Theoretical physicists at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, together with experimental physicists at Sogang ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ in South Korea, have succeeded in building an artificial synapse with water and salt.
Two PhD Candidates from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, Clara Colonna (Agri-food Law) and Sara Ramezani (Urban Planning), embarked on a unique learning journey in Montpellier, south France.
On 16 April, in collaboration with NILOS) and UCWOSL, the Sustainable Ocean Community organised the event ‘Negotiating and litigating ocean sustainability’.
The Institute for a Circular Society (i4CS) is excited to introduce a new round of seed funding for researchers at TU/e, WUR, UU or UMCU who are passionate about advancing circular solutions through inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration and innovative research. This seed funding is a co-production between i4CS’s new theme Urban-Rural circularity (URC) and the province and city of Utrecht.
On four evenings in May and June 2024, Louis Hartlooper Complex and USG will screen four movies that will make you reflect on the challenges for Europe.
Short account of a Pathways to Sustainability meeting held at Sonnenborgh Observatory, with several project pitches about increasing your impact as an academic.
Illegal logging, serious pollution and other forms of large-scale destruction of nature belong in international criminal law and perpetrators should be prosecuted, Cedric Ryngaert and Daan van Uhm believe.
Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ serves as an example when it comes to sustainability. This is the opinion of around 88% of UU employees who completed the survey on sustainability at the university. They feel that the university should speed up the further sustainability of its own operations.
Bringing together chemists and physicists to thoroughly investigate how electrochemical processes work on the smallest scale. That is the goal of ANION.
Professors Albert Heck, Petra de Jongh (both Science), Jos Malda (Veterinary Medicine / UMC Utrecht) and Walter Immerzeel (Geosciences) will each receive a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant.
Professor Petra de Jongh will conduct fundamental research into the operation of catalysts. This could lead to accelerating the energy transition, for example by developing catalysts for the efficient conversion of CO2 and hydrogen into sustainable fuels.
The interdisciplinary PhD event hosted by SHA and S4S was a success with discussions on many relevant questions on how to strive for and do interdisciplinary research.
For five years (2019-2024), the UNMAKING project researched whether and how agrifood grassroots initiatives such as community supported agriculture unmake environmentally disruptive institutions and practices that are deeply ingrained in capitalist societies
Since 2022, we have been managing the thirty-four hectares of grass on campus ecologically. This means that verges and lawns are mowed less often and in phases.
In the new edition of the magazine: the renewed UMU, first aid for school research projects, activist professors, and columns on animal love and the science of service.
Through the "Mobility in a Sustainable Future" program, NWO has committed funding for a four-year project exploring how challenges in mobility, energy and housing can be addressed together.
NWO has committed funding for a five-year research project on one of the most complex challenges of our time: scaling digital innovation in a responsible way.
Would you like to engage audiences or tell them about your research? On Sunday, October 6, 2024, the CWC is hosting the public event Weekend van de Wetenschap.
