IBED in de media 2025
Kenneth Rijsdijk in the newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden about the importance of hedges
Kenneth Rijsdijk (UvA-IBED) wrote a book about the usefulness of hedges in the landscape. In the past, there were many more hedges in the Netherlands, and according to Rijsdijk, it would be good for both nature and us humans to plant them again. The Dagblad van het Noorden reports on a meeting in Zweelo in Drenthe, where he made his plea for the hedge.
Karline Janmaat in the radio program Vroege Vogels
Karline Janmaat gave an interview in the radio program Vroege Vogels, dedicated to Frits Portielje (one of the founders of animal psychology in the Netherlands). Karline Janmaat annually researches animal cognition with about 50 students in the park: "I continue Portielje's work, as it were. For example, he observed that great apes roll their eyes when they eat something very tasty. I now also let my students look at this in their research into the eating behavior of great apes."
Astrid Groot in the podcast Net Goed Kennislink
What does experimental biologist Astrid Groot's moth lab have to do with internet dating? You will hear it in this episode
Pim de Voogt in De Groene Amsterdammer about PFAS
Weekly magazine De Groene Amsterdammer has an extensive background article about PFAS. It covers, among other things, the discovery of this class of substances, how widely they are used, the problems with them, the environmental pollution, the health risks, and what to do next. One of the experts featured in the piece is environmental chemist Pim de Voogt