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We are thrilled to share that 5 project teams have been awarded the first Pathways to Sustainability Signature Project grants! Congratulations to the successful projects:
- Ecocide
- Whose Ocean
- Resourcefulness
- Rethink Hydrogen
- Shared qualities of renewable energy communities
These projects serve as a testament, a signature, to our unwavering dedication to investigating and fostering sustainable pathways and driving just sustainability transformations. The project teams have demonstrated broad, interdisciplinary expertise and academic passion to further a greener, more sustainable future for all. We are very excited to see their projects come to fruition over the next 24 months.
Interested in (joining) one of the projects? Do not hesitate to contact one of the team members.
Kind regards,
Maarten Hajer and Liesbeth van de Grift
On behalf of the Pathways to Sustainability team
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Renewable energy communities are expected to play an important role in the European energy transition. However, concerns are expressed on how all RECs can maintain a steady level of quality. The research team aims to investigate whether standardisation is an appropriate tool for providing the intended quality, how standardisation should occur, and what minimum requirements should be. |
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The North Sea is considered a hotspot for production of green hydrogen as it offers ideal conditions, being situated in close proximity to market demand. But currently, researchers, politicians and the wider public have a limited overview of the known and unknown aspects of hydrogen production. This project team proposes to take up the challenge to develop a holistic view on hydrogen production in the North Sea by identifying and quantifying critical relationships, to close knowledge gaps and develop an interface between complex academic knowledge and the societal debate on the future role for green hydrogen. |
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In the current era of unprecedented threats to the environment, the push to make Ecocide an international crime is gaining momentum. This project explores how the concept of Ecocidecan create breakthroughs in biodiversity protection, with a keen eye for indigenous rights. Next to a Knowledge Hub and policy briefs, it aims to use mock trials (simulations of a legal trial using real examples) as experimental and creative test setting. |
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The ocean is crucial to life and climate, but its voice is barely heard in law and policy decisions. While the UN explicitly speaks about “our ocean”, it is completely unclear who the “our” refers to. This project will produce a charter and organize an assembly to give the ocean a meaningful voice in international and national discussions, inspired by similar initiatives, bringing together academics, with artists and writers. |
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The energy transition is causing a steep increase in mining of ‘critical minerals’ such as graphite, lithium, and cobalt, essential for low-carbon technologies. The key question this project aims to answer is: what financial practices can we envisage that would make that finance institutions would contribute to making sure new resource extraction results in a just energy transition? This project will map the flows of critical materials and finances, look into sustainable mining initiatives and investigate financial flows in a journalistic style. |
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Thursday 2 November, 15:00-17:00, Academiegebouw Sustainable mobility meet up
Thursday 2 November, 15:00-18:00, David de Wied buidling M2.01 Electrochemistry Symposium
Thursday 2 November, 19:30-21:00, Social Impact Factory Utrecht Transforming Cities debate - Imagination infrastructuring for better urban futures
Monday 6 November, 13:00-15:00, Drift 21 Sweelinckzaal Utrecht Second Fair Food Seminar by Beatrice Penati: "Against the Grain? Building Central Asia’s cotton-food nexus in the last two centuries"
Thursday 9 November, 15:00-16:30, Online
Online media training in English (UU only)
Thursday 9 November, 16:00-18:00, Oudaen Pathways to Sustainability PhD Café
Tuesday 14 November, 14:00-17:00, Bestuursgebouw USP Wetenschappers in de Publieke Arena (UU only)
Wednesday 22 November, 13:00-14:30, Utrecht Science Park EAT Lancet’s Planetary Health Diet: achieving EAT LAncet in a just sustainable way
Thursday 23 November, 19:30-22:00, Social Impact Factory Utrecht Utrecht - city of imagination?
Thursday 7 December, 15:30-17:00, Café Minnaert Sustainability Dialogue: The University of The Future - Imagining transitions at Utrecht and Beyond
Wednesday 13 December, 13:00-17:00, Antropia - Landgoed de Reehorst Future Food Utrecht’s Annual Symposium ‘Future Food: Evolution or Revolution’
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