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How VU academics are joining forces for a better world

Ever since it was founded, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has stood for value-driven research with a strong social focus.

Society today faces myriad challenges. We embrace these challenges with a multidisciplinary vision and a collective approach to our four profile themes: Human Health & Life Sciences, Connected World, Science for Sustainability and Governance for Society. Our researchers work together within and across disciplines and themes, in collaboration with partners in government, the non-profit sector and the business community.

VU Amsterdam offers a high-end research infrastructure with multiple interdisciplinary institutes of national and international renown. This approach yields a wealth of fundamental and applied research, attracts prominent academics from the Netherlands and abroad, and gives a boost to the city, region and society.

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PhD Defences

26 May 2025

PhD defence M.P. van Engelen

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26 May 2025

PhD defence N.S. Funke

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26 May 2025

PhD defence R.M. Visser

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27 May 2025

PhD defence S. Sametoglu

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27 May 2025

PhD defence J.H.K. Man

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27 May 2025

PhD defence R.F. Malik

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27 May 2025

Phd defence C.D. du Toit

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28 May 2025

PhD defence Xin Liu

Information sessions

28 May 2025

Information Sessions on the Veni Grant - 2025

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28 May 2025

PhD defence A.R. Mohamed

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28 May 2025

PhD defence J. Poppinga

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28 May 2025

PhD defence C. Lu

Presentations

28 May 2025

Ton de Kok: Fixed policies for the single-item lost-sales model

Lectures

28 May 2025

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows? Book Discussion

PhD Defences

02 June 2025

PhD defence R.E. Lapperre

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02 June 2025

PhD defence J.J. Cuijpers

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02 June 2025

PhD defence H. Blommers

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03 June 2025

PhD defence D. Nieman

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03 June 2025

PhD defence S.M.M. Lange

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03 June 2025

PhD defence M.C. Mooij

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04 June 2025

PhD defence J.H.I. Wiersinga

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04 June 2025

PhD defence K.H. Kim

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04 June 2025

PhD defence L.R. Guilherme Luzia

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04 June 2025

PhD defence D.D. Rijpma

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05 June 2025

PhD defence L.M.S. Boevé

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05 June 2025

PhD defence N. Wolf

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05 June 2025

PhD defence A.C.J.M. Bremer

Lectures

05 June 2025

Disempowerment of users in the digital transformation

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

05 June 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C. Dedding

PhD Defences

06 June 2025

PhD defence F. Avgidis

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06 June 2025

PhD defence R.E. Martinius

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06 June 2025

PhD defence A. Kurz

Lectures

06 June 2025

Seminar with Prof. Eric Potma

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10 June 2025

PhD defence R. van Ruitenbeek

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10 June 2025

PhD defence D.A. Candia Riquelme

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10 June 2025

PhD defence K.J. Nelissen

Workshop

12 June 2025

Proposal writing 101

Lectures

12 June 2025

12 June: lecture about social safety at universities by Ea Utoft

Presentations

12 June 2025

Sebastian Kraul: Hospital case mix and medical resident planning

PhD Defences

13 June 2025

PhD defence M.J. Reinhardt

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13 June 2025

PhD defence D.R. van Nederpelt

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13 June 2025

PhD defence S. Caso

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

13 June 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. V.M. Heine

PhD Defences

16 June 2025

PhD defence Y. Zhang

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16 June 2025

PhD defence F. Krywuczky

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16 June 2025

PhD defence M. Kragting

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17 June 2025

PhD defence A. Landvreugd

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17 June 2025

PhD defence M. Kuznetsova

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17 June 2025

PhD defence R.G. Memelink

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17 June 2025

PhD defence M.J. Visser

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18 June 2025

PhD defence I.F. Remmerts de Vries

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18 June 2025

PhD defence M. van Gameren

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18 June 2025

PhD defence L. Lago Alonso

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18 June 2025

PhD defence K. Boelaars

Congresses & symposia

18 June 2025

Critical and Alternative Thinking on Governance Workshop

Courses

19 June 2025

KIN Summer School 2025

PhD Defences

19 June 2025

PhD defence M.I. Munoz Sandoval

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19 June 2025

PhD defence A.J. Tjalma

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19 June 2025

PhD defence G.J. Heij

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19 June 2025

PhD defence E.S. van Haeringen

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

19 June 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. W.E.R. Berkhout

Congresses & symposia

Networking & meeting

20 June 2025

Inaugural Conference: Space Law & Sustainability Center

PhD Defences

20 June 2025

PhD defence L.M.J. Bekkers

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20 June 2025

PhD defence A. Missier

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20 June 2025

PhD defence J.R.M. Tan

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

20 June 2025

Valedictory speech prof.mr. A.E. Schilder

Social events

22 June 2025

Call for Nominations ABRI Excellence in Business Studies Awards

PhD Defences

23 June 2025

PhD defence Q. Yin

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23 June 2025

PhD defence O. Bonell Monsonís

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23 June 2025

PhD defence L.S. Kengne Kamga Mobou

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23 June 2025

PhD defence D.H. Duncan

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24 June 2025

PhD defence S. Isaiah

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24 June 2025

PhD defence N.Z. Siddiqui

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24 June 2025

PhD defence C.E.M. Vink

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24 June 2025

PhD defence J. Li

Lectures

24 June 2025

Energy transition and resource extractivism in the Americas

PhD Defences

25 June 2025

PhD defence C. Murphy

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25 June 2025

PhD defence A. Azizova

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25 June 2025

PhD defence X. Li

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25 June 2025

PhD defence D. Vacondo

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26 June 2025

PhD defence A. de Graaff

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26 June 2025

PhD defence J.K. Harju

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26 June 2025

PhD defence P.R. Kranendonk

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

26 June 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. C.J.M. Verhoeven

PhD Defences

27 June 2025

PhD defence C.G. Allaart

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27 June 2025

PhD defence C.M. van Son

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27 June 2025

PhD defence E.G.T. Thomas

Inaugural lectures & valedictory speeches

27 June 2025

Inaugural lecture prof.dr. K.I. van Oudenhoven-van der Zee

PhD Defences

30 June 2025

PhD defence A.I. Morrison

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30 June 2025

PhD defence F.J.N. van Berckel Smit

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30 June 2025

PhD defence M.E. Gersdorf-van den Berg

Lectures

Debates & conversations

01 July 2025

LEARN! Guest Seminar by Bruce Maxwell

Congresses & symposia

02 July 2025

Annual LaserLaB Symposium 2025

PhD Defences

05 September 2025

PhD defence S.F. Hardon

Lectures

Debates & conversations

30 September 2025

LEARN! Research Seminar by Matthijs Warrens

Lectures

Debates & conversations

25 November 2025

LEARN! Research Seminar by Inge Molenaar

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