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These are all the articles published by AYA

All articles

These are all the articles published by AYA

AYA Recognition & Rewards Award

AYA welcomes and supports the current attention to Recognition & Rewards in Dutch academia and is committed to promoting forms…

Under pressure: a confession

Higher education and research are under pressure in the Netherlands. A now rather familiar and normalized frustration in Dutch academe.…

Evaluating the Starting Grants: An AYA perspective

The Amsterdam Young Academy launches a survey on the implementation of the Starting Grants. Assistant professors at the UvA and the VU are invited to share their experiences.

'Universiteiten, onttrek je aan die onzinnige internationale ranglijsten'

Opiniestuk AYA-leden in Het Parool

De UvA en VU moeten niet meer meedoen aan de internationale ranglijsten waarin de zogenaamd beste universiteiten op een rijtje worden gezet, stellen leden van de Amsterdam Young Academy in een opiniestuk in Het Parool.

Tips & Tricks

A Guide to Academic Work Across Disciplines

There’s nothing more useful than a listicle to end this interdisciplinarity guide. We have condensed the top 10 tips and tricks from our many interviews.

System: What is the influence of funding, publishing and promotion?

A Guide to Academic Work Across Disciplines

All academics are embedded within an academic landscape. Unfortunately, most of our interviewees are concerned the current academic landscape prompts most researchers to shy away from interdisciplinary research.

Education: How and why should we train students and researchers in interdisciplinary ways?

A Guide to Academic Work Across Disciplines

Integrating interdisciplinary aspects into teaching – or even offering a fully interdisciplinary programme – has the potential to bring several benefits to students. It also brings with it a set of challenges.

Community: How do interdisciplinary communities and collaborations succeed?

A Guide to Academic Work Across Disciplines

This article underlines the importance of selecting team members based on their willingness to be vulnerable regarding (the limits of) their knowledge; their genuine interest in other fields can hardly be underestimated.

Goal: When is interdisciplinarity necessary or of added value?

A Guide to Academic Work Across Disciplines

‘Interdisciplinarity’ has become a ubiquitous academic buzzword. Given this often unquestioned enthusiasm, one should ask a set of basic questions.