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

j.d.vanamelsvoort@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2280

Political Science and International Relations – Geopolitical economy of energy security focusing on EU, China, Central and West Asia

m.p.amineh@uva.nl +31 (0)6 55 40 64 25

Faculty of Law

Public International Law

k.bagchi@uva.nl

The role of private law in socio-ecological transformation.

m.bartl@uva.nl

Faculty of Law

Dep. Private Law

y.c.vandenberg@uva.nl

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

l.bertolini@uva.nl +31 (0)6 55 40 62 76

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

v.bogoeski@uva.nl

Social tipping points dynamics.

j.w.bolderdijk@uva.nl

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

GPIO : Urban Geographies

W.R.Boterman@uva.nl

Validation of sustainability metrics and reporting.

J.F.M.G.Bouwens@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 8740

Race, Decoloniality and Intersectionality - Centre for Latin-American Research and Documentation

d.a.brablecova@uva.nl

Faculty of Science

Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

F.BrancodosSantos@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 7066

Environmental psychology, climate change communication, attitudes and behavior.

c.brick@uva.nl

Global law and governance of freshwater.

c.m.brolmann@uva.nl +31639348255

New homogeneous catalysts for more sustainable chemical processes.

B.deBruin@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 6495

Climate change litigation, rights of nature.

l.e.burgers@uva.nl +31639362271

Allocation of Climate Finance in the Global South.

r.d.carlitz@uva.nl +31628566688

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

f.decastro@uva.nl

Climate-related disasters and reparations, and diverse climate (im)mobilities, from ethnographic and critical discourse perspectives.

m.chetia@uva.nl +31 20 5252504

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

e.t.cusato@uva.nl

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.

p.h.vandam@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 4466

Dynamics of public acceptance of climate technologies.

j.demmers@uva.nl +31 (0)6 28 95 78 15

Energy and critical raw materials supply chains; critical logistics; energy and environmental humanities.

J.Diamanti@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2545

Sustainability, responsibility, consumption and marketing.

W.M.vanDolen@uva.nl

Faculty of Economics and Business

Sectie Macro & International Economics

t.r.g.r.douenne@uva.nl +33616507531

Climate change and house price dynamics.

M.I.Droes@uva.nl

European climate litigation.

c.eckes@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 8513

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

k.h.eller@uva.nl

International Investment Law, energy systems and Climate Law

m.fermeglia@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2280

Faculty of Humanities

Capaciteitsgroep Media & Cultuur

a.l.fleerackers@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2980

Professor of Transnational Governance and leads the Responsible Business Conduct Lab, that investigates the politics and regulation of environmental sustainability, human rights and worker rights issues in global supply chains.

L.W.Fransen@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3012

Faculty of Humanities

Capaciteitsgroep Nederlandse Letterkunde

G.E.H.I.Franssen@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2569

Fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemical energy conversion and production of chemicals and fuels using renewable electricity.

a.c.garcia@uva.nl

Faculty of Science

Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

a.s.gaur@uva.nl

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

p.georgallis@uva.nl

Low carbon urban initiatives and circular infrastructures.

M.Giezen@uva.nl +31 (0)6 55 40 63 46

Relationships between science, technology, society and politics.

J.Grin@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2108

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

a.n.grosskopf@uva.nl

Development of renewable and circular plastic materials.

G.J.M.Gruter@uva.nl +31 (0)6 539 48 443

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.

J.Gupta@uva.nl +31 20 5254366

Faculty of Economics and Business

Section Marketing

J.Y.Guyt@uva.nl

Faculty of Science

Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences

M.A.Haring@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 7663

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

F.vanHarreveld@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 7263

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

+31 (0)20 525 4661

Faculty of Science

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

c.j.hickey@uva.nl

Faculty of Law

Constitutional and Administrative Law

l.hillary@uva.nl

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

c.j.hickey@uva.nl

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

b.b.hogenboom@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3383

Aquatic microbial ecology.

J.Huisman@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 7085

Assistent Professor European Studies

a.igra2@uva.nl

Faculty of Law

Public International Law

m.kanetake@uva.nl

The environmental impact of EU monetary and financial policy .

j.m.vantklooster@uva.nl

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

j.e.m.kolk@uva.nl

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

A.E.Kourula@uva.nl +31627655757

The resilience of social-ecological systems and human wellbeing outcomes, in particular in relation to water in urban and rural settings.

e.h.krueger@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 1279

The impact of war and violence on patters of food production, supply, and consumption; (cultural) narratives surrounding food.

s.f.kruizinga@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 7733

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

b.kucukkeles@uva.nl

Citizen initiatives for sustainable and biodiverse agriculture.

P.Lagerwaard@uva.nl

Assistent Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business

h.lee@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 0000

Computational modelling of complex social systems.

