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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote highlands of Myanmar? ‘To ta...
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Working towards a healthier society: learn all about it in this new minor 08 April 2024
Why are health problems such as loneliness and obesity so persistent? What causes them to occur more frequently in some neighbourhoods than others? An...
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Black hole images are not just simple "photographs", but the product of complex human choices (and can be seen at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave) 02 April 2024
In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration released the first-ever image of a black hole. Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame was inte...
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Anthropologist working for the government 01 April 2024
Saskia van Otterloo works as a policy advisor on climate adaptation at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Netherlands. She gra...
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'An international classroom is about opening up to different voices' 26 March 2024
There is a lot of discussion about international students and Dutch universities. The Cultural Anthropology and Sociology of Development programme is ...
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Read the three most downloaded papers by CADS researchers 25 March 2024
Three of our researchers have been awarded a certificate for receiving enough downloads to be in the top 10% of papers in 2022: Jasmijn Rana with Sec...
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Numbers are not an exact representation of an objective reality 15 March 2024
Numbers seem to be a universal language. But in practice it's not so simple. Tim van de Meerendonk explores how farmers, insurance advisors and local ...
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Fieldwork NL on au pairs and thesis on public policy win Speckmann Awards 2024 12 March 2024
‘The care of an au pair' is chosen as the best Fieldwork NL report and 'The unruly reality of a new government' as the best master's thesis. Lila van ...
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The skate-friendly city 01 March 2024
In cities like Leeds, Seoul and Malmö, a museum park is a place for unintentional creativity, unsolicited interventions and unorganised sport. Dutch c...
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Mayke Kaag appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa 22 January 2024
Mayke Kaag has been appointed Professor of the Anthropology of Politics and Governance in Africa at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Develop...
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Thesis on public policy in vulnerable neighbourhoods wins FSW thesis prize 2023 15 January 2024
With 'The unruly reality of a new government: Navigating between networks and serving in a 'vulnerable' neighbourhood', Mony Klaus has won the FSW The...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Radhika Gupta to study transnational Islamic charitable networks 13 December 2023
Radhika Gupta has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to study how transnational Islamic charitable networks are entangle...
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Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund (D//F) for John Boy to explore the shifting terrain of free and open source software 05 December 2023
With a grant from the Digital Infrastructure Insights Fund D//F, John Boy and members of the d12n research cluster will explore new ways critical tech...
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Who will pay for our energy transition? 01 December 2023
The Dutch Development Bank's new SDG loan fund for green energy in the global south may not be as positive as it seems. Anthropology professor Marja S...
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Bart Barendregt vice-dean of Research 29 November 2023
From 1 January 2024, the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences will gain a new board member: Prof. Bart Barendregt has been appointed vice-dean of...