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We post so much on social media because we learn from rewards
26 Feb 2021
People's social media use is often compared to an addiction, where the craving is for as much social reward - likes - as possible. However, empirical evidence for social media use as a reward-based behaviour is ...
How will AI and digital technologies transform democracy and the media?
22 Feb 2021
How will AI change media? What new opportunities can AI create for democracy? And what conditions need to be fulfilled for these things to happen? Starting Monday, 22 February, researchers from the University of ...
UvA awards honorary doctorate to social theorist and author Shoshana Zuboff
10 Dec 2020
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is bestowing an honorary doctorate on American social theorist Shoshana Zuboff. Zuboff is receiving the honorary doctorate for her groundbreaking contribution to research into the ...
For mandrills, timing is everything
3 Dec 2020
Mandrills can keep track of how many days have passed in order to allow them to be the first to gather the food. This has been demonstrated by a team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University ...
UvA awards honorary doctorate to biochemist and microbiologist Jan Potempa
3 Dec 2020
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is bestowing an honorary doctorate on Polish-American biochemist and microbiologist Jan Potempa. Potempa is receiving the honorary doctorate for his ground-breaking research into the ...
Rick van der Ploeg appointed university professor of Environmental Economics
28 Oct 2020
Economist and former politician Rick van der Ploeg has been appointed university professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Amsterdam. Van der Ploeg will focus on research and education in the field of ...
Launching of new project: Preservation of modern photographic works of art in museum collections
1 Oct 2020
The Dutch Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art (SBMK), sixteen museums, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Cultural Heritage Agency of The Netherlands (RCE) will join forces in a large-scale ...
QUVA lab celebrates the past and looks to the future
29 Sep 2020
The UvA’s hugely successful collaboration with Qualcomm – the QUVA Deep Vision Lab – will be celebrated on 6 October with an event marking the lab’s first five years and the announcement of a further five years’ ...
New AI centre for students, researchers and businesses starts construction
28 Sep 2020
In keeping with the building's intended purpose, a robot performed the official kickoff for the construction of LAB42. Amsterdam Science Park, in collaboration with the municipality of Amsterdam and others, will be ...
Aerosols persist in insufficiently ventilated elevator cabins
23 Sep 2020
Aerosols can persist for periods of ten to twenty minutes inside an elevator – during normal operation. With the elevator doors permanently closed, this period can increase to thirty minutes, while it decreases to ...
Effective digital mental health more necessary than ever during COVID-19 pandemic
31 Aug 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused worldwide fear, uncertainty and restriction of movement. The physical distancing, socio-economic consequences of quarantine measures, and the loss of social support are a grave threat ...
From identification to a chemical fingerprint for explosives in forensic research
28 Aug 2020
The police frequently encounter explosives in their forensic investigations related to criminal and terrorist activities. Chemical analysis of explosives can yield valuable tactical information for police and ...
Would you fall for a fake video? UvA research suggests you might
24 Aug 2020
As concerns about election interference around the globe continue to rise, the phenomenon of deepfakes and their possible impact on democratic processes remains surprisingly understudied. An interdisciplinary team of ...
How did the old masters make their ultramarine?
13 May 2020
Researchers at the Rijksmuseum, the University of Amsterdam, VU Amsterdam and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have developed a method that reveals how the costly pigment ultramarine was prepared ...
The power of zero when selling a house
7 May 2020
When Amsterdam real estate buyers were competing for properties, sellers setting asking prices that ended in one or more zeroes achieved higher prices. That was the finding of a new paper, written by a team of ...
Root microbiome can make crops more resistant to drought
16 Apr 2020
In the new issue of Science, an international team of biologists, led by Franciska de Vries of the University of Amsterdam, urges the scientific community to spend more time researching the interaction of food crops ...
Dutch citizens support European solidarity in fighting epidemic
26 Mar 2020
Dutch citizens are prepared to give the European Union a more central role when it comes to fighting an epidemic. This is the result of a survey conducted before the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis by an ...
UvA scientists explain the implications of the coronavirus
5 Mar 2020
The coronavirus last week reached the Netherlands and began to spread around the country. How has the Dutch population reacted? What is a useful frame of reference for this situation? And what are the legal ...
Tracking the rise of Euroscepticism and support for the far-right
3 Mar 2020
Support for Eurosceptic and far-right political parties continues to rise across Europe, according to a new version of the PopuList, which is launched today. The PopuList is an international collaboration, led by UvA ...
Problems with cyanobacteria will worsen if CO2 concentrations continue to rise
20 Feb 2020
Scientists from the University of Amsterdam are warning that problems with toxic cyanobacteria are likely to increase in the future. In an article in the journal Science Advances, they show that a common ...
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