Natural Sciences - Forensic Science

Response to media reports regarding the student gathering incident

Several media outlets are reporting on an incident that occurred late last year on the VU campus. In this incident, a student was injured.

Forensic Science - Nov 13, 2025

New training helps police combat ethnic profiling

Ethnic profiling remains a sensitive and complex issue within police work. In his PhD research at the University of Twente, Bas Böing examined how police officers can be more effectively engaged in addressing this problem.

“I advocate for cultural humility in the criminal justice system”

Listening, observing, analysing: for years, legal psychologist Annelies Vredeveldt studied countless police interviews from different countries. At first, each interview seemed to bring her closer to truly understanding people.