Institutes and groups

The research at the faculty is organised into the following fields:

• Earth Sciences
• Physical Geography
• Innovation and Environmental Sciences
• Human Geography and Planning

Department of earth sciences

Research institute

• Institute of Earth Sciences Utrecht (IVAU)

Research groups

• Experimental rock deformation/HPT-lab
• Geochemistry
  • Biogeochemistry, Hydrogeochemistry, Environmental geochemistry
  • Marine geochemistry
  • Organic geochemistry
• Environmental Hydrogeology
• Theoretical Geophysics/Mantle dynamics
• Paleomagnetism
• Petrology
• Sedimentology
• Seismology & Applied Geophysics
• Stratigraphy and Paleontology
• Structural Geology and Tectonics
• Tectonophysics

Department of Physical Geography

Research institute

Research groups

• Coastal dynamics, Fluvial Systems and Global Change
• Landscape Ecology, Geo-information and Hydrology
• Palaeoecology

Department of Innovation and Environmental Sciences

Research institute

Research groups

• Environmental Sciences
• Environmental Studies and Policy
• Innovation Studies
• Science, Technology & Society 

Department of Human Geography and Planning

Research institute

Research groups