In the media
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State sovereignty undermined by big tech companies07 January 2025
In his new book ‘De vloek van Big Tech’ (The Curse of Big Tech), lecturer Reijer Passchier likens the power of Big Tech companies over democratic gove...
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Reception centres for asylum seekers in Albania virtually empty06 January 2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to receive asylum seekers in Albania appears to be unfeasible due to legal complications. Mark Klaassen, ...
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How Europe can reduce flood risk06 January 2025
With the recent devastating floods across Europe in late 2024 Europe is expected to experience a greater frequency of severe floods. Paul Hudson, Asso...
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The impact of influential people and political parties on important issues06 January 2025
Looking back on 2024, Elon Musk and his impact on the global stage, political developments in the Netherlands and the war in Ukraine come to mind. The...
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Francesco Walker in The Conversation on how children look at art03 January 2025
Adults and children view art in completely different ways, Cognitive psychologist Francesco Walker discovered at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum. 'In a re...
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The role of chemical weapons in the Ukraine conflict23 December 2024
Anneleen van der Meer, assistant professor in the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), discusses Russia's alleged use of chemical weapons ...
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IPBES: Positive outcomes for people and nature are feasible, but we must act now20 December 2024
Changes to halt further biodiversity loss are more urgent than ever and feasible, says IPBES, the United Nations biodiversity panel. In two reports re...
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Bart Custers about extremists on Telegram19 December 2024
Extremist users of Telegram are moving en masse to other chat apps, such as the anonymous SimpleX. In this way, they hope to avoid detection, now that...
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Eric Storm's book Nationalism in Wall Street Journal: "The conventional understanding of the nation does not reflect reality"19 December 2024
The Wall Street Journal reviews historian Eric Storm's new book 'Nationalism: A World History', which examines the complex history and development of ...
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Daniel Schade in The Washington Post: 'Schengen hasn't been fully functioning as intended since 2015'19 December 2024
More European countries are introducing border controls, clashing with the ideal of free movement within Europe. Daniel Schade, Assistant Professor of...
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Spycraft in History Today’s and The Economist’s Books of the Year19 December 2024
Spycraft, by professor Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman has been selected by History Today and The Economist as one of 2024’s best books
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Simone van der Hof: ‘Banning social media solves nothing’18 December 2024
The Australian Parliament recently passed a law banning social media for children younger than 16. This solves nothing, argues Simone van der Hof, Pro...
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Psychology Media Presentation 202417 December 2024
Also in 2024, our colleagues from the Institute of Psychology were visible in the media in various ways. Check out their appearances in Dutch media, f...
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New article on EU law and image-based sexual abuse15 December 2024
Carlotta Rigotti co-authors a new publication on EU law and image-based sexual abuse in the German Law Journal.
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New legislation is crucial for surrogacy11 December 2024
Surrogacy has a long history, but the Netherlands lacks legislation in this area. This is badly needed, university lecturers Kartica van der Zon and D...