
News & Impact
Latest news from our Department
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09 January 2025
Professor Harm Veling Appointed as Chair of the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles Group at Wageningen University & Research
- Professor Harm Veling, a leading expert in psychology and behavior change, has been appointed as Chair of the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (CHL)... -
23 December 2024
Antarctica: balancing conservation and tourism in a fragile frontier
- Antarctica is one of the planet’s last truly pristine regions. Beyond the focus of scientists, the continent has largely remained untouched,... -
13 December 2024
The next climate report will not be released until 2028, but preparations are already underway
- IPCC reports gather the latest scientific insights for world leaders and governments. Professor Robbert Biesbroek is one of those contributing to the... -
09 December 2024
"Ready to Scale?" From Innovations to System Change
- Innovations are crucial to tackling global challenges like food security and climate change. However, implementing new ideas on a large scale often... -
05 December 2024
'No one should be disadvantaged simply because they menstruate'
- Dr Inga Winkler from the LAW group has been granted an ERC Consolidator Grant for her project PERIODS ‘Human Rights in the Menstrual... -
06 December 2024
Robert Fletcher: ‘Ecotourism can be a powerful tool for conservation and development’
- Robert Fletcher studies how tourism and conservation can strengthen each other, particularly through ecotourism. ‘I explore ways to protect... -
01 December 2024
Louis Kotzé: ‘I want the Law Group to become a leading centre of expertise for relevant, cutting-edge legal science for society’
- On December 1, Louis Kotzé will start as Professor of Environmental Law and Chair of Law. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kotzé has... -
28 November 2024
Ingrid Boas: ‘I want to contribute to a just and multifaceted approach to climate change and human mobility’
- On November 1, Ingrid Boas was appointed Professor of Climate Mobilities in the Environmental Policy group. In her new role, she hopes to collaborate... -
14 November 2024
‘Energy transition projects should not harm vulnerable or marginalized groups’
- Together with nineteen fellow scholars, Assistant Professor of Law Chiara Macchi has conceptualized the phenomenon of ‘just transition... -
13 November 2024
Feeding the multicultural city: Gardening know-how and culinary heritage of immigrants
- This project highlights the gardening know-how and culinary heritage of immigrants and their contribution to Amsterdam's food environment. It hopes to...