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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.

A WKO is being installed at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Drilling of wells to a depth of about 120 metres will start on Monday 22 April.

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.

A study by biologist Joeri Zwerts and colleagues reveals the effectiveness of wildlife conservation measures in FSC-certified forests.

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.

The focus area Applied Data Science again provides funding to finance research projects within the SIGs of Applied Data Science.

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.

Begin dit jaar zijn er meerdere aanvragen ingediend voor het Public Engagement Seed Fund. Twee daarvan zijn nu gehonoreerd.

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.

Mensen die wonen in gebieden met een slechte luchtkwaliteit hebben meer kans om corona te krijgen. Ook zijn de klachten erger waardoor er meer mensen overlijden. Dat luchtvervuiling de kans op luchtwegaandoeningen vergroot was al bekend. Onderzoek uit het buitenland toonde al eerder aan dat dit ook voor corona geldt. Nu blijkt dit ook voor Nederland.

The entrance of the ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ Library City Centre has a new flexible layout with sustainably sourced furniture.

During the science communication competition, early-career researchers have just 3 minutes to pitch their research. Who can tell the most convincing science story?

At Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, every student should be familiar with sustainability issues, regardless of their major. A group of lecturers and researchers founded a community called Sustainability Education & Engagement, which is using the game Utrecht2040 as a tool to achieve that goal. The game focuses on finding solutions to sustainability issues, which helps mitigate students’ fears about the climate.

If you are starting a new research project and want to read specific scholarship, we invite you to suggest a reading circle within our Open Cities events.

On 27-28 February 2024, Seline Trevisanut and Catherine Blanchard participated in a workshop organized by The New Institute in Hamburg to view ISA from a planetary perspective.