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Study shows that Indigenous peoples have much to offer in the debate on sustainability.

An international team of researchers has solved one of the fundamental mysteries in catalysis: the paradox of structure insensitivity.

To make climate adaptation measures really work on the ground, it is important to fully integrate and embrace legal and governance perspectives.

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ appoints Willemien Kets as Professor of Game Theory per 1 March 2022. Professor Kets will work to further strengthen game theory by combining new elements from mathematics and the social sciences.

Future Food Massive Online Open Course will start again in 2022! ‘Unravelling Solutions for Future Food problems’

The major source of uncertainty in sea-level rise stems from limited understanding of the melt of the Antarctic ice sheet. Different existing models that quantify ice shelf melt from ocean temperatures are compared.

Plastic is an overwhelming issue, which is why the Precious Plastic project is approaching it from one angle, addressing one specific but significant stream.

The Future Food Board appoints Prescilla Jeurink as new Future Food Ambassador

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is working to strengthen global and regional biodiversity. In order to further commit itself to this goal, the university joined the Delta Plan Biodiversity Recovery on 8 December 2020. A small step on paper, a big leap forward in the field of sustainability.

Students discussed with teams from other universities how the same ecological legal conundrum can lead to very different results indifferent legal teams.

Professor Chris Backes of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and lawyer Marieke Kaajan co-wrote Arcadis report for Minister Schouten of Agriculture and Nature.

Sandra van der Hel explains her PhD research on the role of science in sustainability governance. How can research effectively address society's challenges?

Professor of water law Marleen van Rijswick (Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) and engineer Matthijs Kok are work together on practical innovations in water management.

Researchers have created an assessment framework for public values for an informed debate about mobility in future cities and the role played by mobility platforms.

Here you will find our 15-minute survey, made for UU employees & students. Through this survey, we want to learn what you think the Green Office should be.

Faculty of Science Dean appointed doctor honoris causa in Technologies and sustainable development at the Université catholique de Louvain.

Smart Solar Charging was selected as one of five most innovative best practices in Europe of sustainable policy according to the Regiostars Awards organized by the European Commission. Starting from the Utrecht Region in The Netherlands, Smart Solar Charging develops and expands this sustainable energy system of tomorrow.

For their paper The Impact of Transitioning to Shared Electric Vehicles on Grid Congestion and Management, Nico Brinkel, Tarek Alskaif en Wilfried van Sark received a Best Paper Award at the international Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST). 

Circular Economy has become a popular discourse, but the actual definition and objectives are still unclear, inconsistent, and contested. What are the differences between all the visions and can they be classified?

Dealing with climate change-induced droughts is a challenging governance issue for the simple reason that it involves multiple actors that represent different interests. During a workshop on 14 December 2020, the strengths and weaknesses of different drought strategies were discussed.