ISEE13 will provide a dynamic platform for knowledge exchange, with a strong focus on early-career researchers who are at the forefront of addressing global challenges that impact, or are influenced by, earthworms.

Festival Expeditie NEXT is the national science festival for (thousands of) kids and their families. On Friday 28 August a special summer edition will be organised in The Hague. Also NIOO's Soil animal maze is open to visitors!

In een gezonde bodem leven bodemdieren. Zoek je mee? Dat kan overal: in je eigen tuin, het park om de hoek, op het schoolplein of zelfs het balkon. In 2026 voor de 12e keer alweer.

Save the date: on Saturday 3 October 2026, NIOO will open its doors again to visitors for our Big Open Day. From 11:00 to 17:00, everyone will be welcome. Seize your chance to take a look in our labs and experimental gardens: only possible once in every three years!

On Friday October 16, NIOO researcher Paul Bodelier from the Department of Microbial Ecology will give his inaugural lecture in Nijmegen.

With the conference theme “Water connects”, SEFS 15 is the biannual conference of the European Federation of Freshwater Societies and aims to bring together around 500 academics and practitioners