Annually, the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences presents the Casimir Prize.

The Casimir Prize is an appreciation of teaching teams that achieve renewal and innovation in education. The Casimir Prize is awarded to teams of minimum 2 and maximum 10 people, all employed by FSW. The prize consists of €1500, to be spent on team building, knowledge sharing or exchange with interns…

The faculty thesis prize was established in 1994 and is awarded to the three best master's theses from the past academic year. Theses with a grade of 9 or higher may be submitted by the supervisors. There are three prizes: €1000, €800 and €600. The prizes are funded by the Stichting Oukha.…

The standing Committee on Teaching advises the Faculty Board – on request or on its own initiative – about all aspects of the Faculty’s education policy. It also fulfils the role of Department Teaching Committee for the core curriculum courses: it analyses the student evaluations and provides the Faculty…

Overview of winners in 2025 Field Winners Research   Meijers Prizes and Van Wersch Springboard Prize      

Nomination is open to managers and colleagues of team members. Also, programme committees can nominate.

Project Management Department is part of the Department of Education.

The Faculty of Archaeology is the largest academic centre of Archaeology in the Netherlands. The Faculty ranks in the top ten worldwide in academic reputation and research impact (February 2021 QS World University Ranking by subject). The Faculty has a staff of more than 170…

Award nominations and memberships of organisations – including academic organisations – are important for researchers, lecturers and students. They are seen as forms of recognition and appreciation for their work. For the award winners, it is of course a great honour and a boost. Awards and memberships…

The Programme Committee of Cultural Anthropology/Development Sociology (CADS) consists of lecturers and students.

Each year a current legal issue is the topic of the Meijers Lecture. This lecture has been held since the establishment of the E.M. Meijers Institute for Legal Research (today the Department of Research) in 1997 in honour of the person the institute was named after, who was also the founding father…

The FSW Working Group Vision on Blended Education (VBE) is charged with delivering a vision on digitalisation and activating teaching between April 2022-June 2023. The vision will be drawn up on the basis of: literature review, dialogue with colleagues, survey of internal and external educational experts…

It is with deep sorrow that our dear colleague Andrea Evers passed away on Monday, 4 August 2025. Andrea Evers (website: andreaevers.nl) was Professor of Health Psychology at the Institute of Psychology. Her research focuses on psychoneurobiological factors, such as stress and expectations, in health…