In the Knowledge Café of the Forum Groningen on April 24 between 8 and 9:30 pm, Maaike van Veen, psychiatrist, Catrien Santing, historian, and Marijke Gordijn, chronobiologist from Chrono@Work, will discuss the topic of sleep, mood, history, and more. The discussion is led by Ruth Koops van ‘t Jagt. This Knowledge Café was created in…
Last week, I was asked several times to talk again about the role of the biological clock for our health and the detrimental effects of Daylight Saving time. It is all about healthy sleep and the right light at the right time. Prevention of sleep problems is the most important thing. But if you suffer…
Marijke Gordijn is invited for several public events (in Dutch) on the topic of Daylight saving time. The first one will be an interview organised by Studium Generale Utrecht in collaboration with Tivoli/Vredenburg. On October 28th, at 8:15 pm on the stage of Tivoli-Vredenburg in Utrecht, Marijke will talk about the role of the biological…
Marijke Gordijn from Chrono@Work will be moderating two great speakers at deLIGHTed Talks Good Light – Good Life in Wintertime online on November 3rd, 2021: Prof. Till Roenneberg will explain how chronobiologists think about daylight saving time and what would be the most optimal choice for our health. Dr. Manuel Spitschan will explain how to…
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a serious health threat to the world population. In response, governments are implementing a variety of new policies including self-quarantine, self-isolation and social distancing. While medically necessary to limit spread, these new social policies can disrupt many of the stabilizing factors in our lives which support mental health. In close collaboration,…
Chrono@Work will be present at several symposia, classes and congresses in the upcoming period. Please have a look and subscribe if you are interested in the topic. 16th April 20:00h in Leeuwarden: Studium Generale Het Einde van de Zomertijd en Dan? 18th April whole day in Zeist: Medilex symposium on ‘Slaapproblemen en -stoornissen bij mensen met…
The European Parliament voted on March 26th this year in Strasbourg in favour of abolishing the bi-annual change in clock time. From Saturday 30th to Sunday 31st of March 2019, the clock will move forward by one hour to Central European Summertime, but from 2021 the parliament will no longer want these changes to take…
Chrono@Work published a paper on the role of the biological clock in safety and health in the Dutch journal for health and safety officers: Safety! magazine. In this paper, we explain why we perform so badly during the night and how we can keep our biological clock in synch with the natural rhythm of light…
Last weekend Daylight saving time 2018 ended and Europe went back to Central European Time. In a short movie commissioned by the University of Groningen, Marijke Gordijn explained once more why for us, in the Netherlands, the current time we have in winter is the most optimal choice. In fact, The Netherlands should even be…
In August, the European Union voted to abolish the bi-annual change in clock time. `Whether the continent will be in constant ‘wintertime’ or ‘summertime’ remains to be decided and this imposes a lot of debate in the various countries of the European Union. Chrono@Work is actively involved in international and national discussion. International and Dutch…
Chrono@Work is proactive in spreading scientific arguments for a thoughtfull decision on stopping summer/wintertime. Now that the EU recommends to end changing our clocks twice a year, each country has to decide what to do. The recommendation from the EU is based on years of discussions with and within the parliament and triggered by the outcome…
Chronobiologists are not in favour of shifting the social clock backwards and forwards twice a year, because of negative effects on sleep and other possible harmful health effects. In the news section of this website the subject has often been discussed. In recent years, the number of advocates for abolishing summertime completely has grown, and…
According to the European directives, Daylight Saving time ends in the last weekend of October. Most European countries follow this directive, which means that this year on October 30 the clock will be shifted back one hour (change from 3 am to 2 am). For us this means an extra hour on the night of…
Trouble getting out of bed, a constant yearning for chocolate, craving Netflix more than sex… The shortest day might be over, but especially in January and February we massively encounter the winter blues. The University of Groningen figured that in roughly 500.000 Dutch people the winter blues takes on such a violent form that they…
ASSEN – Daylight saving time and standard time, almost everyone is affected by it. Some more than others. Some people need four weeks to get back to their ordinary rhythms. Along with the University of Groningen, Marijke Gordijn investigates sleep disorders: “Especially the switch to daylight saving time is tough for people who are sensitive…
