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,…

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

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

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…

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.

Courses in English.

Hetterscheid

Courses in English.

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'.

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.

Has the industrial sector in China effectively been decarbonizing in recent years, across different regions and subsectors, and is it plausible that it will reduce its CO2 emissions in conformity with national and internationally pledged emission goals?

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.

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.

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

Wat zijn de belangrijkste thema's in het uitvoeren van systemen voor bio-energie ?

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.

How to contribute to a quantum leap of eco-industrial symbiosis in China?

Do sustainability values play a role in motivating people to act for biodiversity in successful projects and in successful leadership action? And how could these values be incorporated in current economic valuation methods?

Wednesday 16 November 2016, 12.30-14.00

Sinds april 2019 heeft de Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen er een nieuwe locatie bij voor haar onderzoek. Het Levelgebouw (direct naast Leiden Centraal) ontvangt proefpersonen in 3 gloednieuwe laboratoria. Psycholoog Carsten de Dreu vertelt enthousiast over de nieuwe mogelijkheden voor zijn onder…

Development of GHG calculator for bio-electricity and heat.

Lezing, Studium Generale

With the energy transition toward a renewable energy supply and a CO2-neutral economy, electrification of the energy system is rising in importance, which leads to the challenge of long-term storage of renewable electricity.

BioSolar Cells is a five-year research project in which ten knowledge institutions and 45 private industries work together.

The growing demand of energy indicates that global energy resources in the form of fossil fuels will not be sufficient in the future. In order to solve potential future energy problems development of a sustainable hydrogen economy is highly desirable.

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…

As a virtually inexhaustible source, solar energy plays a major role in future global energy scenarios.

Solar energy is used by photosynthetic organisms to drive energy required cellular processes. Is absorbed by two groups of pigments, located in the LHCs.

The focus of the dissertation

What is the best way to combine the environmental and economic data and how can we create an operational system to do so, thereby supporting the delivery of data to the Data centres on Products and Resources?

In deze opleiding kan je kiezen uit twee richtingen: Chemical Biology of Energy & Sustainability. Je krijgt de kennis en vaardigheden om een onafhankelijk en creatief wetenschapper te worden.

Deze master specialisatie behandelt een breed scala aan wetenschappelijke onderwerpen, waaronder High Energy Physics and Particle Cosmology, Theoretical Physics of Life Processes en Condensed Matter Theory.