Social Sciences and Psychology - Politics

The transition towards sustainability in the Dutch agrifood sector requires more than isolated chain initiatives. Current coordination and governance arrangements around sustainability agreements fall short, preventing structural solutions from emerging.

16:42 Press release - Europe risks a dangerous deterrence gap unless it urgently rethinks its nuclear posture, according to a major new report released today and to be presented at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) this weekend.

Dr Lasse Gerrits will hold his inaugural lecture as professor for the Governance of Complex Urban Transformations at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam) on 6 February 2026.

The past does not lie behind us; it is continually invoked to interpret and shape the present. The core of professor of political history Susan Legênes valedictory speech: -peace with the past- is not an end state but an ongoing, contested challenge.

Students from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Working Group on the Nobel Peace Prize are nominating South Sudanese women's and human rights activist Alokiir Malual for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Malual has worked for many years to advance peace, dialogue and women's participation in the peace process in South Sudan.

On 5 October, Amsterdam turned red. A quarter of a million people drew a red line through the city; a powerful symbol against Israel's genocidal violence in Palestine. What happens when we take to the streets en masse? Is it a political act, an outlet for anger or something more fundamental?