Labs and Hubs
Collaboration, innovation, creation
The Roeterseiland Campus is a true innovation hub where the University of Amsterdam and the city meet. This page lists Labs and Hubs focusing on various subjects with a common goal: to impact the future with innovative and creative projects. Our Labs and Hubs welcome professors, researchers, students, external partners and stakeholders for collaborative and joint projects.
Co-create the next impact-driven research lab
Does your company or organisation have a challenge that could benefit from a research lab? New impact-driven research labs are regularly created to continue the outstanding research conducted at the Roeterseiland campus. During such projects, 3 to 5 PhD researchers will be involved in examining an overarching topic. Contact us for more information.
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The Amsterdam Law Hub, located at the heart of the Law Faculty, links UvA students and staff with external actors, social partners, legal entrepreneurs, and institutions to develop innovative legal solutions meeting the needs of the 21ST century. In its affiliated Legal Centers and clinics, individuals and organizations can benefit from free legal advice from law students supervised by lecturers and law professionals. Legal centres and clinics specialize in an extensive range of subjects, from tax-related matters to legal advice on consumer law.
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The Behavioural Sciences Lab of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences comprises several research facilities equipped with the latest technologies. A team of highly experienced technicians will support and guide you during your research. The technologies available at the Behavioural Science Lab include a 3 Tesla MRI scanner, a virtual reality lab, a sleep lab, electroencephalography (EEG) labs, eye-tracking technologies, physiology labs, group research, and more.
You can combine these high-quality technologies and techniques to fit your research parameters and variables best.
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The ABS Behavioural Laboratory conducts cutting-edge behavioural research on the influence of human activities on individual, group, and organizational performance, attitudes, and behaviour.
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The Amsterdam Digital Transformation Lab (ADTL) is part of the Amsterdam Centre for Business Innovation at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The Lab collaborates with academics (from disciplines such as technology, management, and politics), industry professionals, policymakers and technology centres. It aims to develop a better understanding of digital transformation in many areas and sectors and foster a more responsible digital economy.
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The Amsterdam Living Case Lab (ALCL), launched in January 2021, takes place at the UvA Economics and Business. This initiative bridges theory and practice by linking education and real-life cases.
The ALCL brings educators and organizations together to develop case studies tasking students to solve an organization’s current challenge. Students come together to solve relevant and complex questions, while companies, NGOs, and local and governmental organizations can benefit from students’ creative and innovative thinking and ideas.
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Set up by Professor Dick den Hertog, the lab seeks effective, sustainable and innovative ways to use data analysis and AI to improve the world. It strives to find (and implement) commercial, social and societal data analytics applications. Both research and implementation touch on a wide range of topics, such as fighting famine with the UN World Food Programme or in medicine using machine learning to treat cancer.
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The Amsterdam Data Science is a network organization connecting academia, industry and society on the subject of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Amsterdam. This innovation hub aims to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing, strengthening the city's leading Data Science and AI ecosystem. Amsterdam Data Science is managed by its founding partners: the University of Amsterdam, the Centrum van Wiskunde en Informatica, the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Are you an organisation facing a challenge involving societal impact, social change or sustainable innovation? Become a UvA partner organisation.
Consistently ranked among the world’s best 100 universities, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) excels globally in all its research fields, with expertise in fundamental research across various disciplines. External organisations can collaborate with the UvA through research, educational programmes, courses, challenges and other initiatives.