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This list contains the names of all scientists who have joined SEVEN as Affiliated Researchers and are conducting research on climate-related topics at the University of Amsterdam.
  • Associated Researchers
    Dr. J.D. (Jesse) van Amelsvoort

    Contribution of literature, art, and culture in Europe to societal discussions on climate change.

    Prof. dr. M. (Marija) Bartl

    The role of private law in socio-ecological transformation.

    Prof. dr. ir. L. (Luca) Bertolini

    The integration of transport and urban planning for humane, sustainable and just cities.

    Dr V. (Vladimir) Bogoeski

    The relationship between law and sustainable labour relations in food production.

    Prof. dr. J.W. (Jan Willem) Bolderdijk

    Social tipping points dynamics.

    Prof. dr. J.F.M.G. (Jan) Bouwens

    Validation of sustainability metrics and reporting.

    Dr C. (Cameron) Brick

    Environmental psychology, climate change communication, attitudes and behavior.

    Prof. dr. B. (Bas) de Bruin

    New homogeneous catalysts for more sustainable chemical processes.

    Mr. dr. L.E. (Laura) Burgers

    Climate change litigation, rights of nature.

    Dr. R.D. (Ruth) Carlitz

    Allocation of Climate Finance in the Global South.

    Dr F. (Fabio) de Castro

    Environmental justice, socioenvironmental movements, environmental politics and sustainable production systems in Latin-America.

    Dr. E.T. (Eliana) Cusato

    International law and the interrelation of global political economy, violence, and ecological destruction.

    F. (Fabian) Dablander PhD

    The intersection of behavioural science, sustainability, and statistics.

    Prof. P.H. (Peter) van Dam

    How have people in the past tried to make the world more sustainable? Research on social initiatives that sought to initiate change, such as the trade union movement, fair trade, environmental activism, and church actions.

    Dr. J. (Jeff) Diamanti

    Political and media ecology of fossil fuels: global effects of mining of phosphorous in the occupied Western Sahara.

    Prof. dr. W.M. (Willemijn) van Dolen

    Sustainability, responsibility, consumption and marketing.

    Dr. M.I. (Martijn) Dröes

    Climate change and house price dynamics.

    Prof. dr. C. (Christina) Eckes

    European climate litigation.

    Dr. K.H. (Klaas) Eller

    The role of (private) law in social and technological change.

    Dr. M. (Matteo) Fermeglia

    Climate law and governance.

    Dr. P. (Panikos) Georgallis

    Emergence of moral markets, interactions between firms and social movements, and organizational responses to climate change.

    Dr. M. (Mendel) Giezen

    Low carbon urban initiatives and circular infrastructures.

    Prof. dr. J. (John) Grin

    Relationships between science, technology, society and politics.

    Dr. A.N. (Ann-Kristin) Grosskopf

    Corporate (sustainability) transparency and its effect on stakeholder and firm behavior.

    Prof. dr. G.J.M. (Gert-Jan) Gruter

    Development of renewable and circular plastic materials.

    Prof. dr. J. (Joyeeta) Gupta

    Phasing out fossil fuels in an equitable manner: the influence of changing geopolitics and governance patterns on North-South issues in relation to environment and development, relationship between the environment and development at Global to Local (Glocal) levels, and promoting sustainable development through discourses on integration, coherence, mainstreaming, nexus approach.

    Prof. F. (Frenk) van Harreveld

    Psychological determinants of perceptions and behaviour in the context of health, safety and sustainability.

    Dr L.K. (Lisa) Haushofer

    The intersection of the histories of food, science, medicine, and environment.

    Dr. C.J. (Colin) Hickey PhD

     Moral and political philosophy, with particular focus on climate ethics, global justice, and bioethics.

    Prof. dr. B.B. (Barbara) Hogenboom

    Politics and governance of development and environment in Latin-America.

    Prof. J. (Jef) Huisman

    Aquatic microbial ecology.

    Prof. dr. J.E.M. (Ans) Kolk

    Corporate social responsibility, sustainable development and sustainability, especially in relation to international business.

    Prof. A.E. (Arno) Kourula

    Corporate sustainability, sustainability partnerships and alliances, corporate responsibility regulation and circular economy.

    Dr. E.H. (Elisabeth) Krueger PhD

    Urban water system resilience and sustainability in terms of the services they provide to citizens, and the impacts they have on society at large, Human-Environment Interactions, or Social-Ecological Systems (SES) more broadly, including food systems and related livelihood, resilience and sustainability challenges.

    Dr. S.F. (Samuël) Kruizinga

    Faculty of Humanities

    Geschiedenis

    Dr B. (Burcu) Küçükkeles

    Intersection of strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship: technology and societal challenges.

    Dr. P. (Pieter) Lagerwaard

    Citizen initiatives for sustainable and biodiverse agriculture.

    Dr. M.H. (Mike) Lees

    Computational modelling of complex social systems.

    Dr. A. (Andrea) Leiter PhD

     Technology enabled governance: global inequality and transnational law making through private actors with a focus on the digital economy and blockchain technology.

    Prof. dr. E.M. (Eileen) Moyer

    The relationship between ecological well-being, health and climate change.

    Mr. dr. N. (Natasa) Nedeski

    Climate science and climate litigation.

