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Maffiapraktijken in Nederland: zijn we gewaarschuwd?
Date:07 May 2025

Nederland krijgt te maken met steeds gewelddadigere criminaliteit: liquidaties op klaarlichte dag, bedreigde journalisten, en explosies bij woningen. In Nederland zijn we dit niet gewend.

Public Academy lecture 'The right to demonstrate' 22 May 2025
Date:07 May 2025

Thousands of demonstrations take place in the Netherlands every year. These demonstrations raise many questions about the right to demonstrate. This topic is the subject of the Public Academy for Jurisprudence on 22 May at 07.30 p.m. - 9 p.m. During this evening, we will look through a legal lens at the right to demonstrate.

Impact | Online advice about right to freedom of assembly
Date:22 April 2025

In the coming weeks the nominees for the Ben Feringa Impact Award 2025 will introduce themselves and their impactful research or project. This week: Noor Swart and Berend Roorda, on their online information initiative on the right of freedom to assembly, demontratierecht.nl

How do you shield yourself from Big Tech's power?
Date:22 April 2025

How can we all become less dependent on Big Tech? A topical and urgent question that is also arising within the University. Recently, a petition by a group of staff members made the rounds that called for the University to break away from Google and Amazon. Peter van de Waerdt obtained his PhD in November last year on this very subject. The significant title of his thesis: Data is power.

The Faculty of Law launches podcast The Right to News
Date:15 April 2025

On 16 April 2025, the Faculty of Law at the University of Groningen will launch the first episode of its podcast The Right to News (in Dutch: Recht op Nieuws). The theme of the first episode is: “Can the government just ban organizations in the future?”

12 Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Networks for the University of Groningen 
Date:14 April 2025

The University of Groningen has achieved very good results in the last round of Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Networks.

'To entice is okay, to mislead is not'
Date:04 February 2025

In the supermarket, there is a carton of ‘blackcurrant juice’. At least, that is what it is called and what the picture on the packaging suggests. The list of ingredients, however, states that the contents are mainly made of apples and grapes. Is this allowed without question? Are customers not being misled in this way? Lawyer Carien de Jager is engaged with these kinds of questions.

Two UG researchers join The Young Academy
Date:23 January 2025

Prof. Björn Hoops and Dr Esther Metting are joining The Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie, DJA) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koningklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, KNAW). Every year, the DJA selects 10 talented academics who have demonstrated academic excellence and obtained their PhDs less than ten years ago.

Liekuut | Alette Smeulers: 'Human rights violations are also about us'
Date:16 December 2024

'The Middle East is ablaze, a war is raging in Eastern Europe, and the US elected an extremely unpredictable president who is undermining democracy: human rights are under pressure.

Bigger than femicide alone – the role of gender in violence
Date:18 November 2024

In the media and politics, there is rising attention to femicide — the murder of women, often by a partner or a former partner. Martina Althoff, associate professor of Criminology, welcomes this but is critical at the same time.

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