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We equip students and professionals with the knowledge and skills to guide individuals and organizations in exploring questions of meaning, ethics, and human coexistence.

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Inspired by humanism, we focus on issues that matter, such as social justice, sustainability, and the quest for meaning in a changing society.

About us

Through research, dialogue, and connection, we contribute to societal issues. We do this in close cooperation and engagement with our community.

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Together with our local, national, and international partners, we develop and share knowledge. In this way, we contribute to science and society.

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Touching (the) Strangeness

Event date 20 May 2026
Event Exposition

Marloeke van de Vlugt defended her dissertation Touching (the) Strangeness: Exploring Touching as Methodology in Artistic Research. The exhibition presents a selection of the experiments Marloeke developed during her research.
Book presentation ‘An Exploration of Multiple Religious Belongings’

Event date 9 June 2026
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Daan Oostveen explores how people today can relate to multiple religious traditions simultaneously.
Guest Lecture Christine Leroy: Falling and Being Uplifted — a Theoretical Experiment on Kinaesthetic Empathy

Event date 23 June 2026
Event Lecture

Christine Leroy is a philosopher and dancer and develops a philosophy of dance that foregrounds the psychological, aesthetic, and ethical significance of dancer-viewer interaction in the moment of performance.
CARN Conference Utrecht 2026: Towards a just and humane society

Event date 5 November 2026
Event Conference

This conference brings together citizens, professionals, educators, researchers, and policymakers to share experiences of joint experiments and collaborative and participatory research projects at the local, regional, and national levels, and even global levels.