2,231 search results for “environmental sustainability” in the Public website
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University Leiden
Our institute aspires to be the center of excellence for strategic and quantitative research and education on sustainable use and governance of natural resources and biodiversity. We have two distinct research programmes: Environmental Biology and Industrial Ecology. The department of Industrial…
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Professor Lars Jeuken wants to use bacteria for sustainable fuel
On 1 August, Lars Jeuken started work as Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC). His research is at the intersection of biology and chemistry, but also involves physics and nanotechnology. Jeuken: ‘By linking nanoparticles to proteins and bacteria, we want to convert…
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Greenifying industrial biotechnology through the creation of synthetic endosymbionts
Is it possible to synthesize industrially relevant compounds in a sustainable manner through the use of light-capturing cyanobacteria?
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Wasted: Exploring Food Citizenship as a Form of Urban Resilience. A case study of food waste perceptions and practices in The Hague.
How do different communities of residents in The Hague perceive and manage food waste in relation to citizenship (rights and responsibilities)?
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Prize for production of sustainable rose smell
Sustainable rose smell that can be produced on a large scale. Tobias Fecker made this into a possibility during his master's thesis, which was a collaboration between the IBL and the TU Delft. He wins the fourth edition of the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award.
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the world together: The value of transdisciplinarity in tackling sustainability challenges
79 students, 15 organisations, and 16 projects: within the master’s programme Governance of Sustainability, diverse groups of students worked together with organisations to tackle sustainability challenges. In this blog, Annemiek de Looze reflects on how the power of their transdisciplinary approaches…
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet?
Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer coordinated an international research project on the impacts of cotton. ‘The purchases of consumers in Europe can contribute to water scarcity in China…
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Rutger Hoekstra
Science
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Surendra Balraadjsing
Science
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About us
The Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability is a joint iniatiative by the Honours Academies of Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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About the programme
Governance of Sustainability is a two-year programme, worth 120 European Credit Transfer System points (ECTS).
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Liquid Footprints
Water, Urbanism, and Sustainability in Roman Ostia
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Transition from fossil to clean energy will reduce global mining activities
A wide range of metals need to be mined for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. But the overall mining activity is set to decrease as clean energy replaces fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas.
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LUC- project UNPLASTIC wins Dopper Changemaker Challenge
UNPLASTIC, a research project by Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) won the Dopper Changemaker Challenge 2019. LUC student Roos Kolkman represented UNPLASTIC during the semi-finals on Saturday.
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What we can learn from hi-tech nature
Biodiversity in the Netherlands is having a tough time. Professor of Natural Capital Koos Biesmeijer combines research with practical advice: from the greening of industrial parks to solutions inspired by hi-tech nature. Inaugural lecture 9 March.
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Life Cycle Assessment-Based Guidance for development of New Energy Technologies
The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.
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Strategies for the Evaluation and Assessment of Ocean based Carbon Dioxide Removal (SEAO2-CDR)
What are the key technical, social, regulatory, economic, and ethical considerations for scaling up ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) approaches, and what integrated assessment frameworks and governance structures are needed to facilitate their implementation at scale?
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Career prospects
With an MSc degree in Governance of Sustainability you are well prepared for a broad array of career prospects in the field of sustainability, such as working with or for governments, at consultancies or continuing your academic research.
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Required documents
When you apply for admission, you’ll be asked to submit several documents.
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Dutch Shipping and the Environment, 1621-1939
This project explores themes at the intersection of maritime history and environmental history by looking at the problems Dutch ships encountered in the different climates of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds, and the solutions they could provide.
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Sustainability and energy: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
From energy transition to the nitrogen crisis: artificial intelligence can be of great help. Researchers from the three universities in Zuid-Holland are seizing the opportunity. Three of them talk about collaborative research in the AI for Energy and Sustainability focus group within the Zuid-Holland…
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Sheltering 10 billion people in a warming and resource-scarce world: challenges and opportunities
Sheltering is an immediate human need and determines well-being andhealth.
