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

Een uniek kijkje in de keuken van de ruimtevaartechnologie: alumni van de Faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en het Natuurwetenschappelijk Gezelschap Leiden bezochten Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands tijdens hun jaarlijkse excursie op vrijdag 22 april.

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Symposium

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotores: M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink

Celebrating 20 years of environmental research in Cagayan Valley and Sierra Madre

In veel grote steden kan klimaatverandering tot een watercrisis leiden. Een goede omgang met erfgoed kan dit tegengaan, betoogt Fokke Gerritsen. De directeur van het Nederlands instituut in Turkije (NIT) gebruikte seed money van het Impact Support Netwerk om dit aan de hand van een Istanbuls aquaduct…

Examining the sustainability aspects of biotechnology, especially those related to the production of ethanol from biomass.

What are the environmental trade-offs for SMEs considering moving from monoculture aquaculture practice towards IMTA? What are the environmental trade-offs comparing IMTA species with their conventional monoculture alternatives?

A sustainable resource management is an essential aspect to satisfy the current human needs without compromising the needs of future generations.

Material outflows from industrial economies.

As a non-invasive genetic method, eDNA based approaches have become an important component of ecologists' and environmental managers' toolkits for biomonitoring in conservation and an increasingly important source of ecological knowledge.

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

Het wemelt van de voetafdrukken die de druk van de mens op het milieu berekenen. Milieukundige Kai Fang is de eerste die een voetafdrukfamilie ontwikkelde waardoor milieuschade en uitputting van hulpbronnen beter gemeten kan worden. Promotie 24 november.

The International Health Regulations are a set of binding rules which organise the global response to viral outbreaks and other similar transboundary risks to public health.

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) kent Toin Duijx het erelidmaatschap toe vanwege zijn werk als secretaris en penningmeester van de Nederlandse IBBY-sectie, zijn werk in en grote betrokkenheid bij de Internationale Jugendbibliotheek in München, zijn inzet als jurylid van de Hans…

In the first half of the sixteenth century, the Low Countries saw the rise of a lively market for practical and instructive books that targeted non-specialist readers. This study shows how woodcuts in vernacular books on medicine and astrology fulfilled important rhetorical functions in knowledge communication.…

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

Lezing

Integrating life cycle assessment (LCA) with life cycle costing (LCC) offers the opportunity to simultaneously analyze the environmental and economic aspects of product alternatives, for the integration of which a unified computational has been proposed by Heijungs et al. (2013) [1]. The project aims…

Development of an aggregated impact indicator to measure decoupling.

Description of Biotic ligand models: making an inventory of available models & assessment of the variability of the predicted HC5 using the BLMs in different Dutch water types (2005 - 2007)

What are the life-cycle environmental impacts and risks to human health and ecosystems of a III-V/Si PV system? How can these be expected to change when the system is deployed at industrial scale? What are the most favourable recycling scenarios?

The progressive loss and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). The onset and progression of PD can be triggered by multiple risk factors, for instance, genetic mutation, environmental exposure, and aging.

The use of N fertilizers has increased worldwide in the past century. While this increased input of N has increased food productivity, it has also contributed to decreases in biodiversity, soil quality and environmental health, including increases in greenhouse gas emissions.

Bacteria are highly complex and diverse organisms that have adapted to survive in ecological niches ranging from the most extreme to the most heterogeneous environments.

Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.

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

Mycorrhizas are symbiotic associations between soil fungi and most plant species.

An account of the total of material flows going in, out and through Amsterdam.

The power of personalized nutrition lies in being able to conduct clinical research on healthy people while capturing metabolic markers sensitive to the impact of environmental and metabolic stressors (e.g. diet, changing sex hormones and the menstrual cycle).

In this thesis unconventional tools based on fluidic interfaces were developed to study the surface and interfacial chemistry of graphene, to characterize the intrinsic properties of graphene, to disentangle the effects of substrate and of the environmental factors, and to improve handling protocols…

Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.

A scenario building web-tool and knowledge package to enable multi-level decision making for the transition to the Circular Economy

A new environmental accounting framework using externality data and input-output tools for policy analysis.

Promotores: Prof. dr. G.R. (Geert) de Snoo, Dr. E. (Ester) van der Voet

In this PhD study, I aim to deepen our understanding of the influence of major mycorrhizal types, namely arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) and ectomycorrhizae (EM), on the global soil carbon cycle and their potential distribution changes under future environmental shifts.

Het Zwaartekracht-programma NETWORKS heeft een COFUND-beurs gekregen van 3 miljoen. De helft daarvan komt vanuit het programma Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions van de Europese Commissie, partners uit het bedrijfsleven betalen de andere helft. Van de 14 nieuwe promovendi komen er twee bij de Leidse onderzoeksgroep…

Celebrating 20 years of Environmental Research and Education in Northern Cameroon

Security and safety challenges rank among the most pressing issues of modern times. Challenges such as cyber-crime, terrorism, and environmental disasters impact the lives of millions across the globe. The course will introduce you to this broad theme in an increasingly complex world.

In this course, you will learn about sustainability and staying with the environmental boundaries of our planet. You will gain an understanding of the effects of growing affluence and population growth, the key challenges we are facing, and ways to influence your direct environment.

By placing food at the centre of investigation, this Minor explores current-day debates on political, environmental, economic and cultural change at both the local and global levels.

Describe and identify what dosimetry parameters are of importance to interpret dose-response relationships (eg., mortality, sub-lethal, growth or reproduction inhabitation, DNA damage and reactive oxygen species, etc. ) for metal-based nanoparticles? How to develop quantitative models that enable to…

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

The Dutch atlas with pesticides concentrations in surface waters have been overhauled. This new, free accessible, website is in line with the European Framework Directive on Water (In Dutch: KRW).