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The deadline for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is fast approaching. To address this, the four Schools for Science and Society of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, will host the Groningen Sustainability Conference from 5 to 10 April 2027.

Negative stereotypes about social assistance recipients are persistent and occur both in public and in private spheres. Many social assistance recipients eventually internalize these negative stereotypes in their own self-image. This is evident from research by Amber Vellinga-Dings

Your parents have passed away, but due to disinheritance, you have no right to photos or a piece of furniture. What does this mean for a child? The social and emotional impact of disinheritance has barely been studied.

Today UG equipped two remarkable trees in the city of Groningen with a TreeTag, an information board that highlights the ecological value of the tree.

See how NWO-KIC funding enables Groningen researchers to uncover hidden enzymes in genomes using machine learning, paving the way for greener production in biotech, chemistry and medicine.

Dancing, singing, and partying festivalgoers may not seem like an obvious match for science, but nothing could be further from the truth. In the latest episode of RUG & Co., science festivals take centre stage. This new season of the podcast continues to explore the unique collaborations between the University of Groningen (UG) and the world around us.

On 17 September, the Academy Building will be lit up in orange to mark World Patient Safety Day, an international event organized annually by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Gert-Jan Euverink and start-up company BioFashionTech want to use biotechnology to convert discarded textiles into useful resources for industry. ‘A company like DSM or Avantium could use the sugars that we obtain from cotton in this way to manufacture bioplastics, biogas, or cleaning products.’

Season 4 of the Open Science Bites podcast is now available on the OS website.

Quota-based publishing agreements: 2026 caps expected to be reached for Springer, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press, LWW and Emerald