1,204 search results for “environmental and resource economics” in the Staff website
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scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people'
Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do you get there as a scientist? And, more importantly, what was his message? In eight questions, Rutger explains what he does and why.
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Bertram de Boer
Science
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Baoxiao Liu
Science
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Hauke Ward
Science
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Algorithms combat environmental pollution from ships
Did you know that algorithms can help with the prevention of air pollution and ships sinking in the sea? A team of Leiden University researchers have worked together with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to look in data-driven inspection of ships. In this interview, Gerrit Jan…
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Call for proposals: (digital) resources for the library
Education, Library, Research
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Assessing total environmental impact is becoming even more important
Life cycle assessment (LCA) reveals the total environmental impact of products or production processes, and EU rules are going to make this even more important.
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration
High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this possible: these were the topics covered in a working visit of the Standing Committee for Education, Culture and Science (OCW) to the Association of Universities…
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NSCR Lecture series 2022: Restorative Justice and Environmental Harms
Research
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Anna-Alexandra Marhold
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Did Dutch investments contribute to Indonesia’s economic development?
Foreign investments in the Dutch East Indies during the colonial period could have been of more benefit to the Indonesian economy. Foreign investments in the Dutch East Indies during the colonial period could have been of more benefit to the Indonesian economy. But the complicated relationship between…
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Fighting for power in Mali: 'Land resources are crucial'
In the Malian Dogon region, various militias have been fighting for power since 2015. Land resources play a major role in this, doctoral student Ibrahima Poudiougou discovered. 'Power in the area is intrinsically linked to control over land and its resources.’
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Tessa Minter
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sabine Luning
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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How the EU is trying to deter economic coercion of countries
The EU is aiming to deter economic coercion with a new legal instrument. Freya Baetens will elucidate this in her inaugural lecture on October 27th.
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Rutger Hoekstra
Science
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Kees Musters
Science
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Surendra Balraadjsing
Science
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Freya Baetens writes fact sheet on free trade agreements for Dutch Lower House
Free trade negotiations and agreements are important instruments of EU trade policy. An increasing number of EU climate, environmental and sustainable development objectives play a role in free trade agreements.
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Jim Been
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Zi Ye
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Sine Bagatur
Faculty of Humanities
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future based on Wellbeing, Inclusion and Sustainability, rather than economic growth
How can society let go of its obsession with economic growth and focus on goals as wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability? This is one of the core questions which a new 3 million euro European project will tackle the upcoming four years. Leiden University researcher Rutger Hoekstra is project coordinator…
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Are tropical forests threatened by democracy?
Democracy may lead to more deforestation in the tropics. So write environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo and his colleagues in the prominent scientific journal Biological conservation. They found that competitive elections are associated with more loss of tropical rainforest than elections without competition.…
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Oscar Gobée
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Andrew Littlejohn awarded Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provides funds for early-career scholars to write and publish significant monographs that will impact the development of anthropology.
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Kiem, Groei and Bloei
Kiem, Groei and Bloei are three funding tools that will take interdisciplinary research and teaching at Leiden University to another level. Find out more about the purpose of these funds and how to apply for them.
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Introductie webinar cyber security
Study information
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New Economics degrees to be launched in The Hague
Leiden University is going to offer two new Economics degree programmes at its campus in The Hague: the bachelor’s in Economics and Society and the master’s in Public Sector Economics. The NVAO has decided to award accreditation to both programmes, which will be taught in Dutch. The bachelor’s programme…
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Glenn Aguilar Hernandez
Science
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Eman Elbadry
Science
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Ranran Wang
Science
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José Mogollón
Science
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Jie Hu
Science
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Eva Baudichau
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jinhui Zhou
Science
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Anniek Kortleve
Science
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Arnold Tukker
Science
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Nicolas Navarre
Science
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Marika Keblusek
Faculty of Humanities
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Anna Notsu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Dirk-Jan Kok
Science
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Research project into environmental tipping points receives €10 million
Arjen Doelman (Leiden University), Max Rietkerk (Utrecht University), Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Isla Myers-Smith (University of Edinburgh) received an ERC Synergy grant of 10 million euros with their RESILIENCE project. The researchers will investigate whether and how tipping…
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Ethical Considerations from Child-Robot Interactions in Under-Resourced Communities
Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from eLaw collaborates with researchers from the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) and University of Delhi (DU) in an effort to explore and reflect upon the potential legal, ethical and pedagogical challenges of deploying a social robot in…
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Niels van Doesum
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tim Verdoes
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Reeda Al Sabri Halawi
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joep Steegmans
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Stefano Bellucci
Faculty of Humanities
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Koen Caminada
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs