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?

Solute carrier (SLC) transporters are a large and diverse class of relatively understudied transmembrane proteins.

The plant hormone auxin regulates plant growth and development through polar cell-to-cell transport-generated maxima and minima. PIN FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers determine the direction of this auxin flow through their asymmetric placement on the plasma membrane (PM).

This interdisciplinary minor addresses sustainabilty challenges from a systems perspective, and investigates ways to sustain society within planetary boundaries.

Promotor: C. W. J. Beenakker, Yu. V. Nazarov, Co-promotor: J. Tworzydlo

Hoe betrek je de maatschappij om biodiversiteitsverlies te stoppen? Hoe creëer je politieke en maatschappelijke betrokkenheid rondom klimaatverandering? En hoe balanceer je economische behoeftes van de industrie met de negatieve effecten van vervuiling? Als je dit soort vraagstukken interessant vindt,…

Pharmaceutical companies, governments and the general public have become increasingly aware that animal models used in drug testing lack vital aspects to serve as an accurate representation of human biology. As models of the human body should become more physiologically relevant, animal models no longer…

De Sustainable City Map dient als een uitgebreide gids om een duurzame levensstijl in de stad te bereiken. Of je nu nieuw bent in de stad of gewoon op zoek bent naar groenere keuzes, deze kaart heeft voor ieder wat wils!

Ontdek de bachelor Science for Sustainable Societies aan de Universiteit Leiden. Bekijk de video en leer hoe wetenschap bijdraagt aan duurzame oplossingen!

Hoe betrek je een lokale gemeenschap bij het aanpakken van het verlies aan biodiversiteit? Hoe creëer je bewustzijn en politieke beweging rond klimaatverandering? En hoe vind je een balans tussen milieueffecten en economische behoeften als het gaat om vervuiling? Dit zijn voorbeelden van kernvragen…

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

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

The PID-directed shift in PIN polarity has been broadly accepted as one of the essential mechanisms for the regulation of auxin transport polarity.

Transport inspectorates are looking for novel methods to identify dangerous behavior, ultimately to reduce risks associated to the movements of people and goods. We explore a data-driven approach to arrive at smart inspections of vehicles.

This thesis presents the results of a study on the interfaces of insulating oxides with and without the insertion of a magnetic layer.

Studievoorlichting

Het volgende rapport bespreekt onze enquête over de UN Sustainable Development Goals die werd verspreid onder onderzoekers aan de Universiteit Leiden in november 2021.

The studies in this thesis are focused on the physical effects in the flat band materials. The results contain the discovery of strong enhancement of RKKY spin-spin interactions with specific geometric arrangement and dynamical generation of excitonic order parameter with high magnitude.

Majorana fermions in superconductors are the subgap quasiparticle excitations that are their own antiparticles.

In times of hardships or crisis, local people know how to deal with it using their resourcefulness. Although efforts are sometimes made by the government to help them, they are fully aware that community support is at least equally important.

The interest of this thesis lies in spin transport in normal metals and superconducting half-metallic junctions.

This thesis describes a study from both a theoreticaL and an experimental point of view.

Promotor: J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Co-Promotor: S.J. van der Molen

Tax scandals, like the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers, and the Pandora Papers, have made taxation a major topic of public debate. Learn more about this in the new minor Tax and Society: Building a Sustainable and Fair Tax System.

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

Ferritin is a spherical metalloprotein, capable of storing and releasing iron in a controllable way. It is composed of a protein shell of about 12 nm and within its cavity, iron is stored in a mineral form.

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

Luchtvaart is een mondiale kwesitie. Toch zijn er maar weinig landen die de veiligheid van passagiers echt kunnen garanderen.

I will give a general introduction to the field of molecular electronics, its history, methods and challenges. I will also introduce the subject of my investigation and provide a brief outlook to the remainder of our thesis.

Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades.

What is vegetation structure and composition in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non certified) in comparison to primary forest? What is avian guild diversity in SFM primary forest, secondary logged over forest (logging FSC certified and logging non…

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

A framework for prospective/ex-ante life cycle assessment (LCA) and ecological risk assessment (ERA) of emerging technologies is developed and applied to a case study of III-V/silicon photovoltaic panels.

Food security is challenged by a growing global population and by climate change. Drought and soil salinity are considered the most important ones that inhibit crop yield and distribution. Worryingly, climate change is predicted to increase not only their frequency and severity, but also their co-occurrence,…

Op 9 juni 2020 verdedigde Maral Darouei haar proefschrift 'Managing a sustainable career in the contemporary world of work: Personal choices and contextual challenges'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. J.I. van der Rest.

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Promotor: M. Danhof, Co-promotor: E.C.M. de Lange

This study attempts to understand how indigenous community institutions pose an important role in sustainable community-based development, including the integration between local culture and development.

There is an increasing amount of attention on EU and its Member States contributions to implementation of two landmark agreements: the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Agenda 2030 with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Absent from the current literature is an analysis of the political effect of…

Thermodynamics is one of the founding scientific pillars that has helped us better understand heat engines, biology, ecosystems, and even black holes. While it fundamentally describes large systems by examining the bulk behavior of their constituents, it is anchored in the statistical equivalence of…

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.

Wil jij laten zien dat duurzaamheid en het bedrijfsleven goed samen kunnen gaan? En ben jij klaar voor een uitdaging? Geef je dan op voor de Sustainable Business Battle, een zesweekse business case challenge waar studententeams bedrijven helpen met innovatieve én duurzame oplossingen.

De Sustainable Business Battle bestaat nog geen jaar, maar heeft nu al meerdere prijzen binnen weten te slepen. Zo namen de organisatoren vorige week nog de Green Trophy in ontvangst en nu kunnen ze ook de Van Bergen Prijs toevoegen aan hun prijzenkast.

Sheltering is an immediate human need and determines well-being andhealth.

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

De nieuwe interdisciplinaire bacheloropleiding Science for Sustainable Societies start vanaf het studiejaar 2025-2026

In unconventional high temperature superconductors, supercurrent vortices are known to spoil the Landau levels. In this thesis the emergence of Landau levels is studied in different types of superconductors: Weyl superconductors, and the Fu-Kane heterostructure.

Dat duurzaamheid en het bedrijfsleven goed samen kunnen gaan, bewezen de enthousiaste finalisten van de Sustainable Business Battle. Vol vuur pitchten zij hun groene oplossingen, van een Energy Race-app voor DUWO tot met planten begroeide fietsenstallingen op het BioScience Park.