Research School for Socio-Economic and
Natural Sciences of the Environment
Natural Sciences of the Environment
Research School for Socio-Economic and
Natural Sciences of the Environment
Natural Sciences of the Environment
News
| SENSE PhD Miedema: "Electrical cars won't mitigate the greenhouse effect" On 14 January 2019 SENSE PhD candidate Jan Hessels Miedema graduated on his thesis "Biomass or batteries. The role of three technological innovations in the energy transition". In the Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden he discusses the feasibility of the intention of the Dutch government that from 2030 onward only electrical cars will be sold. Monday 11 February 2019 |
| Scientists support school strike for climate In Europe young people take to the streets to demand more climate ambition from their governments. Based on the facts generated by climate science, the activists are quite right. Radical action is required to quickly and drastically reduce greenhouse gasses and prevent climate change to cause major changes on earth.
On the day of the Dutch school strike for climate 350 Dutch scientists publish an open letter in the Dutch newspaper Trouw, titled: "Climate agreement: time for political leadership!" Thursday 7 February 2019 |
Upcoming events
| High level conference on climate change and ocean conservation 19 February 2019, Brussels, Belgium |
| Research in Remote Areas, a WIMEK documentary evening 22 February 2019, Wageningen |
| Third World Summit on Climate Change and Global Warming 2019 27-28 February 2019, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Symposium Future of rivers and streams: ecology and restoration under global change 6 March 2019, Belgium |
| Scenarios forum 2019 - Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures 11-13 March 2019, USA |
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PhD graduations
| Florian Beyer Microbiological and process technological aspects of nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane biofouling Wageningen University, Microbiology Graduation date: 22 February 2019 |
SENSE vacancies
| PostDoc Waterapps, Wageningen University Application deadline: 6 March 2019 |