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Science for Sustainable Societies

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About the programme

How do you involve a local community to tackle biodiversity loss? How do you create awareness and political movement on climate change? And how do you find a balance between environmental impacts and economic needs when it comes to pollution? These are examples of core questions at the heart of a new and interdisciplinary Bachelor: Science for Sustainable Societies. Within this programme you learn to combine natural and social science insights and methods, to help you understand and address complex sustainability challenges such as climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss in the context of human systems.

Why study Science for Sustainable Societies in Leiden?

Interdisciplinary approach: you will learn how to apply an interdisciplinary approach to complex sustainability challenges;
A local-to-global and hands-on approach: you will learn about local initiatives and how they compare and differ across locations and across scale;
Research led and practice-oriented: you want to learn about and conduct research yourself on important topics;
Personal attention: our small groups allow plenty of room for personal attention and development.

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