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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.

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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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Education

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

Research

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.

Collaboration

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

Collaborate with our researchers

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‘Doing PhD research requires discipline, but the great thing is that you can work from your own curiosity’

Tamara van Schaik

PhD candidate and lecturer at the department of Care Ethics
Book club on conservative thinkers

Deirdre Carasso / Menno Hurenkamp

Director of Utrecht Library / Professor at UvH
‘When I read about the job opening, my first thought was: this is for me’

Neha Miglani

Assistant Professor
‘We need more imagination’

Evelien Tonkens

Distinguished professor
‘Universities are in a unique position to develop knowledge that connects’

Carlo Leget

Research Director
‘Rituals highlight the power of doing things together’

Joanna Wojtkowiak

Assistant Professor
‘We connect our students with society’

Doret de Ruyter

Education director
‘The UvH is not too big and people welcome you and help you with the experience’

Matteo Dell’Oro and Agnese Vanoglio

Exchange students from the University of Milan, Italy
‘The sense of community made the exchange a special experience’

Tzortzina Likskentai

Exchange student from Greece
‘A transformative experience, both academically and personally’

Fabiana Torres Xavier

PhD student from Brazil