Interdisciplinary Thesis Labs

The sustainability challenges we are facing today are complex and can only be solved with a broad, interdisciplinary approach. We need curious people, that are willing to break down barriers and stretch the scope of their area of expertise. The Interdisciplinary Thesis Lab provides you the opportunity to develop the skills you need to do so, to learn from other perspectives and to inspire others.

About the Thesis Labs

With a team of students you will work on a sustainability challenge set by an external organization (a company or governmental organization). You will meet professionals and academic experts, follow workshops, lectures and join excursions. You’ll learn from other students, confront ideas and exchange methodologies. You will write your master thesis, meanwhile creating an interdisciplinary result for the challenge you all work on together. There are eleven bi-weekly sessions.

Enrolment for the academic year 2024-2025 is CLOSED!

General program

The insights and skills gained here will undoubtedly shape my future work in sustainability.”

- student Circulaerospace Lab

Topics and case holders

Every Lab has one or more caseholders. This year we will be working on:

The (really) green heart; year 2100, with caseholder LDE initiative Climate and Biodiversity (FULL!)
Groene zorg (NL), with caseholder Medical Delta and 11 health care organizations
Green skies, with caseholders Aethos, NLR, and Collins Aerospace
A Just Climate Transition within and beyond The Hague, with caseholder the municipality of The Hague (FULL!)
Sustainable Energy in Horticulture, with caseholder Glastuinbouw Nederland and and other organizations in the horticulture sector (grower, bank, energy business or governmental organization)
Sustainable Horticulture in Morocco (small version), together with a collaboration of Moroccan universities, Credit Agricole Maroc, the Moroccan research institute INRA, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus and multiple Dutch multinationals

enrolment

Conditions for enrolment