Many people think influencers always need to be positive to be successful, but that’s not true. What matters most is whether their emotion expression is perceived to appropriate, authentic, and similar to the audience’s own feelings.

Migrants in the Netherlands more often receive no care or receive appropriate care too late due to language barriers, cultural differences and discrimination. Associate Professor Barbara Schouten studies these inequalities in healthcare.

Despite decades of research, microbiome-based interventions such as probiotics or fecal transplants still produce inconsistent results. According to professor Sahar El Aidy, part of the problem may lie not in the microbiome itself, but in how we define what it means to be 'healthy'.

War is no longer confined to the battlefield, but also affects our economy, energy supply and digital security. Historian Samuël Kruizinga shows why resilience today depends as much on trust and social cohesion as on military strength.