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Researcher Mauricio Muñoz-Arias and his colleagues at the University of Groningen are working on a fully automated textile sorting process with textile collector Sympany. The goal: a system that can draw the conclusion: Ah, this is a vintage coat that will yield around 150 euros in second-hand sale.
Two new associate professors strengthen Campus Fryslân’s interdisciplinary profile
The Netherlands urgently needs new homes, while climate change calls for more space for water. Scientists are therefore investigating how building on water can evolve from an innovative niche into a serious addition to housing construction.
Climate disasters, pandemics and geopolitical upheavals: major crises are piling up these days. These are moments when our world seems to be collapsing, and yet they also offer an opportunity for positive change, emphasizes Valentina Lozano Nasi. You can hear all about it at Eureka!, the science festival taking place on 25 September at Forum Groningen.
In this interview, the professor of Energy Logistics discusses her own research and her plans for the School. ‘Scientists are very good at bringing knowledge, but collecting knowledge from society is just as valuable.’
The Board of the University has appointed Prof. Evrim Ursavas as scientific director of the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate per September 1st 2026.
How can you achieve meaningful participation in your project? Based on six themes – context, dialogue, diversity, deliberation, impact and evaluation – this set of conversation cards helps you explore what meaningful participation means in your project.
Join us from 5 to 9 October for Sustainability Week at the University of Groningen!
This autumn, we will once again celebrate science during a science festival at the Forum Groningen on Friday 25 September 2026. This year, we call it Eureka! We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers who would like to help bring science closer to the public.
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A new international study published in Nature Food reveals that age plays an important but often overlooked role in shaping global food-related greenhouse gas emissions. The study shows that dietary emissions can vary substantially across people’s life stages.
For many Dutch school pupils, climate change is an abstract concept. They know it exists and are concerned about it, but they hardly feel its effects in their daily lives. The dykes keep the water out; life goes on. It is precisely this distance that makes it difficult to empathise with people who are confronted with the consequences of climate change on a daily basis.
The US government recently decided to remove monitoring equipment that has been collecting data on the oceans since 2009. However, that decision was reversed by Congress on 17 June. ‘It would have been a real disaster for climate research,’ says University of Groningen professor Richard Bintanja.
The sixth edition of the New Energy Forum took place last week at the sun-drenched Entrance site in Groningen. As a co-organiser, the Wubbo Ockels School contributed to the programme with a Climate Disinformation Bingo and a session on climate adaptation. New this year was the well-attended scientific conference at Energy Academy Europe, organised one day prior to the festival.
The ceremony for the annual sub-Saharan Africa Thesis Award took place Friday afternoon at House of Connections. In the PhD category, the prize was awarded to Emília Come Zebra for her research on hybrid renewable energy systems in Mozambique. ‘These energy systems enable development in education, healthcare, and social progress.’
With the European Union's acceleration towards a climate-neutral future, the so-called 'twin transition' is expected to act as a catalyst. Within this context, the twin transition (energy and digital) is fostered to balance three competing goals: energy security, sustainability, and energy equity, forming the so-called energy trilemma.