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For many people in the Netherlands, the flea market is synonymous with bargain hunting, haggling and unexpected finds. But anyone who truly wants to be sustainable should start with a different question, says consumer researcher Marijke Leliveld: do I actually need this?

Bayu Jayawardhana controls robots with mathematical formulas. He does this, for instance, in the new project FARMLAB, in which various types of agricultural robots work together to monitor crops in real time.

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.

The RUG will also be present at the festival grounds in Stadspark on May 5. No long lectures, no complicated jargon but easy to follow mini-lectures by researchers from the University of Groningen. In just a few minutes, they will take you through surprising insights on one central theme: freedom.

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.