Evaluating the environmental consequences of diet changes in the European Union.

Promotor: Jelle S. Kaastra Co-promotor: Jelle de Plaa

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

As a virtually inexhaustible source, solar energy plays a major role in future global energy scenarios.

Which traits and/or trade-offs determine benefits of being deciduous or evergreen?

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Promotor: M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

In Nederland bieden ongeveer 130 van de 700 middelbare scholen een tweetalige stroom aan. Toch is er nog maar weinig wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar CLIL (content and language integrated learning). Met haar proefschrift wil Evelyn van Kampen (promovendus bij het ICLON) bijdragen aan een beter begrip…

On a structural level, the properties featured by a majority of mechanical metamaterials can be ascribed to the finite number of soft internal degrees-of freedom allowing for low-energy deformations.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Bouwman, Co-promotor: S. Bonnet

Solar energy is used by photosynthetic organisms to drive energy required cellular processes. Is absorbed by two groups of pigments, located in the LHCs.

There is an increasing amount of attention on EU and its Member States contributions to implementation of two landmark agreements: the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Agenda 2030 with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Absent from the current literature is an analysis of the political effect of…

The zebrafish is a promising vertebrate model organism in early drug discovery and development.

This thesis addresses the problem of designing performance and energy efficient embedded streaming systems, that is, systems which process a stream of input data coming from the environment and generate a stream of output data going into the environment.

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: B.W. Hoeksema; L.P. van Ofwegen

This thesis focusses on the temperature structure in protoplanetary disks. The relation between structures seen in the dust and gas-phase molecules is investigated.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

We find ourselves in an era of transition, not just towards a more computing- and data-driven society but also away from unsustainable fossil fuels as an energy source.

Hoewel een wereldwijde algemene koolstofprijs als snelste en goedkoopste manier wordt gezien om klimaatverandering tegen te gaan, zou deze prijs grote gevolgen hebben voor de economische posities van landen. Hauke Ward, onlangs gestart bij de Universiteit Leiden, schrijft in het tijdschrift Energy Economics…

The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

Wat zijn de belangrijkste thema's in het uitvoeren van systemen voor bio-energie ?

What are the flows of C&DW (e.g. bricks, concrete, gypsum and wood) in the case study countries ? How to define the specification for each material to be quantified? What indicators should be used to identify the pattern of each C&DW management system? How to interpret the MFA results in relation…

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: L. Juurlink

Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander, Co-promotor: F.R. Nardi

Promotors: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen, Prof.dr.ir. H. Hilgenkamp

Promotor: T.J. Aartsma, Co-promotor: R.N. Frese

The research presented in this thesis makes use of small molecules (as H2 , D2 and O2 ) on well-defined single crystal surfaces (flat Pt(111), flat Cu(211) and curved Pt(111)) to elucidate the role of surface structure and degrees of freedom in the reactant in specific surface reactions.

Examining the sustainability aspects of biotechnology, especially those related to the production of ethanol from biomass.

Food security is challenged by a growing global population and by climate change. Drought and soil salinity are considered the most important ones that inhibit crop yield and distribution. Worryingly, climate change is predicted to increase not only their frequency and severity, but also their co-occurrence,…

How the global distribution of vegetation stands dominated by arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal plants relate to principle aspects of belowground carbon accumulation processes?

One of the effects of climate change is the phenomenon of desertification, a process that occurs in semi-arid and arid areas and causes land degradation as well as vegetation loss. Due to the lack of resources, vegetation self-organizes to sustain itself by forming large-scale spatial patterns.

Binnen Una Europa vindt academische samenwerking plaats in interdisciplinaire zelfsturende comités (SSC’s).

De wetenschappelijke onderbouwing van beleid wordt cruciaal geacht voor goed bestuur. Maar ondanks de overvloed aan beschikbare kennis uit onderzoek en evaluaties, weten we nog maar weinig over de daadwerkelijke invloed die dergelijke evidence heeft op overheidsbeleid. Het onderzoeksprogramma ‘Power…

Op 19 november promoveerde Tuqa Jirmo Huqa, verbonden aan zowel het Centrum voor Milieukunde als het instituut Culturele Antropologie en Ontwikkelingssociologie op zijn onderzoek over de ecologische gevolgen van klimaatverandering.

Binnen de Life in Custody Study wordt grootschalig onderzoek gedaan naar het leefklimaat in Nederlandse penitentiaire inrichtingen (PI’s).

Een taks op de CO2-uitstoot van producten die de EU binnenkomen, biedt ongeziene mogelijkheden in de strijd tegen klimaatopwarming. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek waar de Leidse milieuwetenschapper Hauke Ward aan meewerkte. ‘Een nieuwe wereld gaat open’, zegt Ward. ‘Maar het succes staat of valt met hoe we…