Veni grants for eight UvA researchers

Eight promising young researchers from the UvA have received Veni grants of up to 280,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The researchers are from the Social Sciences and Humanities, and Applied and Engineering Sciences domains, and will be able to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years. These awards form the second and final section of the Veni round 2021. The first section of the awards - for the Exact and Natural Sciences domain - was announced by the NWO in December 2021. The UvA recipients Dr Anouk van Dijk (Research Institute of Child Development and Education): Resolving treatment resistance in youth with aggressive behavior problems - A virtual reality approach Over 45% of young people with aggressive behaviour problems stop treatment against the advice of their therapist. What can therapists do to resolve treatment resistance in these young people? Van Dijk uses interactive virtual reality technology to investigate how therapist behaviours may cause resistance and provides a training environment for therapists to practice resolving resistance. Dr Klaas Eller (Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law) : The missing link: How to make global supply chains more sustainable A wave of recent regulations at the national, European and international level requires companies to guarantee sustainability and human rights in global supply chains.