543 search results for “climate change” in the Student website
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Leiden biology student finalist UN youth delegate
Roel Wouters (24), a biology student at Leiden University, is a finalist in the election for UN youth delegate for Biodiversity and Food. The digital polls open for a week on Friday 22 October. Under-30s can vote for Roel at www.stemroel.nl.
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necessary and the possible': a project on social movements as drivers of change
Postdoctoral researcher Joost de Moor, who joined the interdisciplinary Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) initiative at Leiden University since April 2021, will spend 50% of his time doing research for the project "The necessary and the possible: How social movements articulate,…
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Digitalisation & Social Change
Explore how digital technologies reshape global societies by influencing interaction, engagement & control. Delve into digital interfaces' impact on societal inequalities.
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Technology alone won't save us from the climate crisis
If European countries rely solely on technological advances, they won't be able to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. Households will also need to change their lifestyles. This 'inconvenient truth' is the result of calculations done by industrial ecologist Stephanie Cap. ‘It's not a popular message,…
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Training Change Your Mind (RET)
Study support
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Stefan Cetkovic
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hanneke Palmen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Manuela Rueda Trujillo
Science
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How to build resilience in times of climate crisis
In the honours course Sustainability & Health, students examine the causes and effects of climate change – but also how they can relate to these themselves. How do you build resilience in turbulent times? An excursion focused on silence and compassion helps students with this challenge.
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Gerrit Dusseldorp joins Liveable Planet Interdisciplinary Programme: ‘Archaeologists can provide the time-depth perspective’
With the retirement of Wil Roebroeks, Gerrit Dusseldorp will take his place as the archaeological representative in the Liveable Planet Interdisciplinary Programme as an Associate Professor. An expert on the behaviour of early human hunter-gatherers, he will look at the interaction between humans and…
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From climate to security: 'Students present perspectives I was unfamiliar with'
Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even when it is sometimes easier said than done. “You can see the students struggle with that.”
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen: 'At 24, I can already make a huge impact'
No full-time job, but full-time voluntary work instead. That’s what Aniek Moonen decided on graduating from Leiden University College The Hague, when she started work as a committee member of the Young Climate Movement (Jonge Klimaatbeweging). As its Chair, she joins CEOs and government ministers in…
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Colin Ewen
Faculty of Humanities
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Jennifer Anderson
Science
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Milon van Vliet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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David de Buisonjé
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nikki Ikani
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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City of The Hague/ Port of Scheveningen: Coastal Challenges
The Port of Scheveningen invites student researchers to work on the diverse spatial engagements. How can the uses and interpretations of ‘space’ by different stakeholders create a foundation for the development of sustainable development in line with the UN SDGs?
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Kai Li
Science
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Marja Spierenburg about the importance of the EuroScience Open Forum
From Wednesday 13 July 2022, for four days, Leiden is at the epicentre of European science, as it hosts Europe's largest interdisciplinary conference, the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF). We interviewed Marja Spierenburg, Professor in the Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood. In addition to being…
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How chemist Marc Tijhuis left business to change the world
Halfway through his career alumnus Marc Tijhuis made a radical change: he left the corporate world to join the global battle against waste with the International Solid Waste Association.
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Ready for a future as climate changemaker, thanks to Designing Your Life
Getting motivation, courage and tools to find a job that will help you tackle the climate crisis: it is at the heart of the course ‘Designing Your Career as a Climate Changemaker’. With their final presentations, the students conclude this climate-specific skills module within the Designing Your Life…
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Anniek Kortleve
Science
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Tamar de Corte
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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'The mortality of Europe' debate
Debate
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Emilia Hannula
Science
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Ben Kuipers
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Accessibility LUC by car has been changed
Facility
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Changing Approaches Towards Restitution and Return of Colonial Heritage: Tracing Experiences and Identifying Shared Decolonial Practices
INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
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Art workshop ‘Changing Frames: Looking at the Pieter de la Court building in new ways’
Arts and culture
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Pam ten Broeke
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Chengyi Liu
Science
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Winifred Gebhardt
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel Veldhuis
Science
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Marijke van der Wal
Faculty of Humanities
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Tommy van Steen
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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LUC Alumna makes it to Trouw Sustainable 100
The Sustainable 100 is an initiative by Dutch newspaper Trouw, consisting of a list of the top 100 sustainable civil initiatives. In October of 2020, the Jonge Klimaatbeweging (Youth Climate Movement NL) became the first youth organization to win first prize. An interview with LUC Alumna and Board Member…
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Archaeologists receive funding for science communication: ‘We want to change the public image of archaeology’
A diverse team of Leiden archaeologists applied for, and was awarded, the KNAW ‘Appreciated!’ grant, meant to further their science communication endeavours. We speak with Dr Maikel Kuijpers, who is the main contact person of the application.
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Luchtkwaliteit in Beeld
Experiment
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Stephanie Cap
Science
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Helen Duffy
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Haye Geukes
Science
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How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production
Hydrogen can help to solve the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global environmental impact of hydrogen production and looked ahead to 2050. They published their work in Energy & Environmental Science.
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Shivant Jhagroe
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Christina Luise Toenshoff
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Veni grant for Nikki Ikani and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida
Nikki Ikani (ISGA) and Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida (LUC) have received Veni-funding. A total of 188 scientists received grants in this round. Veni grants are awarded annually by NWO.
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Coen Wirtz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jacqueline Vel
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bernard Steunenberg
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Matt Young
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs