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Welcome at SENSE

We are an academic network for integrated environmental and sustainability research and multidisciplinary PhD training.

Established in 1994, the Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment has developed into a Dutch network of outstanding environmental research institutes and graduate schools from ten Dutch universities and institutes.

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News

SENSE e-News March/April 2023

20 March 2023

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Course

Embracing openness: an introduction to Open Science practices

2-6 October 2023Online

Course

Big data exploration and object-oriented programming with Python

9-13 October 2023Wageningen

Event

IHE PhD Symposium 2023: “Water in the Context of the Triple Planetary Crisis: Climate change, Biodiversity loss and Pollution”

18-19 October 2023Auditorium of IHE Delft & Online

Course

A1 SENSE Introductory Course

8-11 November 2023Ede

Event

SENSE symposium 2023 "Science and Impact"

15 November 2023VU Amsterdam

About our academic network

The SENSE research school is currently a network of 13 research institutes in the field of environmental and sustainability sciences connected to 8 Dutch universities, IHE-Delft and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

The SENSE Research School is dedicated to supporting the development and dissemination of cutting-edge disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scientific knowledge in the field of environmental and sustainability sciences. The SENSE organisation consists of a general board, a directorate or daily board, a research committee, an education committee, a PhD Council and a SENSE supporting office.