In het bijzijn van enkele bedreigde wetenschappers en minister Dijkgraaf van OCW is het platform WetenschapVeilig gelanceerd. Op een onbekende plek met bewakers aan de deur.
Have you encountered threats, intimidation or aggression? From today, academics who feel unsafe can seek help by calling a special hotline or filing a report online.
Energy uncertainty has increased the interest in energy renovations, notes Professor Henk Visscher. Now we need large-scale implementation. But how is that to be accomplished?
Researchers frequently have too little time to share their knowledge on a broad scale and respond to social issues. KNAW is making recommendations on how this can be improved.
Sticking to a maximum of 1.5 degrees of global warming is no longer justifiable, Scientist Rebellion believes. TU Delft scientists signed their petition. Will actions follow?
An increasing number of women are working at Dutch universities. Yet in Delft, the number of female professors decreased; at TU Delft, less than 1 in 5 professors are women.
To conclude the first quarter, first-year mechanical engineering students test marble machines that have to connect to two others. This went better than ever this year.
Misconduct by university professors in Leiden and Leuven was allowed to go unchecked for many years. “It doesn’t surprise me”, says professor Naomi Ellemers.
1919 Chinese researchers are conducting doctoral research in the Netherlands on a scholarship that pays below minimum wage. Universities barely contribute financial support.
