After the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, throughout the UvA several initiatives arose to contribute the fight against it. Esther Quaedackers and a few others came up with the idea of developing ...

The theme of the fourth online edition of the National Interdisciplinary Education Conference on Friday, 12 March 2021 from 3 PM - 5 PM (Central European Time) is Arts-Science collaborations.

In the year-long course Special Topic in Cognitive Science, first-year students of the Research Master’s programme in Brain and Cognitive Sciences are challenged to provide an answer to a Big Question. For example: ...

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) challenges all UvA students to submit an idea for a new interdisciplinary course and to develop that course together with IIS curriculum experts. Submit your idea ...

Despite the considerable challenges posed by the pandemic, these times also present opportunities for very surprising and valuable new initiatives. Arian van Asten and Maurice Aalders from the Co van Ledden ...

Do you have your curriculum complete for the 2nd semester? If not: A few interdisciplinary electives that will start soon still have room for some extra students! For example, enrol to Sexology (6 EC) or Big History ...

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) wants to give everyone within the University of Amsterdam the opportunity to experiment with their education. That is why it offers educational professionals the ...

Every semester, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies works hard to maintain the variety of interdisciplinary electives, available to all students from the entire UvA, to keep them up-to-date, socially relevant ...

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies normally organizes a ‘Brown Bag Lunch’ every six weeks, where knowledge is shared about education, from within and outside the UvA. Topics can vary from experimenting with ...

The finals of already the fifth edition of UvA's Create a Course Challenge took place on Thursday 26 November, where five finalists presented their ideas online to the jury and audience. Even though all courses were ...

The finals of already the fifth edition of UvA's Create a Course Challenge took place on Thursday 26 November, where five finalists presented their ideas online to the jury and audience. Even though all courses were ...

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies proudly presents the latest publication: 'Seeing the City'! In this book, researchers from different disciplines sketch an overview of methods with which urban variation ...

Students can help decide which new elective course will be offered next year at the UvA. Cast your vote and help decide which of the ten proposals will go on to the finals.

Every year, the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) awards the so-called 'Carte Blanche' to the UvA Lecturer of the Year. This prize means that the teacher is free to develop an interdisciplinary teaching ...

This semester, students from six different courses at the UvA will start working with the online Design Thinking Pressure Cooker. With a total participation of nearly 300 students, the IIS Pressure Cooker is now ...

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) says farewell to Boris Jansen after six years and welcomes Emiel van Loon as the new programme director of Future Planet Studies (FPS). Which events of the past six ...

Last call! Some interdisciplinary electives that will start soon still have room for some extra students! For example, enrol to Degrowth (6 EC) or University Masterclass: Europe, China & Geopolitical Strategy (3 EC).

Today is SDG Action Day! A good moment to reflect on the importance and urgency of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) formulated by the United Nations. The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) ...

From September, students can study the causes, developments and consequences of virus outbreaks in the new Pandemic elective. Teacher Esther Quaedackers has already talked to Folia magazine about the ...

In the past academic year, major steps have been taken in the development of the new interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree programme Digital Innovations and Social Change (DISC).