News overview

The Netherlands is one of the world's leading countries for open access publishing. At the same time, concerns remain about current publishing practices.

Researcher Nigel van Schaik spoke to dozens of people in Rotterdam and wrote an insightful essay on Vers Beton about those who avoid the news in the city.

Dr. Athanasios Polyportis has been awarded an NWO SSH Open Competition XS grant for research on tailored messages for plant-based food choices.

Prof.dr. Susanne Janssen was interviewed by the EU Research and Innovation platform about success of the INVENT project.

“Entering the Battlegrounds: Fan labour in PUBG and its connection to the mega-platform” explores the relationship between fans and the video game industry.

Dr. Etienne Augé was a guest on the podcast ‘Global Dialogue’, produced by the Pakistan Global Alumni Network and The Weekly Pakistan.

In the chapter ‘A Genealogy of Holy Weapons’, Van den Heede explores the historical roots of ‘religious weapons’ in tabletop and digital role-playing games.

Prof.dr. Gijsbert Oonk produced a data set and wrote an essay on why it took more than a century to almost reach gender parity during the Olympic Games.

Over forty researchers and students from Erasmus University Rotterdam travelled to Antwerp to attend the International Tribunal on Crimes again Women.

Mijke Slot, Arne van Lienden and Marc Verboord are launching a podcast about their research project into AI-use in the news from the public’s perspective.