Vera is currently a third year LLB student at Leiden University

Louise is currently a student at Leiden University Law School.

Nienke is currently a LLB student at Leiden Law School.

Promotor: C.U. Keller, Co-Promotor: F. Snik

Eine Archäobotanische untersuchung zu Umwelt und Landwirtschaft der Ältesten Bankkeramik.

This pilot project will initiate research on how heritage has been and can be mobilized to address climate change governance in Himalayan Asia. Climate adaptation strategies frequently include the sourcing of heritage, encompassing landscapes, built environments 4 and cultural practices. However, effective…

What are the key issues in conducting LCA of bioenergy systems? What is the environmental sustainability status of second generation bioethanol? How much would the final results of biogenic carbon neutrality assumptions deviate from the true values based on a complete inventory? How to assess the impact…

Lecture

Nanoplastics influence the behaviour of larval zebrafish, says new research by the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) and the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML). The researchers observed that a certain type of nanoparticles leads to stress reactions in the sugar balance, resulting in hyperactivity…

The Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo is an academic centre providing services for scholars and students from the supporting universities.

The Urban Studies bachelor’s programme is based on two learning trajectories. One is dedicated to knowledge related to urban issues, while the other focuses on a wide range of practical and academic skills.

The walls of Paul van der Velde’s study at the International Institute for Asian Studies are full of neat rows of post-it notes. As organiser in chief, he is right in the middle of the upcoming ICAS 11, the 11th International Convention of Asia Scholars, which is returning to where it was first held…

Lineke is a Master’s student in European Law.

What are interactive effects of human pressures on aquatic communities?

Gabriela is a current master’s student Public International Law at Leiden Law School.

Human activity, such as pollution, may disturb the balance of living water systems, which has consequences for biodiversity, but also for other functions such as water purification. Leiden University maps living water systems using the most advanced technologies.

It came as a shock to many people: one million plant and animal species are threatened to become extinct. But this number isn’t the most relevant aspect, argue Alexander van Oudenhoven, Koos Biesmeijer and three other experts in Dutch newspaper Trouw. ‘It is more important to realise that the fate of…

Leiden University College is buzzing with life again. On 13 August, this year’s new crop of students moved into their rooms. For more than two hundred first-year students, LUC will be their home for the next three years. On the occasion of ‘moving day’, we spoke with three of them.

Public International Law is a one-year Master’s specialisation at the internationally acclaimed Leiden Law School at Leiden University. The programme focuses on the legal framework that governs international relations in an increasingly complex global society.

‘De aanpak van microplastics zit vol haken en ogen’

Debate

Inaugural Lecture

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

Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.

On Wednesday 1 September, the first thirteen students of the new BA Urban Studies at Leiden University, received their diplomas in person in The Hague. During a festive graduation ceremony, they were congratulated by rector magnificus Hester Bijl.

Education in Environmental Biology

In 2018, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), born out of activism, exists for forty years. The institute celebrated this on 28 June in the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden. In the morning, proud directors and researchers looked back and forth. After this several experts discussed the current environmental…

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The Institute of Environmental Sciences, also known as CML, is an institute of the Faculty of Science of Leiden University. CML is the abbreviation for the name of our institute in Dutch 'Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen in Leiden'.  The main area of work is research and education in the multidisciplinary…

Overview of CML publications

How have British cities changed in the years since the Second World War? And what drove this transformation? This innovative new history traces the development of the post-war British city, from the 1940s era of reconstruction, through the rise and fall of modernist urban renewal, up to the present-day…

Promotores: W.T. de Groot, M. Tchuenté, Co-promotor: J.P. Cheylan

How do poor and disadvantaged Indonesians address the injustices they face in daily life and how can their situation be improved?

Development of indicators to assess decoupling of economic development and environmental pressure in the EU-25 and AC-3 countries.

What would be the environmental performance of the Carbon4PUR technology at industrial scale in the future?

Lecture

The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.

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

CML researches sustainable management of natural resources, environmental quality and biodiversity in a strategic multidisciplinary manner.  Within this scope we offer two distinct research programmes: Environmental Biology and Industrial Ecology, both addressing the relations between human activities…

Institute of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Leiden University

Projects in the department of Environmental Biology

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Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

The global agri-food system plays a critical role in food security and environmental issues.

It’s better to cut our nitrogen emissions now than to solve the consequences later at great expense. That’s the lesson we can learn from the Dutch nitrogen crisis, according to nitrogen expert Jan Willem Erisman. In Science, he shares this lesson with other countries. According to Erisman, we should…

PhD Defence

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