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LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability
Do you want to contribute to a more sustainable world? In the new Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability you will gain fundamental knowledge on sustainability and develop practical skills by addressing real-world sustainability challenges.

Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge News - 29 January 2024
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.

New Leiden Law School’s ‘Sustainability’ website Announcement - 20 March 2024
Organisation

Leiden University 14th in global sustainability ranking News - 18 December 2023
Leiden University has taken 14th place in the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities.

University signs Digital Sustainability Manifesto: ‘We need a Delta Plan’ News - 18 October 2022
Digitalisation can make a huge contribution to a greener future, but it must also be as sustainable as possible. To make significant progress, more collaboration and national leadership will be needed. Leiden University has therefore signed the Digital Sustainability Manifesto, which was presented on…

Liveable Planet present at LUGO Sustainability Day News - 3 May 2023
Liveable Planet, the Leiden interdisciplinary research programme on sustainability, has a full presence at the LUGO Sustainability Day on Tuesday 9 May. Professor Jan Willem Erisman will deliver the keynote lecture. You can also ask questions about sustainability research and interdisciplinary collaboration…

‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’ News - 21 February 2022
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainable Development and Livelihood, who will give her inaugural lecture on 25 February.

Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 2020 News - 5 July 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. This is apparent from the university’s new Sustainability Report 2020. The report also shows that nearly all the targets from the Environmental Policy Plan…

Visit the LUGO Sustainability Day on May 9th, 2023 Announcement - 28 April 2023
Research, Social

Survey: Leiden students want to learn more about sustainability in their studies News - 7 April 2021
Students at Leiden University believe that their degree programmes should focus more on sustainability. These are the findings of a survey of more than 550 students by Leiden University Green Office.

Apply now! Registration for the Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability is closing soon Announcement - 18 October 2022
Education

Are you a BSc/Msc student with a passion for sustainability? Join the SDG-Challenge! Announcement - 16 February 2022
Social

Leiden University and Municipality of The Hague to collaborate on sustainability News - 6 November 2023
Leiden University and the Municipality of The Hague signed a collaboration agreement on sustainability on 1 November. Their main goals are to build a network, share knowledge and explore the possibilities of a Climate Centre for the people of The Hague.

Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community News - 18 April 2023
Buurtlab 070 is a new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together on climate, sustainability and biodiversity solutions. What do they expect of the lab?

Eefje Cuppen Professor Governance of Sustainability
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

Jan Willem Erisman Professor Environmental sustainability
Science