M.H.Lees@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 1539

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

a.b.leiter@uva.nl

Private Law – Amsterdam Center for Transformative Private Law

c.leone@uva.nl

The interactions of sustainable development issues and socio-ecological concerns with international economic law, particularly trade and finance.

j.a.p.lorenzo@uva.nl +31 (0)6 39 36 23 54

Faculty of Law

Public International Law

l.a.mai@uva.nl

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

CW : Persuasive Communication

M.H.C.Meijers@uva.nl

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

E.M.Moyer@uva.nl

Plant Cell Biology, SILS-UvA. I am a plant molecular biologist with special interest in protein transition and environmental stress tolerance .

t.munnik@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 7763

Climate science and climate litigation.

n.nedeski@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3741

Faculty of Law

Public International Law

j.e.nijman@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3181

Earth system modeling, ocean modeling, impact of physical and biological processes on ocean carbon and nutrient cycling

c.nissen@uva.nl +31205256021

Researches international legal protection of oceans, freshwater, biodiversity and climate systems. His scientific work focuses mainly on the complexity of problems such as climate change.

P.A.Nollkaemper@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2827

Sustainability and non-financial reporting and assurance.

b.g.d.odwyer@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 4260

Faculty of Science

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

a.g.oomen@uva.nl

Computer science, data and sustainability.

a.m.oprescu@uva.nl

Sustainable finance and sustainable corporate governance.

a.m.pacces@uva.nl

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

k.paivahenrique@uva.nl

Energy transition and sustainable development, with a focus on the hydrogen value chain and carbon policy.

d.peyerl@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 8626

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

k.c.i.pijl@uva.nl

Economic aspects of climate change and resource depletion.

f.vanderploeg@uva.nl +31 (0)6 52 35 88 50

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Programme group: Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body

b.poleykett@uva.nl

The environmental fate of emerging chemical contaminants.

a.praetorius@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 1279

intersection of ESG and politics 

s.c.g.preuss@uva.nl

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.

j.n.h.reek@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 6437

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

G.Romagnoli@uva.nl

Faculty of Science

d.roy@uva.nl

Impact of the food environment on health.

a.deruijter@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3445

Sociobiodiversity value-chains in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, international trade regulations, interlinkages between deforestation and social impacts

g.russolopes@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3498

Psychology of science, Trust in (climate) science

B.T.Rutjens@uva.nl

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

f.savini@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 5085

International business and management and climate change.

V.G.Scalera@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 4360

Developing light-converting materials for more sustainable horticulture.

P.Schall@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 6314

The politics and governance of sustainability in the global economy.

P.Schleifer@uva.nl

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

CW : Political Communication & Journalism

A.R.T.Schuck@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3283

Using data-oriented methods to envision climate proof environments.

h.alavi@uva.nl

Geodiversity, Spatial Analysis, and Land Use and Land Cover Change in a dynamic environment.

A.C.Seijmonsbergen@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 8137

Faculty of Economics and Business

Section Microeconomics

S.Shalvi@uva.nl

Faculty of Science

Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

n.r.shiju@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 6515

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

j.c.slootweg@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 8367

Persuasion and empowerment, applied in the domain of sustainability.

E.G.Smit@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2104

Digital health communication.

E.S.Smit@uva.nl +31 (0)6 25 25 85 58

Economic value loss from species extinction.

j.sol@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 4847

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

c.p.sterling@uva.nl

Climate change and conflict.

a.j.telford@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2605

Sustainability reporting and assurance.

u.thuerheimer@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 4289

Faculty of Economics and Business

Section Marketing

c.m.thuerridl@uva.nl

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.

a.unan@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2659

Faculty of Law

Constitutional and Administrative Law

j.uzman@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3966

Associate Professor at Computational Science Lab, Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam.

v.v.vasconcelos@uva.nl +31 (0)6 00 00 00 00

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

i.venzke@uva.nl

Just energy transitions in underpriviliged neighbourhoods.

i.verhoeven@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 3504

Faculty of Law

Public International Law

g.vidigal@uva.nl

Faculty of Science

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

l.m.vanvliet@uva.nl

Faculty of Economics and Business

Section Marketing

M.Vock@uva.nl

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Programme group: Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body

e.vogel@uva.nl

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

f.t.devries@uva.nl 3549

Faculty of Law

Gezondheidsrecht

b.wallage@uva.nl +31 (0)6 41 18 30 88

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.

j.j.vanderweele@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 4252

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

m.weimer@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 2280

Responsible business and sustainability.

M.K.Westermann-Behaylo@uva.nl +31 (0)6 39 07 81 52

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

m.j.wewerinke@uva.nl

Urban Mental Health & Climate Change en Behavioral Change & Climate Change.

R.W.H.J.Wiers@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 6842

The creation of climate-just and climate proof cities.

j.j.willems@uva.nl

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Communication, Organizations and Society

A.Wonneberger@uva.nl

Politics of environmental market making.

