In the media
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Why Arnhem cannot simply ban Kanye WestIn the media 16 April 2026Unrest is growing around Kanye West's scheduled concerts in Arnhem, but the city’s mayor cannot simply ban him. According to Adriaan Wierenga, an emer...
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Are Big Tech companies new pseudo-states?In the media 15 April 2026Big Tech companies have so much power that they function like states without democratic control. In NEMO Kennislink, Reijer Passchier, an assistant pr...
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School of Democracy 2026The basics of Democracy, Storytelling and messaging 15 April 2026
The School of Democracy is an initiative of several Dutch political foundations aimed at engaging and empowering young people who are eager to strengt...
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How is the age of asylum seekers assessed?In the media 15 April 2026The Netherlands determines the age of asylum seekers partly on appearance and behaviour. Several experts, including Mark Klaassen, warn that careful a...
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eLaw publishes editorial for CLSR Special Issue on Law and Technology15 April 2026eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies has published the editorial to the Special Issue Law and/versus Technology: Trends for the new decade i...
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Undressing apps: Dutch government should act now14 April 2026Free online AI tools can generate fake images, including nude images of people. In an op-ed in 'Trouw' newspaper, Bart Custers, Professor of Law & Dat...
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Neanderthals were hunting pond turtles in Central Europe 125,000 years ago14 April 2026Wil Roebroeks was part of an international research project examining turtle shells from Neumark-Nord. The 92 shell fragments were carefully and thoro...
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New blog post on digital well-being and social media addictive design14 April 2026Nina Baranowska and Gianclaudio Malgieri have published a new blog post on Verfassungsblog: 'Towards a Legal Concept of Digital Well-being: Insights f...
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Dutch government's welfare cuts will hit vulnerable citizens hardIn the media 13 April 2026The National Ombudsman and various experts, including Fatma Çapkurt, an assistant professor in constitutional and administrative law, are highly criti...
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Can Iran levy tolls in the Strait of Hormuz?In the media 13 April 2026Iran plans to impose tolls on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. In ‘de Volkskrant’, Hilde Woker questions the legality of the proposal, claiming ...
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Salvador Santino Regilme on NPR: ‘Fulbright Program is a form of soft power’10 April 2026Associate professor Salvador Santino Regilme was interviewed by NPR about Trump’s soft power.
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Dirk Bouwmeester in NRC: ‘We understand the quantum world fantastically well—now we still need to grasp the transition from the quantum to the classical world.’PHYSICS 10 April 2026Recently, Austrian physicists succeeded in placing minuscule metal spheres with a diameter of 0.000008 millimetres into superposition.
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Salvador Santino Regilme in Expresso: ‘A peacekeeping body cannot project authority if the war appears to be operationally disorganised’09 April 2026Associate Professor Salvador Santino Regilme discusses the recent launch of the Board for Peace by President Donald Trump in the Portuguese newspaper ...
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Should sharing images of victims be made a criminal offence?In the media 09 April 2026Political parties are calling for a ban on sharing images of victims. Bart Schermer, Professor of Privacy & Cybercrime, spoke about this with Rijnmond...
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Can care workers be prosecuted for failings in system?In the media 09 April 2026The Dutch Public Prosecution Office is investigating whether to prosecute care workers involved in the Vlaardingen foster child case. Mariëlle Bruning...