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Impact stories, actors and initiatives from the Roeterseiland campus.
Educational and social impact: StudentWeetRaad
We met Ilvy van der Steen and Laura Rodenburg, former and current coordinators of the student consultancy firm StudentWeetRaad, based on the Roeterseiland Campus. They told us more about their mission, how they collaborate with external partner organisations and the initiative’s benefits for students.
Talking Impact with Prof. Dick den Hertog
How can analytics can be used to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? The Science to Impact director at Analytics for a Better World explains.
Impact Education: Disruptive Innovation Marketing
Students pick a company and develop a product or service based on disruptive innovations like robots, AI and augmented reality.
Impact Education: Minor Entrepreneurship
The Entrepreneurship minor is a practically-designed course fostering the ideas of budding entrepreneurs. Find out how the program builds bridges to society.
Impact Education: Sustainability Challenge
UvA students from the Roeterseiland campus take part in a summer sustainability challenge, designed to help them network and solve real-world case studies.
‘IKEA manual for law students’ wins start-up competition
A 23-year-old UvA law student wins a legal start-up challenge for her innovative, visually appealing study guide.
Impact Education: Organized Crime course
Criminal Law masters’ students step into the minds of criminals as part of this unique course preparing them for their future careers.
Impact Education: Computational Social Science
Dr Elke Heemskerk discusses the new bachelor program, Computational Social Science and why he believes students are impactful problem solvers.
In Focus: Amsterdam Law Hub
The all-female management team at the Amsterdam Law Hub are making impact in legal research, academic education and entrepreneurship.
In Focus: Amsterdam Living Case Lab
What is the value of using real life cases in the classroom? Dr Pepijn van Neerijnen explains.
Impact Education: The Pressure Cooker Challenge
How did Communication Science students help the Municipality of Amsterdam’s Chief Technology Office? Find out how they dealt various challenges.
Impact Education: Interdisciplinary Social Science
Curriculum Developer Dr Debby Gerritsen on the benefits of first year Interdisciplinary Social Sciences students’ participation in the Integration Practicum.