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Sustainable Development alumnus Teun Bastiaans works to turn sustainability ambitions into practical change in regenerative agriculture.

Over the past year, researcher Tim Stevens explored the integration of sustainability across all degree programmes through a university-wide study.

Looking back on the brainstorm on 6 November 2025 'From Climate Research to the Classroom – Working Together Towards Sustainability Education'

For all teachers with ambitions and ideas to teach sustainability professionals, we fund initiatives up to €10,000 to develop courses for professionals or related initiatives.

Sustainability-focused teaching materials encourage students to think critically about the life cycle of plastics and the environmental impact of chemical processes related to plastics.

At our conference on 28 November 2024 we offer you a diversity of voices, experiences and pathways to help understanding and create a sustainable and just HOME for all.

What if the university would be a meeting place? A place for spontaneous and informal encounter between science and society? Blog by Lisette van Beek

Academics, frustrated by limited impact on the ecological crisis, are turning to scholar-activism. Embracing this could foster new knowledge, networks, and social change. Blog by Lisette van Beek

PtS launched a special Award for those research projects combining the strengths of Utrecht University research with the agendas of external stakeholders for the benefit of a sustainable future for all. Submit a project now!

Perhaps it requires a radically different approach to education to empower students to become ‘agents of change’? Blog by Lisette van Beek