In the media
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Bart Custers on using genealogical DNA in criminal cases 09 March 2023The Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) and the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) want to use private DNA databases for genealogical research in crimin...
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What exactly constitutes genocide and when can the term be applied? 08 March 2023Thousands of Ukrainian children have been transferred to Russia from occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, reports say. Is this, as the government ...
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Possible impact of Dutch provincial council elections on nitrogen plans 06 March 2023These might be ‘just’ provincial council elections in the Netherlands, but the outcome on 15 March could have serious consequences for how the country...
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Peter Rodrigues on reception of asylum seekers outside EU 06 March 2023Rodrigues was asked to comment on the intention of certain Dutch political parties to examine whether the Netherlands, together with Denmark, could ac...
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Can a demonstrating civil servant be fired? 06 March 2023A discussion is currently being held about whether a demonstrating policy official employed by the Municipality of The Hague, who is also a local coun...
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Podcast: Starting a career in Psychology 01 March 2023We talk with Sophia Dittmar about starting a career in Psychology. Dittmar is currently studying the master's specialisation in Economic and Consumer ...
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Archaeologist Marie Soressi joins the discussion about the early use of bow-and-arrow technology in Europe 27 February 2023Nature News reported on the use of bow-and-arrow for hunting based on the research made on small points found in a 54,000-year-old cave site in southe...
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Tricking a quantum computer to enhance its performance 27 February 2023Researchers found a way to run programmes that should be impossible to carry out on an imperfect quantum computer. Such programmes are very computatio...
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Osteoarchaeologist Maia Casna interviewed on a podcast 25 February 2023PhD candidate Maia Casna was a guest on the new episode of the Wetenschappelijke Wezens podcast. In it, Maia discusses her research on urbanisation an...
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Dutch cabinet considers legal coercion towards provinces in nitrogen strategy 23 February 2023
At present, the cabinet still maintains that all provinces are motivated to cooperate with the sensitive issue of the nitrogen strategy. However, ther...
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Tom Ottervanger on controversial ticket sales via Ticketmaster NL 21 February 2023Ticketmaster – the largest ticket sales company in the world – is under fire from both consumers and Dutch MPs. The reason is the sale of tickets for ...
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Barend Barentsen on increase in strike action 21 February 2023
With inflation skyrocketing, more and more workers are willing to take action for better working conditions. From regional transport to municipal offi...
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde in Dutch media on social learning 20 February 2023Developmental Psychologist Anna van Duijvenvoorde talks about her research on the development of brain and behaviour in adolescents. An important part...
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Jorrit Rijpma on Europe's approach to immigration following EU summit 20 February 2023EU Member States are struggling with rising numbers of migrants and asylum seekers. At the recent EU summit, agreements were reached on better control...
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Bart Custers on successor to DigiD 17 February 2023The Netherlands has DigiD, Portugal ‘de Cartão de Cidadão’, and Ireland MyGovID. Europe now wants one uniform digital identity card - the same for all...