The person behind the figures
Dr Fanny Janssen has received a prestigious VIDI grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). She was awarded EUR 800,000 to study unhealthy behaviour and mortality rates. Unifocus portrays this demographer who is interested in the story and the person behind the figures.
The weekly online video magazine Unifocus highlights topics related to the University of Groningen in the fields of research and society, student life, teaching, policy and internationalization.
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23 April 2024
Studying depopulation also means studying the history of those who stay
Assistant professor Yuliya Hilevych from the Faculty of Arts researches regional depopulation in the Netherlands, Finland, and Ukraine by placing the phenomenon in a social-historical perspective.
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22 April 2024
Trump or no trump, that is the question
UG researchers Ritumbra Manuvie, Pieter de Wilde, and Lisa Gaufman look ahead to the elections in India, Europe, and the United States, respectively. This week: Lisa Gaufman.
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15 April 2024
‘The European elections will be as boring as always’
UG researchers Ritumbra Manuvie, Pieter de Wilde, and Lisa Gaufman look ahead to the elections in India, Europe, and the United States, respectively. This week: Pieter de Wilde. He predicts that the European elections will be as boring as always.