo-research-project-grant-to-trace-and-investigate-the-realities-of-algorithmic-warfare RAW researchers Marijn Hoijtink and Lauren Gould have been awarded a Research Project grant by FWO Vlaanderen to trace and investigate the realities of algorithmic warfare. 145897 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 10:11:00 +0100 Nieuws Symposium: The Rise of AI in Warfare and Security /en/news/symposium-the-rise-of-ai-in-warfare-and-security On Tuesday, the 26th of November, IRW Project Leader Dr. Lauren Gould will participate in a Studium Generale symposium on The Rise of AI in Warfare and Security. 145129 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:43:00 +0100 Nieuws Podcast Episode: What is the Future of Policing? /en/news/podcast-episode-what-is-the-future-of-policing Growing polarization in society, increasing conflicts with law enforcement, a rapidly changing work environment, the influence of AI. What is the future of policing? 144678 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:44:00 +0100 Nieuws What is omvolking? “It acts against the principle of equality” /en/in-de-media/what-is-omvolking-it-acts-against-the-principle-of-equality Following the PVV's use of the term ‘omvolking’, Annelotte Janse explains what the term means, where it comes from, and how it is used. 142265 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Call for Papers: EU Trade and Investment Law Workshop – ‘Questioning Economic Security’ /en/news/call-for-papers-eu-trade-and-investment-law-workshop-questioning-economic-security Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe RENFORCE welcomes contributions for the 3rd Utrecht EU Trade and Investment Law Workshop on 6 December 2024 142159 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:50:00 +0200 Nieuws EU Values in International Trade Israel's AI-enabled targeting of Hamas members jeopardizes moral and legal standards of warfare /en/achtergrond/israels-ai-enabled-targeting-of-hamas-members-jeopardizes-moral-and-legal-standards-of-warfare The use of AI-enabled targeting systems by Israel in Gaza is not in line with international humanitarian law, according to Jessica Dorsey and Marta Bo on Opinio Juris. 142034 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Lorena De Vita receives Heineken Young Scientists Award /en/news/lorena-de-vita-receives-heineken-young-scientists-award Lorena De Vita is the recipient of the Heineken Young Scientists Award in the Humanities, awarded by the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation. 141600 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:48:00 +0200 Nieuws Scott Douglas appointed as new member of the Dutch Safety Board /en/news/scott-douglas-appointed-as-new-member-of-the-dutch-safety-board Scott Douglas, Associate Professor of Public Management at the Utrecht University School of Governance, becomes the new permanent member of the Dutch Safety Board. 141537 Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Sandra Ponzanesi Visiting Professor at Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome /en/news/sandra-ponzanesi-visiting-professor-at-royal-netherlands-institute-in-rome In May and June 2024, Sandra Ponzanesi is Dutch Scientific Institutes Abroad (NWIB) Visiting Professor at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR). 140690 Wed, 22 May 2024 15:53:00 +0200 Nieuws Out of Shadows: A Graphic Novel Set in Lausanne a Century Ago /en/publication/out-of-shadows-a-graphic-novel-set-in-lausanne-a-century-ago The graphic novel, a public engagement activity, aims to tell the complex history of peace-making in the inter-war era in a fun but still thought-provoking manner. 140260 Thu, 02 May 2024 12:57:00 +0200 Nieuws Call: Open Cities Reading Circles /en/achtergrond/call-open-cities-reading-circles If you are starting a new research project and want to read specific scholarship, we invite you to suggest a reading circle within our Open Cities events. 139199 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Utrecht scientists lead two of seven new Gravitation programmes /en/news/utrecht-scientists-lead-two-of-seven-new-gravitation-programmes Two of the seven research consortia awarded Gravitation research funding from OCW are led by researchers from Utrecht University. 138989 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0100 Nieuws uu logo Gravitation grant for multidisciplinary team to investigate adaptability of societies in crises /en/news/gravitation-grant-for-multidisciplinary-team-to-investigate-adaptability-of-societies-in-crises Under the name Adapt!, an interuniversity team of researchers will research the cultural, social, and policy capacities needed to deal with crises. 138957 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0100 Nieuws