Job security for lecturers
Job security, career prospects and appointments with a scope adequate to encompass the tasks associated with the position – these are the basic principles of the new UvA policy on lecturers. The policy came about ...
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Peter-Paul Verbeek new UvA Rector Magnificus
The Supervisory Board of the University of Amsterdam has named Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) Rector Magnificus and member of the Executive Board of the UvA. This was done with positive recommendations from the ... -
UvA again number one Dutch university in QS World University Rankings
The University of Amsterdam is ranked 58th in the world in the 2023 QS Rankings. Like last year, the UvA is the highest ranked Dutch university on the list. The UvA has dropped three spots on the list since last ... -
Scientists estimate the land area needed to save species
64 million km2 – 44% of Earth’s land area – requires conservation to safeguard biodiversity. This is revealed in a new study led by biologists of the University of Amsterdam, that was published on 3 June 2022 in the ... -
Princess Amalia chooses PPLE
Princess Amalia will start at the University of Amsterdam in the upcoming academic year, studying for a bachelor's degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE). We are proud that she has opted to follow ... -
Can we always show our positive emotions to others?
Can we always express positive emotions, and to everyone? No, state psychology researchers from the University of Amsterdam who mapped expression norms for positive emotions. -
The brain’s mechanisms for vision depend on other senses
Every moment of our awake lives, images fall onto our eyes and go through a series of processing steps in the brain to inform us about what is going on in the world. A team of researchers led by the University of ... -
Unusually fast beaked whale has special deep-sea hunting strategy
An international team of biologists has successfully used biologgers to reveal insights into the lifestyle and hunting behaviour of the little-known species Sowerby’s beaked whale. The team’s first results show that ... -
Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. Among the team are several UvA scientists. This result provides overwhelming evidence that the ... -
Millions in funding allocated to research into ‘the algorithmic society’
In the framework of the Gravitation programme, the cabinet is awarding 21.3 million euros to the research project ‘The algorithmic society’, led by UvA University Professors Natali Helberger and Claes de Vreese. One ... -
Borys from Ukraine and Anna from Russia receive support from the UvA emergency fund
They are both 20, are studying for a Bachelor’s and have received help from the emergency fund set up by the UvA together with the Amsterdam University Fund after Russia invaded Ukraine. The war in Ukraine has turned ...