The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

Development of scenarios for 2050 detailed in an IO framework

The use of increasingly large and diverse datasets to guide urban climate action has implications for how, and by whom, local governments are held accountable.

Naar schatting bestaat de wereldbevolking over twintig jaar uit ongeveer 8,7 miljard mensen, terwijl dat aantal nu 7,3 miljard is. Deze groei, gecombineerd met de bijbehorende groei in consumptie en de verbeteringen in levensstandaarden, zal resulteren in een enorme groei in de vraag naar voedsel, verbruiksgoederen,…

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

What is the optimal design of sandy solutions for sustainable climate change adaption, from an ecological, biophysical and societal point of view?

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda

Examining if large scale application of new energy pathways can be constrained by materials and emissions.

De specialisatie Economics & Governance van de master Public Administration leert je om oplossingsgerichte benaderingen te formuleren voor concrete beleidskwesties die zich bevinden op het snijvlak tussen economie en openbaar bestuur. Deze specialisatie is een uniek gecombineerd aanbod van de afdeling…

Courses in English.

Op 1 oktober 2019 verdedigde Emile Cammeraat zijn proefschrift 'Economic Effects of Social Protection'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. K.P. Goudswaard en prof.dr. P.W.C. Koning.

Hetterscheid

Systems are called real-time systems, if the correctness of the system does not only depend on the correctness of the system output but also on whether the output is delivered on time.

Using the principles of Industrial Ecology in Environmental Policy making in two cases: transition to a hydrogen economy and chlorinated compounds.

Courses in English.

Rechtsgeleerdheid, Instituut voor Fiscale en Economische vakken, Governance and Global Affairs

The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.

Netherlands Statistics (CBS), Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam have started a collaboration in the form of a research project titled 'Enriching official economic statistics using data-driven modelling techniques'.

Promotores: G.R. de Snoo, W.T. de Groot, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Musters

CREEA is a FP7 project on compiling and refining environmental and economic accounts. The project runs from April 2011 to March 2014.

In this thesis, classes of strongly interacting quantum field theories, have been studied.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Prof.dr. R.M. Tromp

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

Bij Cambridge University Press (CUP) verscheen onlangs van Ingrid Leijten het boek Core Socio-Economic Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. Het boek maakt onderdeel uit van de serie Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy en heeft als onderwerp de bescherming van sociaaleconomische rechten…

Lezing

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

Promotor: G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Juurlink

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

1) Assess the trends in supply and production status of these critical minerals and mineral products worldwide and Europe’s dependence including on intermediate products such as permanent magnets, RE based super alloys, batteries, polishing compounds, phosphors, catalysts etc. 2) Trace the entire value…

Human civilization consumes a huge amount of fossil fuels, which has resulted in an atmospheric CO2 level which has not been higher in over 800 millennia.

Prof.dr. Gert Jan Kramer is bij de Faculteit Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen in deeltijd benoemd tot hoogleraar Sustainable Energy. Kramer is en blijft daarnaast manager Energy Futures bij Shell. Tot zijn aantreden in Leiden was Kramer hoogleraar bij de TU Eindhoven.

New master specialisation: Economics and Governance

What is the role of the rebound effect in achieving environmental savings from transport eco-innovation? Are traditional definitions of the rebound effect adequate in the context of transformative innovations and multidimensional environmental issues?

De Energie survival gids van prof. Jo Hermans is nu ook in het Engels beschikbaar en bovendien is het boek volledig geüpdated. De Energy Survival Guide is een compacte en betrouwbare bron van informatie voor iedereen die op zoek is naar adviezen over de toekomst van de wereldwijde energievoorziening…

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

What performance criteria does a new technology have to fulfill in order to be added to the list of future energy options and what constraints exist in terms of broad market penetration?

Masterdag vrijdag 4 november 2016

The STW project Energy Efficient Computer-Brain Interaction (principal investigator for LIACS: dr. T.P. Stefanov) has been granted. Funding for LIACS: 1 PhD student + travel/equipment budget, project duration: 4 years.

HEPGAME is a research project that combines the world’s fastest computer algebra system for High Energy Physics equations, FORM, with insights from artificial intelligence. The name combines High Energy Physics and Games.

The theoretical explanation of cosmic acceleration is nowadays one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.