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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.

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?

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.

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.

The Young Academy Groningen welcomes seven new members. The Young Academy Groningen (YAG) is a group of talented, enthusiastic, and ambitious early career researchers from various disciplines at the University of Groningen (UG) and the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). Members share a passion for science and scholarship and an interest in their broader impacts on academia and society.

On Monday 4 May 2026, the Board of the University of Groningen will lay a wreath outside the steps of the Academy Building in memory of the victims of the Second World War. If you wish to attend the wreath-laying ceremony, please be in the lobby of the Academy Building by 9.50 am, where the procession will form.

Four UG projects receive NWO funding for innovative research in bioplastics, sustainable materials, and AI-driven antiviral strategies.