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The SENSE Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment is a joint venture of the environmental research institutes of ten Dutch universities.

SENSE Honours Programme 2014-2015

The SENSE Honours Programme offers 12 to 15 excellent MSc students from SENSE related MSc programmes the opportunity to follow a "research master track" to prepare for an academic research career. Deadline for nomination: 13 June 2014. > Read more

International Summer School Urban Transitions to Sustainability

22-26 June 2014 in Rheims, France. Co-organised by SENSE. > Read more

SENSE General Director Frank Biermann will speak at UN General Assembly

He is the only scientist invited as plenary speaker for a special dialogue session of the Assembly, marking "Mother Earth Day". Biermann has called upon governments to embark on a fundamental reform of the United Nations Organization in order to speed up current political processes to protect the global environment. > Read more

Deltas in times of climate change II - International conference, 24-26 Sep 2014

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SENSE organises for PhD students from both SENSE partners and outside of SENSE. SENSE PhD students will earn credits for their PhD requirements.

SENSE research focuses on both the natural sciences and socio-economic fields of environmental research. You can read descriptions of the research projects on this website.