UvA research programmes and institutes with a sustainability focus

• A Sustainable Future
• Centre for Sustainable Development Studies
• Ecological values
• Electricity generation and transport
• Global Ecology
• Green Life Sciences
• Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
• Systems Biology
• Sustainable chemistry
• Sustainable cities
• Sustainable enterprise and regulations
• Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS)
• Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

Innovation platform

The Amsterdam Green Campus, co-founded by IBED, SILS, HIMS and others, is a regional innovation platform for a greener future. Researchers, educational institutes and entrepreneurs are working together to develop innovations that will promote sustainability and educate the next generation of leaders in sustainability.

Practical applications from research

We are committed to developing practical applications from research that are of benefit to society. Some examples include:

• Photanol, a SILS spin-off, is a renewable chemicals company that uses cyanobacteria to process CO₂ and sunlight into valuable chemical products.
• Plantics, a HIMS spin-off company, produces a fully biodegradable, compostable and 100% biologically-based plastic.