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Education
CML’s education programme aims at training (under)graduate and graduate students for integrated and multidisciplinary sustainability research and for better decision making in managing the world’s natural resources, environmental quality and biodiversity.
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professors help teachers, students and citizens to engage with environmental issues
In 2021, Thijs Bosker and Paul Behrens — both Associate Professors in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University — received funding from the Leiden University Fund and the Gratama Foundation to develop tangible and practical exercises that help people to deal with environmental issues from a local…
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Daniëlla Dam-de Jong appointed to Advisory Committee on Public International Law
The Advisory Committee on Public International Law (Dutch abbreviation CAVV) is an independent body which provides the government and parliament of the Netherlands with advice, both solicited and unsolicited, on issues related to public international law.
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Oudenhoven appointed Director of Education of the master Governance of Sustainability
Alexander van Oudenhoven has been appointed as the new Director of Education of the Governance of Sustainability master's programme. Van Oudenhoven has been appointed for a four-year period, from 1 October 2022 to 1 October 2026. The programme is taught in The Hague.
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Co-participation and LUGO unite for a sustainable university
Leiden University needs to become the sustainability frontrunner of the Dutch universities, the co-participation and the Leiden University Green Office (LUGO) call for. This means that sustainability needs to be further integrated into education and research, as well as the university’s business ope…
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Sustainable demolition of old laboratories at a glance
Leiden University is demolishing a number of old laboratories of the Faculty of Science in a sustainable way. The Dutch Green Building Council, an organisation that seeks to ensure sustainable construction and demolition, awarded this approach four stars.
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Sign up for the Co-participation x Sustainability conference
Last year we organized a sustainability conference with much success together with the co-participation bodies of Leiden University.
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‘Fundamentals’ inspire students to get started on real-life sustainability challenges
In the near future, students of the LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability will take on real-life sustainability challenges. But first, the course ‘Fundamentals of Sustainability’ provides them with an environmental mode of thinking: “It allows you to focus on what is useful in practice.”
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Publications
Recent publications
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Resources and Energy
How do technological systems impact the environment? And can they be designed in a more sustainable way? The Resources and Energy research program studies the importance of resources and energy for our society and aims to guide the shift towards a sustainable circular economy.
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Leiden University takes eighth place in global sustainability ranking
Leiden University has taken eighth place in the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities. Over 900 universities from all round the world participated in the ranking.
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Towards an effective biodiversity conservation and governance in the Pontocaspian region
Freshwater and brackish water ecosystems are arguably the most vulnerable ecosystems on earth, due to concentrated human developments in and around them. The Pontocaspian (PC) region located at the border of Europe and Asia contains a variety of brackish water ecosystems and unique inhabitants, known…
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Podcast Episode: How sustainable is your student party?
The elections for the Leiden University Student Council and Faculty Councils are coming up, starting on the 17th of May!
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Research into sustainable finance: ‘Vidi funding is an amazing opportunity’
Natascha van der Zwan is one of twelve scientist of Leiden University that have been awarded a Vidi grant of 800,000 euros in this round. The Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration conducts research into investment politics and how to make the financial system more sustainable.…
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Great enthusiasm at opening session LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability
Tuesday was the opening session of the LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability. Lecturers introduced themselves, students got to know each other and it was revealed what they will do to contribute to a more sustainable world in the coming months.
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Sustainable Business Battle: consultancy through green-tinted glasses
The enthusiastic finalists of the Sustainable Business Battle proved that sustainability and business can go together well. Fire in their bellies, they pitched their green solutions, ranging from an Energy Race app for DUWO to a cycle parking facility covered with plants at the Bio Science Park.
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Genevieve Noordeloos
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Merlijn van Weerd
Science
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Erik de Maaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Berent Baris
Science
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Elizabeth Migoni Alejandre
Science
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Chris van Oostrum
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan Willem Erisman
Science
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Ancois De Villiers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Esther van de Camp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Andrew Littlejohn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Antoine Coudard
Science
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Gerard Breeman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs