Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to environmental…

In 2015, CML published over 70 papers, contributed to the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris, won awards and advised the Dutch government on the safe use of pesticides. CML awarded 11 PhDs and taught students from all over the world how to contribute to sustainability. We wish you…

Sociale Wetenschappen, Politieke Wetenschap

De Environmental Sciences Research Prize 2012 is uitgereikt aan CML onderzoeker David Font Vivanco door de Environmental Scientists Association van Catalonië.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

De afdeling richt zich op het verbeteren van het wetenschappelijk begrip in de relatie tussen mens en natuur. Hoe beïnvloedt menselijk handelen (via bijvoorbeeld klimaatverandering, landgebruiksverandering en de emissie van mogelijk toxische verbindingen) de natuur in het algemeen en de biodiversiteit…

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

Promotor: W.T. de Groot

What performance criteria does a new technology have to fulfill in order to be added to the list of future energy options and what constraints exist in terms of broad market penetration?

Does knowledge of environmental performance change farmer's behaviour?

What is the best way to combine the environmental and economic data and how can we create an operational system to do so, thereby supporting the delivery of data to the Data centres on Products and Resources?

The majority (80%) of e-waste generated globally are recycled informally in developing countries.

Promotores: E. van Dijk, G.R. de Snoo. Co-promotor: H. Staats

How to ensure the environmental and economic benefits of circularity transition at macro-scale?

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

De afdeling Environmental Biology (CML-EB) houdt zich bezig met vraagstukken rondom biodiversiteit en natuurlijke hulpbronnen op het platteland in westerse en niet-westerse gebieden.

Analytical tools for environmental design and management in a systems perspective. The combined use of analytical tools.

Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability' laat zien hoe de eco-geologische creativiteit van de aarde verweven is met de landvormen, culturen en wereldvisies van moderne Himalayagemeenschappen. Het boek laat casestudies zien uit Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim,…

Op 19 juni 2018 verdedigde Matthew Gillett zijn proefschrift ‘Prosecuting environmental harm before the international criminal court’. De promotoren is prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik.

Identification of the products or product groups that have the greatest environmental impact from a life-cycle perspective using environmentally extended input-output analysis.

CREEA is a FP7 project on compiling and refining environmental and economic accounts. The project runs from April 2011 to March 2014.

Geesteswetenschappen, Instituut voor Geschiedenis

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

Op dinsdag 26 juni 2018 verdedigde Linlin Sun haar proefschrift ‘International Environmental Obligations and Liabilities in Deep Seabed Mining’. Het onderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. E.C.P.D.C. De Brabandere.

Acidobacteria is a widely distributed phylum but their functional roles in ecosystem processes are still largely elusive.

Review of new technical decisionsupport systems in the environmental field, and application in water management decission processes.

De auteurs vergelijken aannames over het normatieve nut van de term 'milieuvluchteling' met empirische bewijs van die term anders dan 'milieumigrant'.

What is the role of the rebound effect in achieving environmental savings from transport eco-innovation? Are traditional definitions of the rebound effect adequate in the context of transformative innovations and multidimensional environmental issues?

Kunnen landen bij gebrek aan een sterk internationaal kader voor milieubescherming unilateraal optreden om het wereldwijde milieu te beschermen?

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Indonesia is experiencing various environmental challenges related to its fast economic growth. Therefore, it is necessary to have measurable and applicable indicators to obtain accurate data and information regarding the costs of adverse environmental impacts arising from economic activities to support…

This thesis aims to address offshore wind energy (OWE)-related environmental impacts.

Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-Promotor: R. T. Dame

Met het SAPPAO-project willen we de voorspelling van geplande vluchten nauwkeuriger en betrouwbaarder maken. De volledige naam van het project is ‘A Systems Approach towards Data Mining and Prediction in Airlines Operations’.

What are the global relationships between environmental conditions and abundance of distinct types of mycorrhizal fungi in soil and plant roots?

Sociale Wetenschappen, Psychologie

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Muster

In deze opleiding leer je om concepten uit de statistiek en informatica te gebruiken om waardevolle informatie te halen uit grote hoeveelheden data.

Fungal food spoilage often starts with a contamination with spores. Experimental data strongly indicate the existence of subpopulations of spores with different levels of resistance to preservation methods.

Het onderzoeksprogramma Statistical Science houdt zich bezig met de analyse en interpretatie van grote hoeveelheden data, de kwantificering van onzekerheid met behulp van kansmodellen en de ontwikkeling en benchmarking van algoritmen en methoden gericht op dataonderzoek.

Using the principles of Industrial Ecology in Environmental Policy making in two cases: transition to a hydrogen economy and chlorinated compounds.

How to make a quantitative assessment of the relative contribution to toxicity of ions and particles? Is the toxicity of nanoparticles related to their size or shape? Which physicochemical property of nanoparticles is an appropriate dose metric of nanoparticles?

Do sustainability values play a role in motivating people to act for biodiversity in successful projects and in successful leadership action? And how could these values be incorporated in current economic valuation methods?

Op 7 mei 2020 verdedigde Jolanda van der Vliet proefschrift 'The International Legal Protection of Environmental Refugees. A human rights-based, security and State responsibility approach'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof.dr.ir. J.J.C. Voorhoeve.

In deze opleiding ligt de focus op het informeren van het algemene publiek over belangrijke wetenschappelijke onderwerpen en hoe je deze communicatie wetenschappelijk onderbouwt.