CML is organised around two departments, Industrial Ecology and Environmental Biology, with five cross-cutting research programmes. The institute is led by the Institute Board, which comprises the scientific director, the director of education and the director of operations, who are jointly responsible for the institute.

The Management Team (MT) consists of the three directors and is further complemented by the two department heads. In addition to its scientific staff, CML is supported by dedicated professional staff who facilitate research, education, and management.

Councils

CML has the following advisory councils:

• Advisory Board

  The Advisory Board is an external council that advices the Management Team of CML about general strategies, research, and education activities and evaluation procedures.

• Science Council

  The Science Council is an advisory council to the Board of the institute and consists of the institute’s full professors. It meets four times a year and discusses the strategies at play at both the national and international level; they also serve as the institute’s eyes and ears, helping to sense what drives research within the society.

• Institute's Council

  The Institute's Council (Instituutsraad, IR) is an internal council that represents staff and students working in our institute. It advises the Management Team of CML on a broad range of topics that concern all CML staff members, such as financial matters, research programmes, education, and strategic outlines.

The Institute of Environmental Sciences (Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden - CML) is structured as displayed in the figure below.