1,909 search results for “industrial ecology” in the Public website
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Fire and grazers in the West African savanna
Promotores: H.A. Udo de Haes, H.H.T. Prins, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Signalling pathways that control development and antibiotic production in streptomyces
Bacteria are highly complex and diverse organisms that have adapted to survive in ecological niches ranging from the most extreme to the most heterogeneous environments.
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Alumna Anouk van Oss wants a sustainable fashion industry
Fashion is a common thread running through alumna Anouk van Oss’s life. From a young age, fashion was a way for her to express herself. That was until she discovered how problematic the fashion industry is. She decided to focus on sustainability in her studies and hopes at some point to become a sustainability…
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Awards for three Leiden Partnership projects with industry sector
NWO is funding three partnership projects with the industry sector. The projects relate to speeding up the search for new medicines, studying the changes in proteins as medicine and developing analytical techniques for research on the building blocks of life.
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Border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to fight climate change
A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming. That is the conclusion of research on which Leiden environmental scientist Hauke Ward collaborated. ‘A new world is opening up,’ Ward says. ‘But success hinges on how we involve…
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The Rhine/Meuse Delta
Four studies on its prehistoric occupation and Holocene geology. With a contribution by Agatha S. Knip, Late Neolithic Skeleton Finds from Molenaarsgraaf (Z.H.).
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Prehistoric settlement patterns around the southern North Sea
Papers presented at a colloquium, held in honour of Professor Dr. P.J.R. Modderman, Leiden, 3-7 May 1982.
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Die Neolithische Besiedlung bei Hienheim, Ldkr. KelHeim
Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia is the annual journal of the Faculty of Archaeology (formerly the Institute of Prehistory), Leiden University.
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On bandkeramik social structure
An analysis of pot decoration and hut distributions from the Central European Neolithic communities of Elsloo and Hienheim.
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Is the mining industry the route to influence North Korea?
North Korean detention camps are no different from Nazi prison camps. But as long as the country remains economically isolated, international criticism will be ineffective, writes North Korea expert Remco Breuker in the opinion section of Dutch newspaper NRC on 21 February. Breuker advocates using the…
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Dissertations
Overview of all dissertations published by PhD candidates from CML.
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Metabolomic characterization of plant exudates and their correlation with plant defense systems
Plant exudates appeared long time ago in the history line of life in the early Devonian. They are typical saps produced by specialized cells.
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Landscape change, community wellbeing and small island contexts
How has landscape and land use changed in these two case studies since independence? What has caused these changes, whether anthropogenic or natural? How do local communities in the areas of study perceive these changes? How can community knowledge be integrated with mapping tools (GIS) to contribute…
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Mirko Forastiere
Science
m.forastiere@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Louie Krol
Science
l.krol@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kees Musters
Science
musters@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7461
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Emilia Hannula
Science
s.e.hannula@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7489
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Medieval and Early Modern Studies Spring School: Landscape History and Ecology (Gent, 28 May - 1 June 2024)
Climate change, depletion of natural resources, loss of natural and cultural landscapes, and many other (ecological) sustainability challenges urge us to (re)evaluate human interaction with the natural world. This renewed environmental consciousness has invigorated not only scientists working on effects…
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Major European subsidy for research on circular economy
An international consortium headed by the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability has been awarded a subsidy for research on the circular economy where all raw materials are recycled.
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How a global carbon price would weaken Eastern European and Asian economies
Although seen as the fastest and cheapest way to global climate protection, a uniform global carbon price would have major consequences for the economic competitiveness of countries. Hauke Ward, who recently joined Leiden University, showed in the journal Energy Economics that modern western countries…
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Nienke Beets
Science
n.beets@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5144
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Green Office chasing green ideas
‘A university is a slow-moving institution, which is in many ways a good thing,' commented student Josephine Rook at the opening of the Leiden University Green Office on 27 September in the Hortus botanicus. ‘Sustainability is not about following the latest trends, but about making structural improv…
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COMMUNITY: unraveling the regulatory networks in Streptomyces that switch on antibiotic production on demand
Through his project we will unravel the global regulatory networks that control gene expression in Streptomyces bacteria and allow them to properly respond to major changes in the environment; we will then harness this knowledge to activate and identify novel antibiotics
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Parallel evolution in an invasive plant species: evolutionary changes in allocation to growth, defense, competitive ability and regrowth of invasive
Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer
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The developing infant gut microbiota: mathematical predictions of the effects of oligosaccharides
A complex community of microbes develops in the infant gut shortly after birth. We call this community the infant gut microbiota. The microbiota influences the health of the infant, which makes the composition and function of the infant gut microbiota an important topic to study.
