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On Tuesday 9 June 2026, the annual Ben Feringa Impact Award will be presented. With this award, the University of Groningen honours the unique achievements of its researchers and students in the field of knowledge utilisation. Nobel laureate Ben Feringa will present the prize to the winning researchers and students during a festive ceremony at Forum Groningen.

Climate change is claiming an increasing number of victims in Europe. This is evident from the latest Lancet Countdown Europe, in which 64 researchers from 42 different countries map out the consequences of climate change for European public health. The results of this third edition are published today in the journal Lancet Public Health.

Alette Smeulers’ meticulous research into war criminals and genocidaires has brought her firmly into the spotlight. Her book Angstaanjagend normaal (which translates as ‘Terrifyingly Normal’) features a typology of these offenders. She wrote the book explicitly as a warning to all of us. The thing that worries her most is the commonly held idea that you could not be a perpetrator yourself.

During the launch of her book Dat maak ik zelf wel uit (That's for me to decide) on 20 April, Brigit Toebes (Hattem, 1969) was awarded a Royal Decoration. Toebes is Professor of Health Law in a Global Context at the UG. She received the insignia belonging to the Royal Decoration in the category of Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau from Deputy Mayor Mirjam Wijnja of the Municipality of Groningen.

Anne Benjaminse, assistant professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences/UMCG, conducts research on factors that affect ACL tears and is developing a programme designed to prevent ACL-related problems in collaboration with the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and football club FC Groningen.

The University of Groningen (UG) and the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG) will cancel their licence for the Web of Science database with effect from 1 January 2027.

Laboratories are some of the most resource-intensive places within universities. Energy and water use, chemical waste, single-use materials and equipment replacement all have a negative environmental impact. How can behavioral interventions help scientists go greener?

Every two weeks, UG Makers puts the spotlight on a researcher who has created something tangible, ranging from homemade measuring equipment for academic research to small or larger products that can change our daily lives.

With the large-scale Just Art project, educational and research institutions in the Netherlands and abroad will, over the coming years, join forces with artists to combat climate injustice.

The University of Groningen is among the world leaders in the field of Systems and Control. At the Jan C. Willems Centre for Systems and Control, researchers from the University are working on the mathematics behind a wide range of applications, such as high-tech manufacturing processes or a knee prosthesis.