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Tax returns, phishing emails, relationship crises, or simply a cup of coffee. Residents of Groningen bring all kinds of questions to the support points (‘steunpunten’) of WIJS Groningen. Every year, around 3,000 people seek help with a wide range of issues. In the new episode of the RUG & Co. podcast, we discover how students and Groningen residents work together to find solutions.
Vera de Bel responds to a case study on whether grandparents can also say “no” to babysitting their grandchildren.
As part of Week against Loneliness, Başak Bilecen was interviewed by the local broadcaster OOG
Your parents have passed away, but due to disinheritance, you have no right to photos or a piece of furniture. What does this mean for a child? The social and emotional impact of disinheritance has barely been studied.
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), 17.4 per cent of 35- to 45-year-olds feel severely socially lonely. Why is that, and how do you make new friends? Daniel Cowen investigated how first-year students form friendships.
Networking event for Turkish women in academics and entrepreneurs
Sociologist Frank van Tubergen has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of €3.5 million for a research project on social cohesion among young people with and without a migration background.
Opinion piece by Jaap Nieuwenhuis and Sander van Lanen in Sociale Vraagstukken: Local initiatives are no substitute for declining care standards
Zoltán Lippényi (University of Groningen), Iván Canzio and Valentina di Stasio (European University Institute) have been awarded a LISS Panel Grant to collect experimental survey data on the relationship between workplace diversity and job preferences.
De Oogst van Groningen officially kicked off on Thursday afternoon: a fund of €3.2 million for regional short supply chains. Food travels a short distance from farm to plate. “The initiative is a ‘breeding ground’ for innovative ideas that would otherwise never see the light of day,” says director Kees van Veen.
Jacob Dijkstra promoted to adjunct professor of mathematical sociology
Liesbet Heyse has been promoted to associate professor of Organisational Sociology.
The upcoming Dutch government formation appears to be heading toward a coalition focused on pragmatic cooperation in the political centre.
On Wednesday afternoon, September 24, the Master's Committee of Sociëtas organized the annual internship fair for pre-master's and master's students of Sociology. This year was another very successful afternoon, with twelve different organizations representing all areas of the Master's program in Sociology, including research organizations, consulting firms, and municipalities.
Jaap Nieuwenhuis (Sociology, University of Groningen) and other researchers were interviewed about the growing gap between those with practical and theoretical education in the Netherlands, which is leading to declining trust, increasing polarization, and social tensions.
Together with municipal job mediators in the labor market region of Groningen and North Drenthe (Werk in Zicht), status holders and employers, Nina Hansen, Liesbet Heyse, Sanne Hiemstra and Marjolein Boendermaker developed an evidence-based training and toolbox.
Loneliness—defined as the gap between actual and desired social relationships—is a common yet underexplored experience among international students.
Marieke Haan has received an Open Competition XS grant from NWO. This grant is intended to enable innovative and socially relevant research projects.
Professor René Veenstra writes that it is high time the government adjusted its course, with the help of influential young people and concerned parents.