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The UYA connects young academics from Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� who have obtained their PhD less than eight years ago to exchange critical perspectives on academia, policy, and society.

De UYA verbindt jonge academici van de Universiteit Utrecht die minder dan acht jaar geleden zijn gepromoveerd om kritisch te kijken naar de academische wereld, beleid en maatschappij.

Roxana Roos, senior researcher at Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��’s Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, set out to discover what the most important barriers to the participation of local and indigenous communities are.

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.

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.

Via het programma “Mobiliteit in een duurzame toekomst” heeft NWO financiering toegezegd voor een vierjarig project dat onderzoekt hoe uitdagingen in mobiliteit, energie en huisvesting samen kunnen worden aangepakt.

Perhaps it requires a radically different approach to education to empower students to become ‘agents of change’? Blog by Lisette van Beek

Ecological grief shows that ecocide is not just an environmental issue but also a psychological one.

Misschien is er een radicaal andere benadering van onderwijs nodig om studenten op te leiden tot 'agents of change'? Blog door Lisette van Beek

On 16 February 2024, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Karim Khan, launched a public consultation to advance accountability for environmental crimes.

Unless the ICC reconsidered the mental element requirements for the existing crimes, the prosecution of people ‘most responsible’ for environmental harms would be (to put it mildly) an uphill struggle.

In fosfaatarme gebieden kiezen planten minder vaak voor hun gangbare samenwerking met schimmels in de bodem. Dat blijkt uit een recent onderzoek van Daniil Scheifes en collega's.

Are leased products less well looked after than their owned counterparts? Researchers reveal this is often the case and work with designers to come up business model solutions to challenge this.

The means we use to reduce the carbon footprint result in a gold rush for minerals. A focus on a material footprint could connect the climate issue to resource extraction and justice issues, four UU scholars argue.

An Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� research team has taken the first steps in creating an evidence base about data purchasing by governments in the Netherlands.

Scheikundigen hebben het mechanisme achter kobalt-oxide als actieve component voor CO2-omzetting ontrafeld.

Chemistry researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind cobalt oxide as an active component for CO₂ conversion.

Oproep aan regeringen, de Verenigde Naties en andere organisaties om de ontwikkeling en het mogelijke gebruik van zonne-klimaatengineering op wereldwijde schaal een halt toe te roepen.

Call to governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and potential use of planetary-scale solar geoengineering technologies.

Researchers from Utrecht and Wageningen used models to predict the Mekong Delta will likely sink very fast compared to sea level, and propose strategies.