With the start of the new academic year, the Law Centre for Health and Life is pleased to welcome 66 students to the master’s programme and 62 students to the minor programme.

Met de start van het nieuwe academische jaar verwelkomt het Centrum Recht voor Gezondheid en Leven 66 studenten in het masterprogramma en 62 studenten in het minorprogramma.

Ben jij een docent of onderwijsontwikkelaar voor een interdisciplinaire studie en ga je aan de slag met academische vaardigheden? Koop nu het handboek Academische vaardigheden voor interdisciplinaire studies

Are you a lecturer or educational developer for an interdisciplinary degree programme and are you planning to teach academic skills? Buy the Handbook on Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies. Dutch only.

We launch our ACELG Lecture Series 2026/2027 with an exciting line-up of five confirmed speakers. EU Law Encounters brings EU law into conversation with diverse perspectives, intellectual traditions, and theoretical ...

Op woensdag 16 september zal de steiger van gevel C4 worden gedemonteerd, de verwachting is dat dit t/m vrijdag 18 september duurt. De werkzaamheden zullen starten vanaf 7.00 uur in de ochtend.

On 1 September, Anniek de Ruijter became the new Rector Magnificus of the UvA. Has her perspective on the UvA changed as she’s gone from student to PhD candidate to professor to administrator here? Is she optimistic ...

Op 1 september trad Anniek de Ruijter aan als nieuwe rector magnificus van de UvA. Is zij anders naar de UvA gaan kijken in de verschillende rollen die zij aan de universiteit vervulde? Wat is haar favoriete ...

Congratulations to Alberto Nicotina for his new role within ACELG. Since September 2026, Alberto is an Assistant Professor of European Law at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests focus on federal ...

Climate change and climate adaptation are rapidly altering the risks of flooding and extreme rainfall in the Netherlands. Banks and insurers need reliable risk information in order to underpin premiums, capital ...

On 1st of September, Elisabeth Schöyen joined the Amsterdam Centre for European Law & Governance (ACELG) as an Assistant Professor of European Law. Her areas of expertise are EU Disability Law, Labour Law, and Social ...

Door klimaatverandering en klimaatadaptatie veranderen de risico's van overstromingen en extreme neerslag in Nederland in rap tempo. Banken en verzekeraars hebben betrouwbare risico-informatie hierover nodig om ...

ACELG welcomes three new PhD candidates to the centre, spanning research topics including corporate power and the effects on markets and society, sustainable digital infrastructure and european law.

Dr Geraldo Vidigal, Associate Professor of Public International Law and International Trade Law at the Amsterdam Law School and member of the Amsterdam Center for International Law, delivered a Legal Opinion on 8 ...

Kunnen jongvolwassenen in het digitale tijdperk van tegenwoordig nog wel voldoende tijd voor zichzelf nemen? Is dat met alle smartphones en digitale platforms niet lastiger geworden? Niet per se, stelt Liza Keessen ...

Explore what happens when people with different—and sometimes conflicting—experiences meet, and how dialogue can foster understanding, connection and new perspectives.

Extreme heatwaves disrupt life in soil. Soil bacteria that produce and resist antibiotics switch into survival mode, temporarily reducing the number of resistance genes. At the same time, heat and drought are causing ...

Extreme hittegolven raken ook het leven in de bodem. Bacteriën die daar antibiotica maken én zich ertegen wapenen, schakelen bij zulke hitte over op pure overleving. Daardoor neemt het aantal resistentiegenen in ...

Learn about AISSR Impulse grant and researcher Dominic Teodorescu investigating why far-right, anti-Roma parties are gaining support in Roma-concentrated areas of Romania

Two PhD students of the Van der Waals Zeeman Institute at UvA-IoP, Charly Bolhuis and Bernardo Dias, have won prizes for their papers at the conference Metamaterials 2026 in New York.