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…

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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

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.

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

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.

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

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

The aim of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a Ecological Professional Development Model to support preservice biology teachers to direct their own subject-specific ecological professional development route.

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

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

Filamentous Actinobacteria, such as Streptomyces, produce a plethora of chemically diverse bioactive metabolites that have found applications across medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.

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

At the Old Observatory, we work with a small but knowledgeable team. This page contains the contact details of the various people in our team.

Organization of the Leiden Institute of Physics.

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

Walk-in concerts in 2022 on the Flentrop organ in the Great Auditorium.

The organ in the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building has been played at walk-in concerts and University celebrations since 1998.

Science, Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML)

The executive tasks of LeiCenSAA are performed by the director of LeiCenSAA, Ahmad Al-Jallad. He is assisted Marijn van Putten who oversees the office.

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

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Great Auditorium Organ Foundation is a Public Benefit Organisation (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling, ANBI)

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.

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

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?

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

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

The long term goal of the Biophysical Organic Chemistry/SSNMR group, headed by Prof. Huub de Groot, is to reach an understanding of structure, dynamics and functional mechanisms of membrane proteins and self-organized biological assemblies and to translate this knowledge into new concepts for nano-devices,…

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?

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…

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Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provides funds for early-career scholars to write and publish significant monographs that will impact the development of anthropology.

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

This volume challenges the idea that the development of ‘democracy’ is a story of rise and progress at all. It is rather a story of continuous but never completely satisfying attempts of interpreting the rule of the people.