P.W.Zuidhof@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 6129

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

B.vanderZwaan@uva.nl

Investigates how the intersection of media and religion reconfigures knowledge, practices, and resistance within Muslim environmentalism in response to shifting environmental policy and the climate crisis.

m.z.arifin@uva.nl

Studies the psychological factors that shape sustainable behaviour in healthcare, identifying barriers and developing evidence-based interventions to promote environmentally conscious clinical practice.

c.a.batcup@uva.nl +31 (0)6 35 65 65 64

Examines host state liability under international investment law for climate inaction.

n.berger@uva.nl

Analyzes Eco-Islam narratives and green Islam campaigns across social media platforms.

l.p.damayanti2@uva.nl

Explores how artistic research reconfigures ethical human-more-than-human relations, using collaborative performance interventions for ecological accountability and transformative engagement.

m.c.dietrich@uva.nl

Studies how climate adaptation policies differentially impact households across age cohorts and income brackets using quantitative macroeconomic models.

s.e.g.dinlemez@uva.nl

Investigates how COVID-19 threats influence motivation to address climate change and the refugee crisis, alongside psychological drivers of sustainable consumption.

s.ekinci@uva.nl +31 (0)6 29 42 65 65

Researches how corporate actors combine lobbying and litigation to influence EU policy, particularly in climate policy through the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and pesticides regulation.

s.h.h.fleerackers@uva.nl

Examines how diverse actors interpret and shape a just energy transition, focusing on trade-offs in sustainable technologies, fuels, digitalization, legal challenges, and citizen engagement that may decentralize energy systems.

g.guinllesantos@uva.nl

Studies corporations’ role in food system transformation, examining capital ownership’s impact on food labour, nonhuman animals, and Ubuntu philosophy in agro-food systems

y.e.m.gerber@uva.nl +31 (0)6 39 77 96 12

Researches how property logics shape international law’s governance of nature using a Law and Political Economy lens to analyze global economic law, inequality, and environmental degradation.

m.heipertz@uva.nl

Examines how fossil-fuel-dependent low- and middle-income countries can leave fossil fuels underground while pursuing just and inclusive energy transitions, focusing on Argentina, Brazil and Colombia.

a.heras@uva.nl

Studies the impact of climate change on real estate markets, examining direct effects like extreme weather, the green transition, and land subsidence’s influence on Dutch house prices.

l.hofmann@uva.nl 0000000000

Investigates nature-related financial risks and central bank strategies, using AI to analyze reports, climate data, and high-frequency sources for sustainable finance.

m.r.h.dejonge@uva.nl +31631028527

Investigates behavioral insights for climate policy, combining them with systems analysis for Dutch dairy farm transitions and psychological network analyses.

r.joziasse@uva.nl

Researches strategic climate litigation’s consequences for democratic participation and representation, particularly transnational cases involving non-resident noncitizens addressing the global climate crisis.

c.v.kammeringer@uva.nl

Explores how asymmetries in the international financial and monetary system – and their inherent social and environmental contradictions - are facilitated through legal practices, agents and organizations.

a.a.k.karg@uva.nl +31205254062

Investigates the drivers of misaligned capital flows to develop new instruments for Paris-aligned banking, using interviews to trace credit allocation parameters shaped by bank architecture and monetary design.

a.kervers@uva.nl

Investigates ecocide criminalization as an international crime for severe climate and environmental damage, using critical legal theory, international criminal law, environmental philosophy, and posthumanism.

m.kooijman@uva.nl +31 (0)20 525 6435

Studies how firms’ strategic commitments shape public debate around controversial climate solutions like carbon capture, using quantitative, theory-driven analysis of secondary data.

a.lanzetti@uva.nl

Researches anthropocentrism in (non)human rights discourse and explores the interrelations between critical political philosophy, legal theory, ecology, and rights-based environmental protection strategies.

j.leeuwenkamp@uva.nl

Researches public–private partnerships in the water and energy sectors, examining how they can support the phase-out of fossil fuels.

o.b.moralesasencio@uva.nl

Studies the macroeconomics of climate adaptation, focusing on increasing flood risk, optimal public investment in flood protection, and the welfare costs of mispriced flood risk in housing markets.

t.a.prins@uva.nl

Studies the motivations behind climate activism, combining quantitative and qualitative methods to explore what drives collective action and how people experience participating in social movements.

a.a.sach@uva.nl +31 (0)6 23 27 36 43

Investigates reducing consumption to lower environmental impact without harming well-being, via demarketing, sufficiency models, and consumer/company/government roles in carbon-focused shifts.

m.m.l.vollebregt@uva.nl +31 (0)6 20 52 55 250

Develops a relational constitutional approach to technology governance, analyzing how infrastructural power and distributed responsibility shape control and contestation of AI, platforms, data, and climate technologies.

n.m.waals@uva.nl

Investigates future generations in climate protection, intergenerational justice, and democratic theory, exploring international and EU law’s role amid strategic climate litigation’s democratic implications.

s.waswa@uva.nl +31 (0)6 39 36 22 61

Researches how environmental sensing technologies influence the right to privacy, examining their implications for legal and personal protections.

b.zeybek@uva.nl