Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) can be considered a wicked problem because the phenomenon is characterised by multiple, interdependent factors, functio…

Dr Gijs Schumacher has been appointed Professor of Political Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. He studies how emotions influence democracy and help explain political decision-making.

Terwijl het veel over toenemende polarisatie gaat in Nederland, ziet socioloog Jan Willem Duyvendak (66) dat polarisatie qua meningen en gedrag juist afneemt.

Liza Mügge, Hoofddocent Politicologie aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, de feministische beweging Dolle Mina en vrouwenorganisatie Vrouwen van Nu zijn genomineerd voor de Joke Smit oeuvreprijs. De ge...

Join the first AISSR lecture of the 2025-2026 series, that will be kicked off by professor of Sociology Julian Go (University of Chicago), exploring social dynamics, structures and the impact of empir...

Veel jongeren tot 18 jaar voelen zich, net als vorig jaar, niet gehoord door de politiek, terwijl ze er volgens onderzoekers wel mee bezig zijn.

Luc Fransen appointed Professor of Transnational Governance at the UvA. He researches cross-border collaboration on environment, human rights, and economic development.

The Catalysis Engineering group at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) led by associate professor Shiju Raveendran is part of the newly established ABEL consortium that aims to con...

DeMoCraft receives €6.6m for research into democratic moral craftsmanship. How do politicians stay strong in crises? New knowledge and tools aim to future-proof governance.

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Eleven UvA researchers and their teams can start promising projects thanks to allocations within SSH Open Competition M 2025 of the Dutch Research Council. The projects will cover a diverse range of topic -such as social media, health and the labour market- with plenty of room for experimentation and innovation. The projects last for a maximum of five years.

The displays of wealth and power at the recent weddings of billionaires, like Bezos-Sánchez's nuptials, are a callback to the Gilded Age.