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SEVEN 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.
  • Associated Researchers
    Dr. J.D. (Jesse) van Amelsvoort

    Faculty of Humanities - Cultural studies and European studies

    Dr M. (Mehdi) Parvizi Amineh

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

    Prof. dr. B. (Barnita) Bagchi

    Environment and Society research group – Expertises on women's writing, utopia, dystopia, heterotopia, and speculative scenarios.

    Dr. L.G.H. (Laurens) Bakker

    Anthropology - Resource conflict

    Prof. dr. M. (Marija) Bartl

    European Law and Private Law - The role of law in socio-ecological transformation

    Dr. Z.M.C. (Zeph) van Berlo

    Persuasive Communication - The use of (immersive) technologies for behavior change

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

    Urban and regional planning - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

    Dr V. (Vladimir) Bogoeski

    European Private Law - Relationship between law and bottom-up struggles for sustainable labour relations in food production

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

    Sustainability & Marketing – Responsible Consumption

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

    Accounting - Trust and validation of sustainability metrics and reporting

    Dr. D.A. (Dana) Brablecova PhD

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

    Dr C. (Cameron) Brick

    Social Psychology - Programme Group Social Pyschology

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

    Private Law - Amsterdam Center for Transformative Private Law

    Prof. dr. B. (Bas) de Bruin

    Chemistry, (homogeneous) catalysis - Developing new (homogeneous) catalysts with the aim to make chemical transformations more sustainable

    Dr. R.D. (Ruth) Carlitz

    Political Science – Politics of public goods provision in low-income countries, from the perspectives of both governments and citizens

    Dr F. (Fabio) de Castro

    Political Science, Anthropology & Environmental Science - Environmental governance, political ecology, environmental justice

    Prof. P.H. (Peter) van Dam

    Consumer society and sustainable consumption - Environment & Society: Contestation and Governance Research Group

    Dr. A. (Annet) Dekker

    Mediastudies

    Prof. dr. H.O. (Huub) Dijstelbloem

    Philosophy of science, technology and politics - Institute for Advanced Studies

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

    Marketing – Consumer Behavior and Marketing with a focus on Sustainability

    Dr. M.I. (Martijn) Dröes

    Climate Change and Real Estate - Amsterdam Business School

    Prof. dr. C. (Christina) Eckes

    International Law and Social Justice – Legal structuring of unsustainable economic practices

    Dr. K.H. (Klaas) Eller

    Private and Transnational Law - Amsterdam Center for Transformative Private Law/Sustainable Global Economic Law

    Prof. dr. ir. B. (Bernd) Ensing

    Computational Chemistry - Director AI4Science Laboratory

    Prof. dr. L.W. (Luc) Fransen

    Business and Sustainability - Political Economy and Transnational Governance (PETGOV) programme group

    Dr. A.C. (Amanda) Garcia

    Sustainable Chemistry - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

    Dr. P. (Panikos) Georgallis

    Strategy & International Business - Amsterdam Business School

    Dr. M. (Mendel) Giezen

    Sustainable Urban Development and Infrastructure - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

    Dr N. (Niels) Graaf

    Comparative Constitutional Law – Comparing National Funding for the Energy Transition

    Prof. dr. J. (John) Grin

    Public Policy and Governance Transnational Configurations - Conflict and Governance Programme Group - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

    Dr. J. (Jorik) van de Groep

    Institute of Physics - Light-matter interactions in photovoltaic materials

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

    Industrial Sustainable Chemistry - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

    Prof. F. (Frenk) van Harreveld

    Psychology - Social Cognition and Behavioural Change Related to Safety and Sustainability

    Prof. E.M. (Eelke) Heemskerk

    Programme group: Political Economy and Transnational Governance

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

    Latin-America Studies - Centre for Latin-American Research and Documentation

    Prof. J. (Jef) Huisman

    IBED

    Prof. dr. H.M. (Hilde) Huizenga

    Formal Modeling of behavioral and brain indices of (a)typical development and aging - Programme group developmental psychology

