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Upcoming events
18 December 2025
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Start: 15:00 hour
  /  End: 17:00 hour

Symposium – Samen de energietransitie realiseren: potentieel, best practices en ondersteuning voor burgerondernemerschap

Door burgers geleide initiatieven op het gebied van hernieuwbare energie kunnen een belangrijke motor zijn voor lokale energietransities. Ze helpen de betrokkenheid van burgers bij de energietransitie te waarborgen, stimuleren brede maatschappelijke accepta…
26 November 2025
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Start: 15:15 hour
  /  End: 17:00 hour

Theoretical Philosophy Colloquium: Enhancing Scenario Assessment Through Discomposition Methods

Exercises of climate policy evaluation in the scientific domain often rely on the assessment of long-term emission scenarios, viz., simulations of future climate based on observed linkages between economic growth, greenhouse gas emissions, and rising global…
3 November 2025
  /  28 November 2025
Start: hour
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Exhibition ‘Art of Energy Transition: Future of Groningen’

Art can enrich scientific contexts with aesthetics and add distinctive values to the themes, reflected upon historical and future perspectives on energy. It also interprets diverse environmental topics to raise awareness among wider audiences.
Past events
18 December 2025
  /  
Start: 15:00 hour
  /  End: 17:00 hour

Symposium – Samen de energietransitie realiseren: potentieel, best practices en ondersteuning voor burgerondernemerschap

Door burgers geleide initiatieven op het gebied van hernieuwbare energie kunnen een belangrijke motor zijn voor lokale energietransities. Ze helpen de betrokkenheid van burgers bij de energietransitie te waarborgen, stimuleren brede maatschappelijke accepta…
26 November 2025
  /  
Start: 15:15 hour
  /  End: 17:00 hour

Theoretical Philosophy Colloquium: Enhancing Scenario Assessment Through Discomposition Methods

Exercises of climate policy evaluation in the scientific domain often rely on the assessment of long-term emission scenarios, viz., simulations of future climate based on observed linkages between economic growth, greenhouse gas emissions, and rising global…
3 November 2025
  /  28 November 2025
Start: hour
  /  End: hour

Exhibition ‘Art of Energy Transition: Future of Groningen’

Art can enrich scientific contexts with aesthetics and add distinctive values to the themes, reflected upon historical and future perspectives on energy. It also interprets diverse environmental topics to raise awareness among wider audiences.
7 October 2025
  /  7 October 2025
Start: 12:00 hour
  /  End: 13:00 hour

Lecture Prof. Max Boykoff: ‘Climate change communication to advance conversations, engagement and action’

On October 7 Prof. Max Boykoff of the University of Colorado Boulder, will give a lecture called: ‘Climate change communication to advance conversations, engagement and action: media portrayal and comedy experimentation’.
22 September 2025
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Start: 19:30 hour
  /  End: 21:30 hour

Denk mee over een duurzaam Groningen in 2050

Gerrit Hiemstra, een van de bekendste meteorologen van Nederland, wil graag met ons in gesprek over de gevolgen van het veranderende klimaat.
3 September 2025
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Start: 16:00 hour
  /  End: 17:15 hour

‘ENTRANCE’ Barn Talk: Feiten en fabels in de energietransitie

Dit jaar start ENTRANCE het seizoen met de Barn Talk over de Feiten & Fabels in de energietransitie. Wat denk je dat waar is? Marten van der Laan en Marcel Koenis nemen je mee in de actualiteit van de energietransitie.
14 June 2024
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Start: 13:00 hour
  /  End: 16:30 hour

Symposium Inclusion in participation

The University of Groningen will organize a symposium on 14 June 2024 on Inclusion in partipation. Practical examples and reasearch findings related to this topic will be shared during this event.
27 May 2024
  /  31 May 2024
Start: 08:00 hour
  /  End: 17:00 hour

Summer School: Public Participation in Sustainable Transitions on Energy Island Ameland

This summer school adopts an interdisciplinary approach and challenges participants to explore different aspects regarding community engagement and citizen empowerment in relation to the energy transition on Ameland Island.
7 May 2024
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Start: 14:30 hour
  /  End: 15:30 hour

EMPOWERED ENERGY: PUBLIC DECISION-MAKING

Goda Perlaviciute is giving a lecture about public participation in decision-making on energy, in particular in what ways people want to be involved in decision-making on energy and how that affects their acceptability of the decision-making and its outcomes.
16 April 2024
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Start: 14:15 hour
  /  End: 17:15 hour

Energy Transition Research Event with Wubbo Ockels School and New Energy Coalition

On Tuesday 16 April, the Wubbo Ockels School for Energy and Climate at the University of Groningen and New Energy Coalition are organising a research event for employees of both organisations. A chance to meet colleagues and initiate new collaborations.
28 March 2024
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Start: 13:30 hour
  /  End: 16:30 hour

Citizens’ Council Symposium for Northern Netherlands

You are cordially invited to the Citizens’ Council Symposium for Northern Netherlands. An interactive afternoon in which we will discuss citizen forums in detail from science and practice with the help of various top speakers.
1 March 2024
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Start: 15:00 hour
  /  End: 17:00 hour

Workshop on “Fake news en klimaatverandering”

Fianne Sarchosakis, MA student in Media Studies (RUG), and Marc Esteve del Valle, Assistant Professor in Media Studies (RUG) and coordinator of the climate disinformation section at Learntocheck, will deliver a workshop on “Fake news and klimaatverandering”

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