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Final presentations Area Study Sustainability: Wheels of Metals
Friday 30 January 2015 were the final presentations of the last course of the Minor Sustainable Development.
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Genevieve Noordeloos
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
g.noordeloos@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Merlijn van Weerd
Science
m.van.weerd@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Erik de Maaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
maaker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6612
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Berent Baris
Science
b.t.baris@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Elizabeth Migoni Alejandre
Science
e.migoni.alejandre@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7331
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Chris van Oostrum
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
c.h.a.van.oostrum@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8915
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Anna Notsu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.notsu@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2825 1683
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Jan Willem Erisman
Science
j.w.erisman@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7484
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Ancois De Villiers
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.c.de.villiers@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Esther van de Camp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.van.de.camp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Andrew Littlejohn
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.l.littlejohn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3754
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Cristina Grasseni
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.grasseni@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Antoine Coudard
Science
a.coudard@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mandy de Wilde
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.de.wilde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gerard Breeman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
g.e.breeman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9373
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Constraints on large-scale implementation of BioSolarCells, Early stage assessment of environmental value propositions
What performance criteria does a new technology have to fulfill in order to be added to the list of future energy options and what constraints exist in terms of broad market penetration?
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Sustained picture of energy consumption at Leiden University
The energy and water consumption and CO2 footprint of all buildings at Leiden University can now be seen on its new Duurzaam in Beeld website. ‘We do a lot about sustainability,’ says Jeroen Waijenberg, Sustainability and Energy Coordinator at the University’s Real Estate Directorate. ‘But our efforts…
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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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Great interest in LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability
Today marks the launch of the LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability. Students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University will work together on concrete sustainability issues of organisations. Interest in the new programme turned out to be overwhelming. Two lecturers involved share…
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Additional efforts needed to avoid conflict in Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations aim to improve all issues simultaneously: social, economic, and environmental outcomes. However, a new study shows that eliminating extreme poverty and reducing income inequality often leads to higher environmental impacts. Therefore, additional…
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Leiden University 8th place in worldwide university sustainability list!
According to GreenMetric, in 2020, Leiden University will be in 8th place in the global sustainability ranking UI GreenMetric. In this memo, participation in this ranking is evaluated, points for improvement are given and an ambition suggestion is made for 2021.
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Resilient Ecosystems and Flourishing Communities
Exploring the Meanings of Lands and Forests as an Avenue for Mutual Development of People and Nature in Ghana
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How fungi are helping us be more sustainable
Professor of Fungal Genetics and Biotechnology Arthur Ram explains how fungi can help us be more sustainable.
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Vincent Delhomme discusses sustainability in EU internal market law
The Farm to Fork Strategy seeks to transform the EU food system towards greater sustainability. To do this, Vincent Delhomme argues, some of the traditional concepts and doctrines in EU internal market law need to be challenged and rethought.
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Sustainability firms on partnership LLP: ‘An opportunity for reflection’
A partnership with the Leiden Leadership Programme: what does it bring you? Two partner organisations in the field of sustainability, Arcadis and Bioto, share their experiences: “It's great to be surprised by new insights.”
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Ester van der Voet appointed professor of Sustainable Resource Use
The energy transition is already a huge challenge for society, but sustainable use of resources is even more complicated. Yet it is at least as urgent. Ester van der Voet has been working on it for decades, for example within the United Nations. Since February, she is a professor at the Centre for Environmental…
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Making a technology sustainable that doesn’t even exist yet
Industrial ecologists Stefano Cucurachi and Flora Siebler are part of the new consortium PROGENY, which received 3.6 million euros from the European Commission. PROGENY is an exciting project that will study the possibilities of soap films for innovations, such as ultra-thin screens.
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New insight brings sustainable hydrogen one step closer
Leiden chemists Marc Koper and Ian McCrum have discovered that the degree to which a metal binds to the oxygen atom of water is decisive for how well the chemical conversion of water to molecular hydrogen takes place. This insight helps to develop better catalysts for the production of sustainable hydrogen,…
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Warm Sweater Day and Week of Sustainability 2020
Warm Sweater Day, February 7th & Week of Sustainability, February 10th-14th
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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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Leiden chemists improve electrochemical production of sustainable chemical building blocks
If you could convert CO2 into building blocks for other molecules with the help of electricity, you could make the chemical industry considerably more sustainable. Leiden chemists have unravelled a fundamental part of this process and applied this knowledge in a real device, as they write in Nature…
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Urban green infrastructure: making future cities more sustainable
Urban green infrastructure has the ability to make make cities more sustainable. However, the exact implementation of green infrastructure and the choices that must be made during implementation, are still topic for discussion. In the Future Cities podcast, environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo chats…
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Carel Stolker: 'It's a no-brainer: the opportunity just has to be seized!'
Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) has been in existence for almost six years and will be entering its second phase in 2019. What course will the alliance take, what opportunities are out there and what is its mission? LDE Magazine spoke with Carel Stolker, rector magnificus of Leiden University and a member…
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The role of bubble formation in sustainable hydrogen production
The sustainable production of hydrogen could potentially be made more efficient by adding a cleverly chosen salt to the process. Researchers at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC), in collaboration with physicists at the University of Twente, have discovered that the type of salt present in the…
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Plant Sciences
The mission of the Plant Science research programme is to contribute to the sustainable production of high quality crops, flowers and high-value bio-based products. This is realised by generating fundamental knowledge of basic biological processes related to development of plants and their interaction…
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Energy Survival Guide
This book provides the answers, presenting clear insights into the current state of affairs and exploring future prospects.
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MOOCs more than online education
Leiden University now offers almost 20 Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The enthusiasm displayed by participants makes it rewarding to develop and teach such courses, say MOOC lecturers Marlies Reinders and Edwin Bakker. But that is not all, ‘You bring together a global community.’
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Deep: Using simulations to understand the excess baryonic mass in the centres of high-mass, early-type galaxies
This thesis aims to enhance our understanding of galaxies by testing theoretical models of galaxy formation against observations, particularly in the cases of extreme systems which have been found to have an excess of baryonic mass in their central regions, in the form of either supermassive black holes…
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Calendar Academic Language Centre
Important dates in the Academic Language Centre calendar
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Cycling and Sustainability: The Leiden University Green Office
Although the weather in the Netherlands will always be unpredictable, June might be the month to say with certainty that the temperatures will be pleasing enough for a ride on your bicycle. Aside from the benefits for your (mental) health, you will also make a positive impact on the environment. Start…
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Dual PhD Centre
December marks the 15th anniversary of the Dual PhD Centre (DPC). Director Johannes Tromp and associate professor Mark Dechesne look back and ahead. Dechesne: ‘The DPC forms a 'community of knowledge' in which science and society are connected.’
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Survey: Leiden students want to learn more about sustainability in their studies
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.
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Leiden students want to learn more about sustainability in their studies
Students at Leiden University believe that their study programmes should pay more attention to sustainability. This is evident from a representative survey of more than 550 students, conducted by Leiden University Green Office .
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LUGO and Campus The Hague employees will discuss sustainability in campus strategy with the Executive Board
LUGO and Campus The Hague employees will discuss sustainability in campus strategy. The university is discussing a new Development Strategy and Implementation Plan for Campus The Hague for the next decade (timeline: 2020-2030).
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Leiden University and Municipality of The Hague to collaborate on sustainability
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.
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Opening Academic Year 2017-2018
The opening of the Academic Year 2017-2018 took place on Monday 4 September 2017 in Pieterskerk church.
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