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SAVE THE DATE |Noordelijke Bestuursconferentie: Robuust lokaal bestuur - Versterking van de weerbaarheid van de lokale democratie
Wanneer:vr 23-10-2026 09:30 - 14:00Waar:Provinciehuis Groningen, Martinikerkhof 12, 9712 JG Groningen

Het werk van bestuurders en volksvertegenwoordigers is intensiever geworden. Dreiging en intimidatie, informatie verwarring, digitale risico’s, polarisatie en hoge werkdruk komen samen in de praktijk van alledag. Op vrijdag 23 oktober 2026 maken we ruimte...

Start programma: De Regeneratieve Leider
Wanneer:do 11-06-2026Waar:Landgoed Roggebotstaete

In een wereld die meer vraagt dan duurzaamheid alleen, is regeneratief leiderschap geen keuze meer, maar een noodzaak. Dit tweedaagse programma De Regeneratieve Leider geeft u als leidinggevende de ruimte om te vertragen, te verdiepen en opnieuw...

Stories of This Abled City: Experiential Dialogues on Disability in Urban Life
Vanaf:wo 10-06-2026Tot en met:vr 12-06-2026Waar:House of Connections, Grote Markt 21, Groningen

In juni organiseert de Rudolph Agricola School for Sustainable Development (Universiteit Groningen) Stories of This Abled City: een driedaagse interactieve tentoonstelling en publieksprogramma dat Groningen verkent vanuit de geleefde ervaringen van...

Lecture and Open Debate on Human Capital and the Future of Universities with Prof. Guy Standing
Wanneer:vr 29-05-2026 09:15 - 12:30Waar:Het Oratielokaal (First floor) at Het Oude Raadhuis (De Plek) (Oude Boteringestraat 19, 9712 GC Groningen)

What happens when education is increasingly treated as an investment in “human capital” rather than a shared public good? What is lost when universities are expected to prioritise employability, productivity, and measurable outputs over curiosity, critical...

Settler Colonial Paradigms
Vanaf:do 21-05-2026Tot en met:za 23-05-2026Waar:De Plek, Het Oude Raadhuis, Oude Boteringestraat 19

This conference explores the extent to which settler colonialism can be understood as a long-term structure that has evolved since antiquity and continues to shape contemporary societies and the global order. It aims to contribute to current debates within...

Living, Learning, Caring: Young Lives and Climate Change| InfraCARE Public Lecture by Associate Professor Kathy Reilly
Wanneer:do 16-04-2026 11:45 - 13:15Waar:House of Connections, Grote Markt 21, Groningen

As part of InfraCARE’s kick-off event, a public lecture by Associate Professor Kathy Reilly will be held. InfraCARE - Urban Infrastructures for Climate Action and REpair - is one of the projects awarded funding in the ENLIGHT 2025 Thematic Networks call, a...

Trust in Science: from Politicization to Crisis
Wanneer:wo 15-04-2026 13:00 - 18:00Waar:House of Connections, Grote Markt 21, Groningen

The perception that science is politicised or that scientific experts are highly divided is a potential threat to public trust in science. But what exactly does it mean for science to be politicised? And what should we do when scientific experts disagree...

From Classroom to Career Symposium 
Wanneer:wo 15-04-2026 09:30 - 14:30Waar: House of Connections, Grote Markt 21

Join us at "From Classroom to Career", a symposium aiming to uncover the real-world applications of academic studies in language, linguistics and communication. Designed for postgraduate and undergraduate students, as well as lecturers in these fields, the...

The Future of Game-Based Learning and Gamification
Wanneer:ma 13-04-2026 09:00 - 13:00Waar:House of Connections, Grote Markt 21, Groningen

How can game-based learning and gamification improve learning outcomes?

We warmly invite you to join us on 13 April for a cross-disciplinary event on gamification, serious games, and game-based learning. We welcome RUG researchers, lecturers, PhD...

Election Spotlight: Hungary Votes - Europe Watches
Wanneer:do 09-04-2026 19:30 - 21:00Waar:Marie Loke Room, Harmonie Building, Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat 26, Groningen

Since returning to power in 2010, Viktor Orbán and his party Fidesz have promoted a model of governance that combines strong executive authority with the systematic erosion of liberal checks and balances, the rule of law, and civil rights. As the most...

A more nutritionally adequate measure of global poverty|CoRE-IPD Online Seminar Series
Wanneer:do 09-04-2026 15:30 - 16:30Waar:Online

Our research group CoRE-IPD is pleased to announce the launch of its online seminar series. Each month, a different partner institution will host a seminar exploring key topics in inequality, poverty and deprivation. The seminars consist of a 40-minute...

Verbeelding van de Wadden
Wanneer:vr 27-03-2026 10:00 - 17:00Waar:WEC (Werelderfgoedcentrum Waddenzee), Lauwersoog

Op 27 maart 2026 vindt in Lauwersoog een symposium plaats waarin de culturele verbeeldingen van het Waddengebied in wetenschap, literatuur en kunst centraal staan. Het behoud van dit werelderfgoed is niet alleen een politieke of technologische kwestie,...

Exploring Post-Growth Infrastructures
Wanneer:vr 13-03-2026 13:00 - 17:45Waar:House of Connections, Grote Markt 21, Groningen

Growth is the metaphorical elephant in the room of all contemporary policy discussions. How sustainable development can be fostered in practice requires not only confronting conceptions of economic growth and various post-growth alternatives, but...

Where You Live, When You Lived: Place, Time, and Health Inequalities in Japan
Wanneer:do 12-03-2026 16:00 - 17:30Waar:Harmony Building, Oude Kijk in Het Jatstraat 26 (zaal 1314.0142 ALC)

Japan is widely recognised as one of the world's longest-lived societies, yet place-based socioeconomic inequalities in health persist and have widened since the "lost decades" of the 1990s, with area deprivation closely linked to these disparities. More...

We need to talk about ‘Gemeenteraadsverkiezingen’
Wanneer:wo 11-03-2026 20:30 - 22:00Waar:USVA, Munnekeholm 10

Many internationals living in Groningen are not aware that EU citizens are entitled to vote in Dutch municipal elections. Yet these elections play a crucial role in shaping the city’s policies and priorities.

This event aims to provide an accessible...

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