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Chengyi Liu
Science
c.liu@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hocelayne Paulino Fernandes
Science
h.paulino.fernandes@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5185
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Adam Ossowicki
Science
a.s.ossowicki@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Farzad Aslani
Science
f.aslani@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Carlotta Rieble
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.l.rieble@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anugrah Anugrah Aditya Budiarsa
Science
a.anugrah.aditya.budiarsa@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Michiel Veldhuis
Science
m.p.veldhuis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1494
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Anna Roseboom
Science
j.m.roseboom@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4395
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Andrea Richards-Cummins
Faculteit Archeologie
a.c.richards@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Isabel Siles Asaff
Science
m.i.siles.asaff@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Loes Janssen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.h.c.janssen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leiden University keeps fifth place in SustainaBul list
In SustainaBul, 16 higher education institutions are ranked on sustainability each year. Leiden University has managed to keep its fifth place. A good position, but with room for improvement.
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Evolutionary Biology (MSc)
The master’s specialisation Evolutionary Biology at Leiden University investigates biology at all levels. The specialisation includes genomics, functional developmental genetics, paleobiology, behavioral biology and evolutionary ecology.
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Matter into context: population- and community-level impacts of nanomaterials in freshwater ecosystems
The application of nanomaterials in industrial processes and consumer products provides many societal benefits, but can also lead to the release of nanomaterials into the environment. The work in this dissertation aims to provide insights into the potential environmental impacts that may follow from…
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Research themes
The Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) is an internationally oriented institute for research and education in biology.
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Functional xylem anatomy: intra and interspecific variation in stems of herbaceous and woody species
My PhD thesis investigates the ecological significance of resistance against drought-induced air bubble formation inside the water conduits of plants (embolism), and the plasticity and functional aspects of stem anatomical traits in woody and herbaceous species.
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Opening Minor Sustainable Development
The new CML minor Sustainable Development started on Monday 7 September 2009 with an official opening by the Vice-Rector Prof. Rietje van Dam.
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Nissen publishes a feature article on the South Korean electronics industry
Aleydis Nissen published a feature article on the South Korean electronics industry in Eos magazine. The Pascal Decroos Fund sponsored this article.
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PhD on research on an industrial production process
Computer scientist Bas van Stein conducted research at Tata Steel and BMW on how their production processes could be streamlined and optimised on the basis of data. As part of his research he developed some innovative products. PhD defence 20 September.
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The evolution of shell form in tropical terrestrial microsnails
Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Schilthuizen
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Aleydis Nissen publishes a feature article on the Kenyan floriculture industry
Aleydis Nissen, one of our colleagues from Belgium, created a feature article with photos for Knack magazine (Roularta Media Group). The Pascal Decroos Fund sponsored this article.
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Wanted: bacteria that allow plants to flourish
Plants love favourable microbes such as bacteria and fungi: they grow better and become healthier. Jos Raaijmakers, Professor of Microbial Ecology, is in search of the right microbes to be used in agriculture. Inaugural lecture 13 November.
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Science delegation enhances influence in China
A large delegation composed of 11 delegates from institutes from the Faculty of Science has made an extensive visit to China and enhanced Leiden’s influence in the Chinese academia, industry and local government.
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GLOBOX
GLOBOX is a spatially differentiated multimedia fate, exposure and effect model. It is used for the calculation of spatially differentiated LCA characterisation factors on a global scale.
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Application procedure
The application procedure is broken down into three parts.