De Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

In this thesis, rational points on K3 surfaces are studied. In the first part of Chapter 1 the Brauer group and the the Brauer-Manin obstruction are introduced.

Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease resulting in the formation of an arterial plaque. Despite lipid lowering, recurrent cardiovascular events remain a risk. While atherosclerosis is primarily lipid-driven, the immune system plays a critical role in the pathophysiology.

De educatieve minor is in 2009 ingevoerd als een nieuwe route naar het leraarschap. De instroom van bètastudenten is laag, en ongeveer 20% van de studenten die de minor heeft afgerond stroomt door naar de educatieve master

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water

Promotors: C.A.J. Knibbe, Anthonius de Boer, Co-promotor: M.M.J. van der Vorst

This thesis describes the use of a combined approach of computational and experimental techniques to gain novel insights to understand the glycosylation reaction and its reactive intermediates.

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: C.M. Soares, A.J. Knobbe

The experiences of ethnic ‘Other’ females have – until recently – been widely overlooked in the study of sport. There continues to be a need to produce critical scholarship about ethnic 'Other' girls and women in sport and physical culture, in order to represent their complex, multifarious and dynamic…

Galaxy intrinsic alignments induce a major astrophysical contamination to weak gravitational lensing measurements and need to be modelled and mitigated when extracting cosmological information from such measurements.

The main subject of this thesis is the design and synthesis of paramagnetic molecules for protein studies with NMR and EPR spectroscopy.

We explored how to morphologically classify well-resolved jetted radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) in the LOw Frequency Array (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) using machine learning.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Achucarro

Glycosidases (GHs) are enzymes responsible for the degradation of carbohydrates and play many roles in human health and pathophysiology. Often, abnormal levels of glycosidase activity are markedly linked to human pathologies.

Promotores: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Prof.dr. C.A. Mandemakers, Co-Promotor: G. Bloothooft

This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

Taking as a point of departure the Italian American community in Boston and its process of collective remembrance surrounding Saint Anthony’s Feast, we addressing the limits and potential of montage.

The endocannabinoid receptors CB1R and CB2R are involved in a plethora of processes, and consequently are involved in many pathological conditions. Their wide distribution makes the CBRs both an interesting therapeutic target and hard to study.

Industrial manufacturing processes, such as the production of steel or the stamping of car body parts, are complex semi-batch processes with many process steps, machine parameters and quality indicators.

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, Co-promotor: R.S. de Jong

A new type of tripodal squaramide-based supramolecular hydrogels is developed and studied.

Source: Structure , Volume 22, Issue 8, pp. 1120-1139 (2014)

Filamentous Actinobacteria, such as Streptomyces, produce a plethora of chemically diverse bioactive metabolites that have found applications across medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.

Op 7 december 2021 verdedigde Georgina Kuipers het proefschrift 'Beschadigd vertrouwen'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.mr. W. den Ouden en prof.dr. M.A. van der Steen (EUR).

Tijdens het onderzoek voor haar nieuwe boek, Elizabeth Stuart: Queen of Hearts, stuitte Nadine Akkerman op een relatief onbekend portret van Elizabeth Stuart, koningin van Bohemen en grootmoeder van koning George I. Het schilderij zou volgens Akkerman als majesteitsschennis zijn beschouwd in de tijd…

Lang werd gedacht dat de vroege ontwikkeling van Japanse kinderboeken vooral diende als propagandamiddel van de staat: de literatuur zou zijn geschreven om kinderen te vormen tot de perfecte burger. Promovenda Aafke van Ewijk nuanceert dit beeld. ‘Kinderboekenschrijvers wilden hun eigen zegje doen.’…

Universitair docent Anna Dlabacova krijgt een Starting Grant van de European Research Council. Ze gaat de beurs van ongeveer 1,5 miljoen euro gebruiken om onderzoek te doen naar het Nederlandstalige getijden- en gebedenboek.

Vrouwen spelen in de Iraanse literatuur over de Iran-Irakoorlog (1980-1988) een belangrijke rol achter het front. Maar verhalen over vrouwen als martelaar zijn een zeldzaamheid. Saeedeh Shahnahpur houdt er 16 februari een lezing over.

De maatschappelijke aandacht voor slachtoffers van criminaliteit is de afgelopen decennia enorm gegroeid en zo ook de behoefte aan goed onderzoek op het gebied van de victimologie, de wetenschappelijke studie van slachtoffers en slachtofferschap. Binnen het CJ-onderzoeksprogramma wordt hard gewerkt…

Hieronder wordt per deelnemende universiteit een kort overzicht van lopende programma's en projecten gegeven.

The research presented in this thesis concerns one of the most important questions in software engineering of our time: how can we make sure that software is free from memory safety bugs?

What categories exist in the languages of pastoralists? Do these semantic concepts reflect universal or languagespecific tendencies? What (environment? culture?) governs the similarities (or the differences) attested crosslinguistically in cattle colour systems?

Review of new technical decisionsupport systems in the environmental field, and application in water management decission processes.

Mensenrechten zijn lang het unieke domein van staten geweest. Dat is veranderd met de globalisering en de opkomst van multinationale ondernemingen. De zorg voor fundamentele arbeidsrechten binnen mondiale toeleveringsketens vormt een probleem.

Promotor: C.A.J. Knibbe, Co-promotor: J.J. Boelens, R.G.M. Bredius

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

In this thesis, we used genetically engineered mouse models to identify genes and pathways that are involved in ILC formation and in the development of resistance to FGFR-targeted therapy.

The coursework within the Science Communication and Society (SCS) specialisation prepares students for internships and a career in communication about science and health.

Decentralized plug and play systems for energy production are the future picture of our society. Artificial photosynthetic systems are used for this purpose.

The Vallesian, 11.1-9 Ma, was a special time in the Vallès-Penedes basin near Barcelona, where a biodiversity hotspot existed. Europe had a subtropical climate, with rhinos, forest giraffes, lions, hyenas, flying squirrels and primates.

To get an idea of the science communication products and research that is possible, a few examples of student projects of recent years are shown below.

In his dissertation Michiel Hooykaas outlines the results of six empirical research projects focused at biodiversity awareness in the Netherlands, specifically people’s knowledge about animals.

Can we provide the Dutch government with an integrative framework, wherein the various policies can be placed and the need for further measures can be identified?

In this thesis, the research focuses on the properties of dark matter and dark matter haloes and how they connect with the galaxies we can observe in the Universe.

Promotor: J.A. van Veen, Co-promotor: E.E. Kuramae

Promotor: P. J. J. Hooykaas Co-promotor: B. S de Pater

Het doel van dit project is het monitoren van levensdelicten in de Dutch Caribbean.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.A. Rottgering