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I just returned from a train trip up north with my partner and two-year-old daughter. Specifically, to Kiruna and Abisko in Sweden. Partly, I wanted to meet one of Europe’s peripheries and, in so doing, better understand its centres. Most of all, I hoped to engage with the Sami, the EU’s only recognised indigenous group. I was sorely disappointed.

Universiteit Utrecht en Utrechtse Heuvelrug slaan handen ineen om bestaande samenwerking uit te breiden en te borgen door oprichting van de Hub Utrechtse Heuvelrug.

The Royal Meteorological Society awards Gerbrand Koren for his dedicated service as guest editors of Climate Resilience and Sustainability.

De Royal Meteorological Society kent prijs toe aan Gerbrand Koren voor zijn toegewijde diensten als gastredacteur van Climate Resilience and Sustainability.

Looking back on the summer school that took place from 3 - 7 July 2023 at the UU Botanical Gardens, organised by Urban Futures Studio.

Energiewetenschapper Dr. Matteo Gazzani en aardwetenschapper Dr. Suzanne Hangx zullen onderzoek doen naar het opschalingspotentieel van groene waterstof en de bijbehorende ondergrondse opslagoplossingen.

Als er zoveel voordelen kleven aan een deelauto, waarom worstelen we om de deelauto aan de man te krijgen? Toon Meelen onderzocht welke barrières in de weg staan bij het implementeren van deze innovatie.

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?​​​​​​​

Vijf onderzoekers van het Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development ontvingen onlangs indrukwekkende beurzen van de European Research Council (ERC) en de Nederlandse Onderzoeksraad (NWO).

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.

Would you like to gain more insight into the way your students learn? Then the SoTL Grant is probably for you.

Wil je meer inzicht krijgen in de manier waarop je studenten leren? Dan is de SoTL Grant waarschijnlijk iets voor jou.

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.

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?

Researchers from the Copernicus Institute put together a performing and visual arts performance around the theme of hope in times of crisis.

Onderzoekers van het Copernicus Instituut creëerden een optreden met dans en andere kunsten rond het thema hoop in tijden van crisis.