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On 7 March 2022 starts a new art-science collaboration between the Urban Futures Studio and designers Julien Thomas and Ekaterina Volkova.

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The innovative research project of NIOZ and Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� will 3D print artificial reef structures made of biodegradable material.

More ambition is needed from car manufacturers and national governments to stay on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

Loes Verkuil (Sustainable Development) has won a Young Talent Graduation Prize in the category of Biology.

On 16 May, Minister Staghouwer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) signed a new Green Deal ‘Nature-inclusive Agriculture in Green Education’.

In memoriam Dr Aat Barendregt

Since the adoption of the SDGs in 2015, international organizations have become more likely to collaborate with organisations working on similar issues to them.

By 2050, between 10-47% of the forest becomes vulnerable to potentially irreversible local ecological changes, new research shows.

Five Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development researchers were recently awarded impressive grants by the European Research Council (ERC) and the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

From most people’s gut perspective, belonging is rooted in a kind of from-ness. Like a tree, you are rooted in a place. Though it’s not easily admitted in liberal society, one’s rootedness is usually detected by skin colour and facial features. Even amongst the most welcoming of insiders, there is an unspoken assumption that those here first get to decide how things ought to be. On a secondary level, cultural behaviour confers belonging. “Okay, their grandparents aren’t from here, but at least they get our way of life.”​​​​​​​ But what is this “our” anyway?​​​​​​​

Art-science collaborations are on the rise everywhere. Yet, what these relations constitute in practice is less clear. The very term “art-science” is itself limiting. Many collaborations seek to go beyond this simple binary, exploring the potential that exists at the intersection of artistic and research practices.

Appointment as of January 1st, 2023

Composed of eminent scholars, the Scientific Council establishes the programme for the implementation of ERC activities. The appointment is of 1 January 2023.

Having spent much of my life in classrooms — as student or teacher, I have seen that learning goals and content only go so far. We must fundamentally reimagine the form of the classroom. Here I share my recent experiment in creating a utopian classroom.

Between November 2023 and January 2024, the Urban Futures Studio turned its’ annual Mixed Classroom into a fictive social movement. What can we learn from this experiment?

Freedom remains one of the most evocative political rallying cries around the world. It is central to the notion of humanitarian intervention, which has dragged Western nations into war since the 18th century. It was successfully mobilised to found the welfare state. And it is now a buzzword for the nativists being swept to power across the world…Even if the urge for freedom speaks to something deep within us, what it means changes from place to place, and from one generation to the next. Both lessons are crucial for those wishing to mobilise environmental action. Those who write the book of freedom gain huge political rewards.

Aan zes van de achttien projecten die een toekenning hebben gekregen van het Nationaal Groeifonds nemen onderzoekers van de faculteit Geowetenschappen deel.

When offered the chance to perform a live musical opening for the 14th International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Josie Chambers, Steve Williams & Noor Noor sought to connect emotionally to where we are with sustainability transitions, yet also offer a glimpse of what could be. In this first blog they explore the question: can music deepen our reflection and imagination in global spaces?

Experimenting is an approach where radically alternative ideas can be tested and scaled up. But how transformative is it?