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Lab coats off and rain boots on: students do research in the polder 06 October 2022
The Vrouw Vennepolder near Oud Ade has been transformed into the Polderlab. Scientists and students from Leiden University, together with farmers and ...
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Coring among sheep: investigating a pasture's past 24 August 2022
It is late June, and on a windy meadow north of Leiden known as the Vrouw Vennepolder a group of archaeology students just hit the last ice age. Consi...
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Nitrogen professor hands over book to nitrogen minister 09 June 2022
Strengthening nature and at the same time investing in future-proof agriculture. That is the task of the Minister for Nature and Nitrogen, Christianne...
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Leiden University eighth in sustainability ranking for universities and universities of applied sciences 24 May 2022
Leiden University has taken eighth place in this year’s SustainaBul, the sustainability ranking for universities and universities of applied sciences ...
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How can we make better use of natural resources? 25 April 2022
Mining for natural resources harms the environment. But we desperately need them, for both the development of countries and the transition to a sustai...
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NWO funding for just and effective energy transitions 04 April 2022
A consortium led by Eefje Cuppen, Professor Governance of Sustainability at the Institute of Public Administration, has been granted NWO funding for a...
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How can local policies contribute to global sustainability goals? 04 April 2022
The challenges of building a sustainable society are unprecedented. But the Dutch municipalities cannot be faulted for their commitment. They are work...
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’ 21 February 2022
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spier...
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‘Give farmers more freedom in how they reduce nitrogen’ 06 January 2022
In his inaugural lecture Professor of Environmental Sustainability Jan Willem Erisman calls for local solutions that give people more freedom in how t...
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'Better to take action today, than to deal with the damage tomorrow' 05 November 2021
It’s better to cut our nitrogen emissions now than to solve the consequences later at great expense. That’s the lesson we can learn from the Dutch nit...
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CO2-reduction and economic growth: can they go hand-in-hand? 27 October 2021
Fearing a trade-off with economic growth, countries feel discouraged to cut their CO2 emissions. But do the two really not go together? Environmental ...
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Building materials drive carbon emissions, and they’re set to grow 21 October 2021
A new study from Leiden researchers shows that the carbon emissions of building materials are set to grow if we do not act rapidly. Even with known in...
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Leiden Mayor Lenferink gets his feet dirty for opening Polderlab Oud Ade 10 September 2021
On Thursday 9 September, the mayor of Leiden officially launched a unique ten-year research project in the polder near Oud Ade. During a festive openi...
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Unique research project in polder Oud Ade 02 September 2021
From 9 September onwards, Leiden scientists, citizens and farmers will jointly investigate how to sustainably manage peat meadowland. In ten years' ti...
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Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago 20 July 2021
Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much ...