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Echo chambers may make online news more viral
21 Sept 2018
Fake news. Just give your social media feed a glance and there is a reasonable chance you’ll see a skewed story containing factual inaccuracies. One reason for the its rapid spread, some observers suggest, may be the ...
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Ideology influences facts and leads to conflict
19 Sept 2018
The terms fake news and post-truth have become a fixed part of our vocabulary. Mistrust of public institutions and science seems to be growing, just like the gap between reality and rhetoric. In a new publication, ...
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Veni grant awarded to 27 UvA and AMC-UvA researchers
16 July 2018
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni grants worth up to €250,000 to 27 UvA and AMC-UvA researchers who recently obtained their doctorate. The grants give promising young ...
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Ethnic discrimination on the labour market – the role of employers
22 June 2018
Ethnic discrimination on the labour market is a major concern for societies seeking equality. Unequal treatment of citizens leads to inequality, deficient participation and loss of capacity. Sociologist Bram Lancee ...
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UvA part of consortium 'CO-CREATE' research project to tackle adolescent obesity
4 June 2018
A consortium of 14 research and advocacy organisations, amongst which the Universities of Amsterdam, Oslo, Cape Town and Bergen, as well as the World Obesity Federation and World Cancer Research Fund, have launched a ...
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Vidi grant awarded to 11 UvA and AMC researchers
1 June 2018
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant worth 800,000 euros to 11 experienced researchers from the University of Amsterdam and Academic Medical Center (AMC-UvA). The grant ...
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Inequality in science funding
24 Apr 2018
New research shows that winners of a large research grant programme in the Netherlands have a 2.5 times greater chance of obtaining a follow-up grant than nonwinners. The research, which focused on NWO Vidi Grants, ...
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ERC Advanced Grants awarded to Hal Caswell and Dennis Rodgers
10 Apr 2018
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded prestigious Advanced Grants to UvA professors Hal Caswell and Dennis Rodgers. The grants, totalling 1.2 million euros and 2.5 million euros respectively, are awarded on ...
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Great Thinkers on YouTube-Ewald Engelen presenting the work of Karl Marx
8 Mar 2018
Financial Geographer Ewald Engelen traces the renewed relevance of the writings of Karl Marx. He will also discuss what Marx failed to tell us.
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UvA subjects ranked highly in latest QS Rankings
28 Feb 2018
Several subject areas at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have a high ranking in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. Communication & Media Studies is ranked the best in the world (up from 2nd spot ...
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Henny Bos, professor of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Families and Youth
28 Feb 2018
Dr H.M.W. Bos (1963) has been appointed professor of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Families and Youth at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
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Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros awarded to eleven UvA and AMC-UvA researchers
23 Feb 2018
Eleven researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Academic Medical Center (AMC) have each received a Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros to conduct research over the coming five years. Vici, which is ...
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New data yields deeper understanding of poverty in India
23 Jan 2018
A new international study led by UvA researchers Peter Sloot and Michael Lees has yielded extensive data on slums in Bangalore and provides a detailed insight into the problem of poverty in India. The highly granular ...
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'I am not a spy!'
9 Jan 2018
Through an Open Access book and comic strip series UvA political scientists share their fieldwork experiences in authoritarian contexts. They offer their insights into this particularly challenging area of field ...
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Olav Velthuis, professor of Sociology
22 Nov 2017
Dr O.J.M. Velthuis (1972) has been appointed professor of Sociology, especially economic life and culture, at the University of Amsterdam's (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.
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Solving problems in social groups
30 Oct 2017
People often face shared problems, ranging from finding resources to avoiding external threats. Would it be possible for individuals to interact and be more accurate than independent individuals? In a Letter in the ...
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The future of craftmanship (Dutch only)
12 Oct 2017
Specialist professionals have better job opportunities than highly trained professionals.
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Jan Willem Duyvendak new director of NIAS-KNAW
6 Oct 2017
Jan Willem Duyvendak will become the new director of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) on 1 January 2018. Duyvendak will combine his work as Professor of ...
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Pictures Memorial Symposium Jaap Dronkers
1 Oct 2017
On September 8, AMCIS organized a special memorial symposium in the University Library of Amsterdam in memory of Jaap Dronkers, Professor of Sociology, who died in 2016.
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Siblings divorce increases the risk of divorce
29 Sept 2017
Parental divorce has repeatedly been shown to increase the risk of divorce for offspring. Research on the influence of other social ties is however scarce. New published research in 'Advances in Life Course Research' ...
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