    Dr I.M. (Ioana) Ilie

    Computational biophysics - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

    Dr. I. (Ivana) Isailovic

    European Law – Intersection of law, gender studies, critical theory and political economy

    Dr L.H. (Lies) Jacobs

    Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)

    Dr. B. (Boris) Jansen

    Soil Science - Soil Chemistry

    Prof. dr. C.J. (Cees) Kleverlaan

    Dental Material Science - Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam

    Dr. J.M. (Jens) van 't Klooster

    Political Economy - Programme Group Challenges to Democratic Representation

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

    International Business - Amsterdam Business School

    Prof. A.E. (Arno) Kourula

    Business & Sustainability - Amsterdam Business School

    Dr. E.H. (Elisabeth) Krueger PhD

    Faculty of Science – urban resilience and sustainability transformations, Social-Ecological-Technological Systems (SETS), Complex Adaptive Systems

    Dr. S.F. (Samuël) Kruizinga

    Modern History - Focus on war, peace, and sustainability impacts

    Dr B. (Burcu) Küçükkeles

    Strategy and International Business - Amsterdam Business School

    Dr. P. (Pieter) Lagerwaard

    Science and Technology Studies – citizen initiatives for sustainable agriculture & biodiversity

    Dr. B.A. (Bart) Lameijer

    Economics and business - Amsterdam Business School

    Dr. M.H. (Mike) Lees

    Computational Science (IvI) – Computational Modelling of Social Complex Systems

    Dr. A. (Andrea) Leiter PhD

    Technology Enabled Governance – Amsterdam Center for International Law

    C.A.E. (Charissa) Leiwakabessy MSc

    Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences – Energy justice in urban sustainability transitions

    Dr C. (Candida) Leone

    Private Law - Amsterdam Center for Transformative Private Law

    Dr P.R. (Pim) Linnebank

    Sustainable Chemistry - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

    Dr. ir. E.E. (Emiel) van Loon

    Statictical Ecology - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

    Dr J.A.P. (Johanna) Lorenzo

    International Law section and the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) - Legal and institutional links between development finance and climate finance

    Prof. dr. C. (Chantal) Mak

    Private Law - Fundamental Rights and Private Law

    Dr. M.H.C. (Marijn) Meijers

    Persuasive Communication - Understanding and stimulating pro-environmental behavior

    Dr A. (Ana) Mićković

    Accounting - Amsterdam Business School

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

    Anthropology of Ecology - Health and Climate Change Amsterdam - Institute for Social Science Research

    Prof. dr. C.I.M. (Caroline) Nevejan

    Designing Urban Experience - Programme Group Cultural Sociology

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

    International Law - Amsterdam Center for International Law

    A.M. (Alex) Olieman MSc

    Faculty of Humanities

    Onderzoek FGw

    Dr. A.M. (Ana) Oprescu

    Computer Science - Informatics Institute

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

    Law and Economics of Sustainable Finance

    Dr. K. (Karen) Paiva Henrique PhD

    Human Geography, Planning and International Development Research – Climate adaptation and climate justice in the context of uneven urban development

    Dr. D. (Drielli) Peyerl

    Energy transition - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences

    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

    Macroeconomics, public finances, climate & resource depletion

    Dr. B. (Branwyn) Poleykett

    Politics and practice of public health - Programme group: Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body"

    Prof. dr. A. (Albert) Polman

    Photonic Materials - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI) for experimental physics

    Dr. A. (Antonia) Praetorius

    Environmental Chemistry - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

    Dr. K.F. (Kenneth) Rijsdijk

    Biographer bridging landscapes and health

    Dr. P. (Peter) Roessingh

    Renewable Energy, in particular storage, both electricity and warmth (retired)

    Dr. G. (Giorgia) Romagnoli

    Behavioral and Experimental Economics -

    Dr. D. (Debraj) Roy

    Computational Science - Informatics Institute

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

    Health Law and Policy - Law Centre for Health and Life

    G. (Gabriela) Russo Lopes

    CEDLA – communities and forests in Brazil (zero-deforestation agreements, nature restoration, transformation pathways, socio-biodiversity value chains)

