How can we quantify the density of species within a community through environmental DNA concentrations?

The research programme Industrial Ecology aims to support the ecological transformation of society and environment towards sustainability. The research subject is Industrial Ecology in its broadest definition, covering environmental systems analysis, and incorporating the social and economic aspects…

The master’s programme Industrial Ecology at Leiden University is an emerging scientific discipline that takes a systemic approach to environmental problems. The master in Industrial Ecology is a co-operation between Leiden University and Delft University of Technology.

The master's programme Industrial Ecology (joint degree Leiden University and Delft University of Technology) is unique in the Netherlands and one of the few programmes in the world combining natural science, engineering, and social science for science-based solutions for sustainability problems.

Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Leiden University

Do offshore windfarms affect the local biodiversity of the pelagic fish community and are fish deterred or attracted by sounds?

How can we let the sonic speak in public urban environments? What is the function and position of sound in our daily encounters with urbanity? How do we experience cities aurally? This was the topic of Marcel Cobussen's inaugural lecture on November 28th, 2016.

The soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are renowned for their production of useful secondary metabolites including antibiotics. The work described in this thesis provides new insights on the role and regulation of antibiotic production and resistance in these bacteria.

Mission: The department of Industrial Ecology is dealing with research into the development of tools for decision making on sustainable production and consumption.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H. van Veen & Prof.dr. W. de Boer (Wageningen University)

Science, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

How soil microbial composition impacts structure and composition of the aboveground plant and animal communities?

Promotor: Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker & Prof. dr. René Kemp (Maastricht University)

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: L.P. van Ofwegen; B.W. Hoeksema

How are links between macro-invertebrate diversity and ecosystem functioning influenced by anthropogenic pressures?

PhD Defence

Promotor: J.A. van Veen, Co-promotor: E.E. Kuramae

Acidobacteria is a widely distributed phylum but their functional roles in ecosystem processes are still largely elusive.

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…

How have human-environmental entanglements changed in the Gulf of San Miguel, Darien, Panama, from the first traces human practices through to the present?

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen), Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

The first international master programme in Industrial Ecology worldwide starting in September 2011.

Birds sing to be heard, but how do they cope with increasing noise levels? Which species persist in cities and why? And do they thrive or suffer in the urban soundscape?

Unravelling networks of human mobility and exchange of goods and ideas from a pre-colonial, pan-Caribbean perspective

The changes that humans are making to the landscape are beneficial for mosquitoes that spread diseases such as Zika, chikungunya and dengue. This is what biologist Maarten Schrama and his colleagues write in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. ‘If we know in which living environments mosquitoes thrive…

Can we predict fluctuations in suicidal ideation in a person’s daily life, from hour to hour?

This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.

Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder

Do Ethiopian wolves change their diet and foraging strategy in the landscape under different land uses? How land use affect Afro-alpine rodent Communities? How important are Afro-alpine natural resources utilisation for local livelihoods? What is the human perception of conflict in the Afro-alpine a…

The Livable Planet program is one of the eight interdisciplinary programmes that were launched at Leiden University in 2020. Leiden’s Liveable Planet program aims to combine scientific, policy, socio-cultural and historical/archaeological research at Leiden University into coherent research with…

Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, B. Sinsin, Co-Promotor: H.H. de Iongh

What are the global relationships between environmental conditions and abundance of distinct types of mycorrhizal fungi in soil and plant roots?

What tools can be applied to measure the output, outcome and impact of science communication efficiently and effectively?

In 2021, the eleventh Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology will take place in Leiden. The Institute of Environmental Sciences Leiden (CML) has been elected to host the next biennial meeting at the latest conference of the Society in Beijing, China. ‘Industrial ecology can play…

An interdisciplinary and innovative research group combining History, underwater archaeology, GIS and wood provenancing methods.

Vinasse is a major by-product generated by the sugarcane biofuel industry. It is a source of microbes, nutrients and organic matter and often it is recycled as fertilizer.

What is movements and corridors of the Bornean pygmy elephant in Sebuku forest? What is the nature of human-elephant conflict in Nunukan District in time and space? What are the diets of the Bornean elephants related to crop raiding?

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: J. Geml

Plants and their pollinators form complex interaction networks. Within these networks, species differ widely in the number of species they interact with.

Science, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

Science, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

The present investigation aims at exploring whether the instruction provided at secondary schools in the capital meets the requirements of Communicative Language Teaching and whether the aims of improving learners’ communicative proficiency are met.

Clustered Neighbourhood Settlements of the Central Anatolian Neolithic ca. 8500-5500 Cal. BC