    C. (Cara) Nissen

    Impact of physical and biological processes on ocean carbon and nutrient cycling.

    Prof. mr. P.A. (André) Nollkaemper

    International Law - Amsterdam Center for International Law

    Prof. B.G.D. (Brendan) O'Dwyer

    Sustainability and non-financial reporting and assurance.

    Dr. A.M. (Ana) Oprescu

    Computer science, data and sustainability.

    Prof. dr. A.M. (Alessio M.) Pacces

    Sustainable finance and sustainable corporate governance.

    Dr. K. (Karen) Paiva Henrique PhD

    Linkages between spatial and environmental planning, climate change adaptation, loss and damage, and multidimensional justice.

    Dr. D. (Drielli) Peyerl

    Development of new methodologies to assess synergies and trade-offs of Sustainable Development Goals in relation to the energy transition.

    Dr K.C.I. (Kinanya) Pijl

    Sustainable finance and the role of law in the transition towards a more sustainable economy.

    Prof. dr. F. (Rick) van der Ploeg

    Economic aspects of climate change and resource depletion.

    Dr. A. (Antonia) Praetorius

    The environmental fate of emerging chemical contaminants.

    Prof. dr. J.N.H. (Joost) Reek

    Supramolecular chemistry, supramolecular cages, homogeneous catalysis, sustainable chemistry, applied homogeneous catalysis, solar fuels, dye sensitised solar cells (DSSC), dye sensitised photoelectrochemical cells and electrochemical conversions.

    Dr. G. (Giorgia) Romagnoli

    Behavioral and experimental Economics: understanding how the design of market institutions affects the ethics and pro-sociality of decisions.

    Prof. dr. mr. A. (Anniek) de Ruijter

    Impact of the food environment on health.

    G. (Gabriela) Russo Lopes

    Deforestation in Latin America, nature restoration and transformation pathways.

    Dr. F. (Federico) Savini

    Relation between planning regulations and socio-ecological justice: planning paradigms for achieving social justice within planetary boundaries.

    Dr. V.G. (Vittoria) Scalera

    International business and management and climate change.

    Prof. dr. P. (Peter) Schall

    Faculty of Science

    WZI

    Dr. P. (Philip) Schleifer

    The politics and governance of sustainability in the global economy.

    Dr H. (Hamed) Seiied Alavi

    Using data-oriented methods to envision climate proof environments.

    Prof. dr. J.C. (Chris) Slootweg

    Discovery of novel sustainable chemistry by developing novel functional molecules with unique properties based on renewable resources.

    Prof. dr. E.G. (Edith) Smit

    Persuasion and empowerment, applied in the domain of sustainability.

    Dr. E.S. (Eline) Smit

    Digital health communication.

    Dr. J. (Joeri) Sol

    Economic value loss from species extinction.

    Dr. C.P. (Colin) Sterling

    Intersections of heritage, museums and ecology, with a core focus on sustainability, climate change and the just transition.

    Dr. A.J. (Andrew) Telford

    Climate change and conflict.

    Dr. U. (Ulrike) Thuerheimer

    Sustainability reporting and assurance.

    Dr. A. (Asli) Unan

    Understanding how transboundary crises shape people's attitudes and behavior: dynamics of attitude and policy position changes among political elites and citizens, specifically on multilayered policy issues such as climate change.

    R.J. (Rodrigo) Vallejo Garretón

    Experimentalist law for the European Twin (Green and Digital) Transitions.

    Prof. I. (Ingo) Venzke

    International legal history and theory, with a focus on international economic and climate law.

    Dr. I. (Imrat) Verhoeven

    Just energy transitions in underpriviliged neighbourhoods.

    C.M.C. Volgenant

    Sustainability in dentistry.

    Prof. dr. ir. F.T. (Franciska) de Vries

    Research focuses on how plants interact with soil organisms, how these interactions respond to global change, and what the consequences are for ecosystem functioning.

    Prof. dr. J.J. (Joël) van der Weele

    Intersection between economics and psychology, using the tools of experimental economics and game theory. Topics include motivated cognition in economic decisions, perceptions of inequality and fairness and the measurement of beliefs.

    Dr. M. (Maria) Weimer

    The role of EU law in managing complex and systemic risks related to health, the environment, and sustainability.

    Dr. M.K. (Michelle) Westermann-Behaylo

    Responsible business and sustainability.

    Dr. M.J. (Margaretha) Wewerinke-Singh MA LLM

    The role of law in transitioning to sustainable societies, with a special focus on human rights and social justice.

    Prof. dr. A.P. (Annemarie) van Wezel

    Chemical and ecological water quality and health.

    Prof. dr. R.W.H.J. (Reinout) Wiers

    Urban mental health and climate change.

    Dr J.J. (Jannes) Willems

    The creation of climate-just and climate proof cities.

    Dr. P.W. (P.W.) Zuidhof

    Politics of environmental market making.

    Prof. dr. B. (Bob) van der Zwaan

    Techno-economic research on both low-carbon energy carriers and options to realise negative emissions.

We can also draw on a large community of researchers who have joined the UvA sustainability platform USP. They all work in the field of sustainability and/or climate and preferably in an interdisciplinary way.