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How meat substitutes in your lasagne can help save the planet 12 February 2019
National Meat Free Week, from 11 to 17 March, encourages us to choose the environmentally friendly option more often. But apart from preventing animal...
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SUNRISE: from sunlight to smart city 01 February 2019
The European Project SUNRISE, ‘Solar energy for a circular economy’, has been selected as one of the six Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) within...
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An evening of exchanging dilemmas surrounding sustainability 27 November 2018
Why does it turn out to be so complicated to solve sustainability issues if everyone ‘knows’ about these problems? This was the central question in a ...
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European cooperation on sustainability off to a slow start 16 November 2018
Ries Kamphof conducted research into European sustainability policies; his findings are that the European Committee very rarely uses her authority. ‘T...
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Become the future change agent with the new master Governance of Sustainability 22 October 2018
For students who want to be an intermediary between scientific experts, policy makers and politicians in the domain of sustainability, the master prog...
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From ideals to actions at the international One Young World summit 09 October 2018
Thinking up solutions for global issues such as environmental pollution and poverty. This is what young people from all over the world will be doing a...
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New BA Urban Studies: How to keep cities liveable 04 September 2018
By 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in cities. This has major consequences for the lives of city-dwellers and for the environment...
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Unstoppable urbanisation of Indonesia calls for interdisciplinary partnerships 05 July 2018
More than half of the Indonesian population lives in cities. What does this mean for public health? How sustainable are these megacities? This is the ...
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Thinking outside your scientific box 19 June 2018
How do you study complex disasters like a nuclear explosion or a natural disaster? Who can help unravel the legal knot that Brexit has become? The imp...
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Innovative knowledge projects start in The Hague 14 June 2018
The Municipality of The Hague called on researchers to come up with a proposal for an innovative research project on problems big cities face such as ...
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Using fungi to produce renewable energy 05 June 2018
Ebru Alazi ‘hacked’ an enzyme-producing system in the fungus Aspergillus niger in order to produce renewable energy more easily. She manipulated the f...
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What plant genes can teach us 15 March 2018
Just like us, plants also produce growth hormones, and they also go through an ageing process. The study of the genes and mechanisms behind these proc...
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What we can learn from hi-tech nature 08 March 2018
Biodiversity in the Netherlands is having a tough time. Professor of Natural Capital Koos Biesmeijer combines research with practical advice: from th...
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Sustainable fishing in one of Malawi’s biggest wetlands 13 June 2017
The Elephant Marsh is one of the biggest wetlands in Malawi and many of the country’s inhabitants rely on it for their small-scale fishing catch. To ...
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Giovanni Gruni to take part to meeting of International Law Association committee on sustainable development 13 October 2016
Giovanni Gruni, Assistant Professor European Law, will take part to the International Law Association committee on international trade law, sustainabl...