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Professor Eliza Steinbock has been awarded the FASoS Valorisation Prize 2025 for Field Notes on Artistic Participation in Europe’s Trans and Queer Archive . Ferenc Laczó received an honourable mention for Intertwined Stories .

Even relatively young people can develop cartilage damage in their knees. Pieter Emans studies a new implant, to help them keep their own knee for longer.

Michiel Bron, who obtained his PhD at FASoS, has won the inaugural William Burr Prize in Nuclear History for his dissertation The Petro-Atom . The prize recognises outstanding nuclear history research and includes a book contract with McGill-Queen's University Press.

PhD thesis by Rebeca Ferrero Guillén

From shaping the Netherlands' response to national crises to tackling femicide, alumna Willemijn Vlieg shares why real resilience starts with people.

The extra work involved in eating more healthily still falls predominantly on women, says Madhura Rao, Assistant Professor of Food Systems Governance for Planetary Health at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Why does public health policy widen the gender gap?

Pia Geffroy is a creative jack-of-all-trades. At the moment, she mainly focuses on her music: a surprising combination of pop and classical.

Her project, Diaspora Finance for Climate Resilience in Fragile States, explores how diaspora communities can help finance climate resilience without unintentionally weakening fragile governments.

Over a homemade Bengali lunch, Akorshi Sengupta shares more than family recipes. The Open Science in Education specialist reflects on growing up across India, culture shocks, and how food keeps him connected to home.

Air conditioners are not always the best solution to cope with heat, says Hannah Pallubinsky, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Movement Sciences at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences. A much better approach is to gradually acclimatise yourself to the heat or take a siesta.