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The Wubbo Ockels School for Energy & Climate is looking for a new scientific director who will further strengthen and expand the School’s position in the coming years, focusing on the themes of energy transition and sustainability.
Climate change is claiming an increasing number of victims in Europe. This is evident from the latest Lancet Countdown Europe, in which 64 researchers from 42 different countries map out the consequences of climate change for European public health. The results of this third edition are published today in the journal Lancet Public Health.
With the large-scale Just Art project, educational and research institutions in the Netherlands and abroad will, over the coming years, join forces with artists to combat climate injustice.
As societies strive to meet the challenge of decarbonisation, a variety of technological, institutional and social innovations are changing the way we live our lives. Two major transformations are particularly important today: the green transition and the digital transition.
Will you join this year and involve curious residents of Groningen in your research? Are you joining (again) this year with an experiment, mini-lecture, installation, workshop, debate, science show, or do you have another idea? Or are you taking this opportunity to collect data or get participants interested in your research? (Read about the experiences of Francesca Bulian and Jesca de Jager in this article.) If so, please sign up using this form by May 15, 2026.
Hydrogen Valley Campus Europe (HVCE) presenteert vandaag Aivy, een AI-kennisassistent die speciaal is ontwikkeld voor het waterstofecosysteem in Noord-Nederland. De publieke lancering vond vanmorgen plaats tijdens het Good Morning HyNorth ontbijt, mede georganiseerd door Witteveen+Bos. Aivy is de eerste AI-assistent in Nederland die zich uitsluitend baseert op gevalideerde wetenschappelijke bronnen en ecosysteemkennis over waterstof en de bredere energietransitie.
Onder de noemer 'Nij Begun' (Gronings voor een nieuw begin) zullen de komende jaren veel regionale verschillen tussen het Noorden en andere delen van Nederland worden aangepakt.
Do not be afraid of challenges. That was the message from departing scientific director Lorenzo Squintani during the annual WOS Day, held recently at House of Connections. The diverse programme ranged from a keynote on brilliant failures to a sushi-making workshop, just to give a preview.
Technology is only part of the solution for a successful transition to a fair and sustainable society. That is an important insight for the first cohort of students in the minor Climate Change and Inequality, an interdisciplinary minor at the University of Groningen that ran its first edition this academic year (2025-2026).
Nederland moet zijn energievoorziening sneller autonomer en weerbaarder maken. Dat stellen 25 experts op het gebied van energie en veiligheid in ons rapport Autonoom en veilig: hoe Nederland zijn energiepositie kan versterken.
We encourage researchers and students from Universities and Universities of Applied Science working around energy transition orthemes related to sustainable mobility to submit an abstract.
After four years, Lorenzo Squintani is stepping down as director of the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy & Climate. During the WOS Day on 26 March, he will officially bid farewell under the motto 'stronger together through challenges'. 'The development of the School and the establishment of a community have made me a better person and academic.'
On 13 February 2026, the Council of Ministers approved the appointment of six members to the new Energy Council as of 1 March 2026, on the recommendation of Minister Hermans of Climate and Green Growth.
At a high level meeting in Delhi on Friday 6 February the Indian government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has officially opened the first call for applications for the Netherlands India Hydrogen Valley Fellowship Programme. President Jouke de Vries from the Board of the University of Groningen (UG) was in attendance, as well as a number of top Indian partners with whom the UG expects to work with. The signing ceremony of an agreement between the UG and 19 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), paving the way for research collaboration through this government sponsored programme, was also part of the event.
A new international study published today in PNAS shows that climate change could reduce 36–50% of the world’s climatically suitable grazing land by 2100, posing severe risks to livestock systems that support over 100 million pastoralists and up to 1.6 billion animals worldwide.
The board of the Ubbo Emmius Foudndation has decided not to issue a call for proposals for interdisciplinary doctoral research within the M20 PhD programme in its current form in 2026.
The H₂ Knowledge & Innovation Hub is set to drive education, research, and innovation in hydrogen technology across the region.