About the University
Research on sustainability
Sustainability – environmental, social and financial – is at the heart of many of our research programmes. As a broad-based research university, the UvA is ideally equipped to study sustainability issues from different perspectives and in interdisciplinary research teams.
UvA research programmes and institutes with a sustainability focus
- 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: