TW: Selbstverbrennung Eine 26-jährige Frau mit zwei Kindern hat sich in #Moria2 in Brand gesteckt, nachdem sie erfuhr, nicht nach #Deutschland transferiert zu werden. Sie lebt, erlitt jedoch schwere Verletzungen im Gesicht. Sie wird auf #Lesbos wegen Brandstiftung angeklagt.

What a colourful and powerful climate protest all over the country, three days before the Dutch elections. 🌿🌻🌿

“We don’t know what people hear when they listen to music”, says Ashley Burgoyne, musicologist at the #ILLC UvA Faculty of Science. I interviewed him about his research on listening, about what makes some songs catchy and why the Spotify algorithm works so well. resources.illc.uva.nl/illc-blog/the-…

Are men and women really born to be different? In her book The Gendered Brain (recommended!) Gina Rippon argues that biased neuroscience has underpinned sexist stereotypes for centuries. I discussed her insights for Perspective Daily (in German). perspective-daily.de/article/1672/Z…

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Today a Dutch court found Shell liable for damaging the climate For the first time, a major #FossilFuels company is held accountable for climate change It's a historic victory for the climate movement and everyone facing the consequences of the #ClimateCrisis

Director of the ILLC Sonja Smets is leaving her position. In this interview she talks about recent developments in AI & quantum, gender equality in academia and the challenge to manage a radically interdisciplinary institute as ours. You will be missed! resources.illc.uva.nl/illc-blog/five…

Human reasoning is messy & inconsistent. Therefore, logicians often neglect it. But not Anthi Solaki, who defended her PhD at #ILLC. Her logical models allow for human imperfections & she is now joining @HumaniAI2 Read about her research & ideas here⬇️ bit.ly/3xccHw7

Now that the devastating effects of climate change have reached places deemed 'safe' and the IPCC report leaves no doubt they will only get more devastating - will governments of developed countries continue to claim that 'green growth' will solve it all? Wouldn't that be insane?

Super excited that my first ever paper is published! Together with my amazing collaborators Sarah Garfinkel, SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK & Dr Lisa Quadt we took a deep dive into the literature on sensory processing in autism: psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-76…

The #illc UvA Faculty of Science has a new director: Robert van Rooij. In this interview he shares his vision for the institute - and argues that theory from logic and linguistics can indeed be useful for the real world. UvA Amsterdam resources.illc.uva.nl/illc-blog/robe…

Heute ist es so weit! #BuergerratKlima veröffentlicht sein offizielles #Bürgergutachten, das in den nächsten Tagen Vertreter:innen der deutschen Spitzenpolitik übergeben wird. Oberstes Ziel: Einhaltung der 1,5 Grad-Grenze! #KlimaGutAchten - Download: buergerrat-klima.de/ergebnisse-gut…

Meaning is fluid in the digital world. #Anonymous, inherently paradoxical, is the best example for this. New Media scholar Davide Beraldo at UvA Geesteswetenschappen explores why and how. resources.illc.uva.nl/illc-blog/who-…

Super excited that I'm starting as editor for climate and environment at Science Media Center Germany tomorrow 😱😊🎊🌍🌿💪

New UN report shows that governments plan to produce over 2x more fossil fuels until 2030 than would be compatible with a 1.5 degree world. Despite many of them having net-zero commitments. No big surprise, but the numbers are shocking. unep.org/resources/repo…

Windkraftausbau beschleunigen: Statt auf einzelne Tiere will das @BMWi_Bund künftig auf Populationen bedrohter Arten schauen. So könnte Klima- und Artenschutz zusammenkommen, doch die Umsetzung ist herausfordernd, meinten Fachleute im SMC Press Briefing: sciencemediacenter.de/alle-angebote/…

Rettet Humus das Klima? Künftig sollen Landwirtinnen in der EU Geld für #CarbonFarming bekommen. Ökologisch sinnvoll, der langfristige Nutzen für den Klimaschutz ist aber fragwürdig, sagten Fachleute dem SMC: sciencemediacenter.de/alle-angebote/…

The EU has taken an important step forward, possibly a historic one. The #NatureRestorationLaw can become a game changer not just for nature but also for many, many people. It sends the right signal, and may also become a vehicle to attract investments in #Sustainability. But...

Apologies in advance for not explaining this in any way, but here are the daily standard deviations for Antarctic sea ice extent for every day, 1989-2023, based on the 1991-2020 mean. Each blue line represents the SD's for a full year. Lighter is more recent. 2023 is in red.