701 search results for “sustainability information” in the Staff website
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How polluting buildings and machinery make rich countries ever richer
Rich countries are getting richer because of environmentally polluting (construction) investments from the past, largely at the expense of poor countries. This was shown by long-term economic and environmental data. 'The gap between poor and rich countries is widening.' Scientists from the Leiden Institute…
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Leiden scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people'
Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do you get there as a scientist? And, more importantly, what was his message? In eight questions, Rutger explains what he does and why.
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Celebrating 1 year of the Hague Climate Agreement at Wijnhaven
At the first Climate Café of 2025, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of The Hague Climate Agreement and reflected together on the successes and opportunities for the future.
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open
Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information calls for such information to be made open. Professor Ludo Waltman is one of its initiators. What needs to change?
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De 'verliezers' van de klimaattransitie
De klimaattransitie is in volle gang: de vervuilende industrie moet plaatsmaken voor duurzame productiemethoden. Werknemers in deze industrie zullen hierdoor nieuwe banen moeten vinden. Dat zal niet iedereen lukken. Heb oog voor die groep, waarschuwt politiek econoom Lars van Doorn.
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‘We are drowning in dossiers of which we have long known they will play a role’
The new government needs to look further ahead, says environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra. ‘We keep pushing forward big dossiers like demographic ageing, climate and migration. Even though we know they play a big role in our future.’ Hoekstra therefore hopes that the new coalition agreement will…
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Making Participation Matter? Citizen Science for Sustainability and Governance
Inaugural lecture
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From law student to successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry
Yousef Yousef (39), a successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry, recently joined the Advisory Board at Leiden Law School. Read the interview about his career.
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NWO funding for just and effective energy transitions
A consortium led by Eefje Cuppen, Professor Governance of Sustainability at the Institute of Public Administration, has been granted NWO funding for a research project looking into the social, societal, and technical aspects of the energy transition.
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Transformational leadership: Capacity Building for Equitable and Sustainable Change
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Chuang Wangc.w.chuang.wang@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274653
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Wim de Gripw.j.de.grip@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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- Aart Kleijn
- Ankush Singhal
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Joan Enrique Romeroj.enrique.romero@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274246
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Wentian Fuw.fu@chem.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Kate Vannoyk.j.vannoy@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Rafaël Vos
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Mark Aarts
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Nicolas Magnardn.p.l.magnard@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hao Yang
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Steffen Hardts.hardt@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274250
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Jan Fingerhut
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Melina Vavali
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Alfred Larssona.larsson@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 46761873596
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Shitha Korachamkandy
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Diyu Zhangd.zhang@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Renata Palowska
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Rifael Zvi Sol
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Bonho Koob.koo@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
- Aude Salamé
- Amuthan Dekshinamoorthy
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Marco Schönigm.schonig@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Katharina Doblhoff-Dierk.doblhoff-dier@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272366
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Darío Barreiro Lage
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Higher CO2 levels are making our food more calorific and less nutritious Food crops
More CO2 in the atmosphere is making food crops more calorific, less nutritious and potentially more toxic.
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Eric CezneAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Strike on 10 March – information for staff
Organisation
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International Labor Rights Case Law Journal affiliated with Department of Labour Law
In recent years, much research has been conducted at the Department of Labour Law on the topic of sustainability and fundamental labour rights. Linked to this field is a journal: the International Labor Rights Case Law Journal (ILaRC).
- CADS Research Seminars
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Ammonia as a clean fuel: ‘Do not create a new nitrogen problem’
Ammonia has been feeding the world for decades as a fertiliser and is now rapidly emerging as a carbon free fuel for shipping and industry. But if we focus only on CO₂ emissions, we risk creating new nitrogen problems, warns nitrogen expert Jan Willem Erisman in the journal One Earth.
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Practical information about Spui Campus
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Tirong Guo discovered materials that bring efficient artificial photosynthesis closer
After hard work in the lab, Chemist Tirong Guo has developed a group of materials that provide a stable and efficient foundation for artificial photosynthesis. Will this enable the large-scale production of hydrogen and other useful compounds in the most sustainable way possible? Guo will defend her…
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Electric boats will make University construction projects cleaner
No more smelly lorries disposing of building waste or delivering building materials to the centre of Leiden. That’s Leiden University’s ambition for its future renovation or construction projects in the city centre. Electric boats should make the process cleaner and less inconvenient for the people…
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A better world begins with bringing together economic law, environmental law and human rights
Economic law, environmental law and human rights are important fields of law for sustainable development. But they do not interact sufficiently, which makes it difficult to implement sustainable development.
- Information about salary payment in January 2026
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Leiden research that matters: how science is shaping European pesticide policy
Leiden ecotoxicologist Martina Vijver helped shake a European policy proposal in a single weekend. Not with a new experiment, but with years of research on pesticides – and an urgent letter that reached Brussels.