    Dr. B.T. (Bastiaan) Rutjens

    Social Psychology - Psychology of science, including climate science

    A.A. (Anna) Sach

    Social Psychology – Climate Activism

    M.S.M. (Maien) Sachisthal PhD

    Social Psychology - Programme Group Social Pyschology

    Dr. D.A. (Disa) Sauter

    Psychology - The intersection between emotions and sustainability

    Dr. V.G. (Vittoria) Scalera

    International Business - Amsterdam Business School

    Prof. dr. P. (Peter) Schall

    WZI

    Dr. P. (Philip) Schleifer

    Political Economy and Transnational Governance - The politics and governance of sustainability in the globalized economy

    Dr. A.R.T. (Andreas) Schuck

    Political Communication - Amsterdam School of Communication Research

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

    Sustainable Chemistry - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

    Prof. dr. P.M.A. (Paul) Smeets

    Sustainable Finance - Amsterdam Business School

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

    Persuasive Communication - Amsterdam School of Communication Research

    Dr. E.S. (Eline) Smit

    Communication science – digital communication for health & sustainability

    Dr. J. (Joeri) Sol

    Entrepreneurship and innovations - Amsterdam Business School

    Dr. C.P. (Colin) Sterling

    Environmental perspectives on heritage and museums.

    Dr A. (Adnan) Tahir

    Institute of Informatics – Green computing, Sustainability, Reproducibility, Environmental impact, Energy efficiency, ML optimization, Digital research infrastructures.

    Dr. A.J. (Andrew) Telford

    Climate Change Politics

    Dr. U. (Ulrike) Thuerheimer

    Accounting - Assurance over sustainability accounting and reporting

    Dr S.E. (Stephanie) Triefus

    International law - business and human right

    Dr. J.C. (Coyan) Tromp

    Sustainability Education, Energy Transition, Philosophy of Science – Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies

    Dr. D. (Diliara) Valeeva

    Political Science - Sustainability of business and finance

    Dr. V.V. (Vítor) Vasconcelos

    Computational Science - Informatics Institute

    Prof. I. (Ingo) Venzke

    International Law and Social Justice – Legal structuring of unsustainable economic practices

    Dr. I. (Imrat) Verhoeven

    Political Science - Just energy transitions in underprivileged neighbourhoods

    Dr. E. (Else) Vogel

    Anthropology of Health, Care and the Body - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research

    Prof. M. (Maria) Weimer

    European Law - Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance

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

    International Strategy and Marketing - Amsterdam Business School

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

    Sustainability Law - Amsterdam Law School

    Prof. dr. S.J.G. (Sweder) van Wijnbergen

    Macro & International Economics - Economics of Climate Change; applying tools of modern finance to calculate the Social Cost of Carbon; assess the link between climate risks and asset prices; and study green

    Dr J.J. (Jannes) Willems

    Urban planning - The creation of climate-just and climate-proof cities

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

    Europese Politieke Economie – Markets for the Environment in the European context

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

    Sustainable Energy Technology - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)

    Academic Medical Centre (AMC)

    • Lisanne Kouwenberg
      Amsterdam Public Health
    • Dionne Kringos
      Amsterdam Public Health research institute and Associate Professor of Health Systems and Services Research at Amsterdam UMC, location AMC.
    • Sjoerd Repping
      Healthcare professional at Amsterdam UMC and member of the steering group Sustainable Prosperity
    • Dorien Salentijn, M.D.
      Postdoc at Centrum voor duurzame zorg
    • Nekouei Shahraki, M (Mitra) | MD, MSc, PhD
      Clinical Epidemiology, Methodology, Evidence-Based Research, and Sustainable Research.
    • Niek Sperna Weiland
    • Erebrovascular physiology and environmental sustainability on the operating room.