The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

Naar schatting bestaat de wereldbevolking over twintig jaar uit ongeveer 8,7 miljard mensen, terwijl dat aantal nu 7,3 miljard is. Deze groei, gecombineerd met de bijbehorende groei in consumptie en de verbeteringen in levensstandaarden, zal resulteren in een enorme groei in de vraag naar voedsel, verbruiksgoederen,…

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda

Examining if large scale application of new energy pathways can be constrained by materials and emissions.

Dit artikel beschrijft dat het gebruik van het concept van energierechtvaardigheid nieuw is, hoewel interpretaties al lang deel uitmaken van het energiebeleid.

Timo Slootweg, associate professor at he department Philosophy of Law, published a chapter about Paul Scholten in

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

Molecular materials have been a subject of interest in fundamental research and applications for decades, and have been studied as bulk crystals, (thin) films and as individual molecules, due to the large variety in their properties. This dissertation explores pentacene crystals near the two-dimensional…

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Systems are called real-time systems, if the correctness of the system does not only depend on the correctness of the system output but also on whether the output is delivered on time.

This thesis examines silicon pore optics (SPO), a technology that exploits silicon wafers from the semiconductor industry to create extremely high quality X-ray optics, by studying its manufacturing process, applications, and prospects.

The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.

Understanding how galaxies form, interact, and evolve comes largely from comparing theory predictions with observational data. Numerical simulations of galaxies provide the most accurate approach to testing the theory, as they follow the non-linear evolution of gas and dark matter in great detail and…

In this Ph.D. thesis we study the interaction of low energy electrons with thin materials, namely layered materials (graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide) and organic films. At these low energies the quantum mechanical wavelength of the electron wave function is in the order of a…

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

In this thesis, classes of strongly interacting quantum field theories, have been studied.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Prof.dr. R.M. Tromp

n this PhD thesis, the recombination of different atomic lattices in stacked 2D materials such as twisted bilayer graphene is studied. Using the different possibilities of Low-Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM), the domain forming between the two atomic layers with small differences is studied.

The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.

Time-series forecasting through modelling sequences of temporally dependent observations has many industrial and scientific applications. While machine learning models have been widely used to create time-series forecasting models, creating efficient and performant time-series forecasting models is…

This dissertation investigates the energy and material related impacts of the transition towards a low-carbon heating system in the Netherlands, in the context of its 2050 climate and circular economy policy goals.

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In dit artikel onderzochten Annemiek de Looze en Eefje Cuppen empirisch of en hoe sociaal conflict leidt tot institutionele verandering.

In zijn proefschrift heeft Han Scholten onderzocht hoe volgens het jaarrekeningenrecht moet worden omgegaan met risico’s in verband met juridische geschillen en hoe hiermee in de verslagleggingspraktijk wordt omgegaan.

De huidige en toekomstige quantumcomputers vormen dezelfde uitdaging als de laser in zijn begindagen. In theorie werd voorspeld dat de laser een bron van zeer speciaal, zeer krachtig licht zou zijn. Maar in die tijd waren er geen duidelijke toepassingen voor. Critici van het idee noemden het een probleem…

Prof.dr. Gert Jan Kramer is bij de Faculteit Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen in deeltijd benoemd tot hoogleraar Sustainable Energy. Kramer is en blijft daarnaast manager Energy Futures bij Shell. Tot zijn aantreden in Leiden was Kramer hoogleraar bij de TU Eindhoven.

Plants and their pollinators form complex interaction networks. Within these networks, species differ widely in the number of species they interact with.

De Energie survival gids van prof. Jo Hermans is nu ook in het Engels beschikbaar en bovendien is het boek volledig geüpdated. De Energy Survival Guide is een compacte en betrouwbare bron van informatie voor iedereen die op zoek is naar adviezen over de toekomst van de wereldwijde energievoorziening…

HEPGAME is a research project that combines the world’s fastest computer algebra system for High Energy Physics equations, FORM, with insights from artificial intelligence. The name combines High Energy Physics and Games.

The theoretical explanation of cosmic acceleration is nowadays one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.

Op 24 mei 2022 gaf Christa Tobler een lezing over

Submissions are sought for a special issue with Frontiers in Political Science that explores the conceptual and practical aspects of a ‘just’ energy transition both within and beyond Europe. In particular, contributions to the theoretical and interdisciplinary foundations of just transitions, as well…

Op 17 januari houdt Frits Scholten (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) een lezing getiteld: "Private Devotion & Immersive Play - The Use of 'Spiritual Toys' in the Late Middle Ages". De lezing wordt gehouden in het kader van een Lorentz center workshop over 'Religious Imagination in the Late Medieval Low Countries…

At the largest scales, two ingredients dictate the distribution of matter in the Universe. The first is dark matter, acting as an invisible scaffolding held together by gravitational forces.

Op Dinsdag 10 Maart 2015 - 10h zal Ernst Worrell, professor aan de Universteit Utrecht met een leerstoel op

Decarbonizing the building stock is critical for realizing the climate-neutral target for the Netherlands.

The focus of the dissertation

The glycosylation reaction is a pivotal reaction in creating new and complex oligosaccharides.