Sustainable Study Guide
Sustainability in education
Societal issues, such as sustainable development and its related themes, are – to a greater or lesser extent covered at all faculties by education and research. By teaching the students knowledge and skills that are important for solving complex sustainability issues, the university enables them to be involved in the sustainability challenges of the coming decades.
Leiden University offers various programmes that focus on ‘sustainability’, as defined in the sustainable Development Goals’ framework. Examples include the MSc Governance of Sustainability and the MSc Inustrial Ecology (in collaboration with TU Delft). In addition, sustainable themes are increasingly integrated within existing courses and students choose this topic for their assignments, research, or thesis.
Minor programs o Leiden University and those taught as part of the LDE-alliance, can be found in the prospectus and eduXchange.nl
Courses have been carefully checked to determine whether they contain enough sustainability related content. The circles represent the courses that focus on four or more SDGs. More information on the SDGs can be found here
1 Sustainable programmes
Faculty of Law Programme
Economics and Transitions: inequelity, climate and globalisation
International Children’s Rights (Advanced LL.M.)
(Inter)national Tax Planning and Policy
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme
Cultural Anthropology and Development
Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology: Sociology of Policy in Practice
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs Programme
Crisis and Security
Culture, History & Society (BA Major of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges) (LUC)
The (un)just Society
Earth, Energy and Sustainability (BSc Major of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges) (LUC)
Food Security within Planetary Boundaries
Global Affairs
Global Health, Innovation and Society (BSc Major of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges) (LUC) Bachelor
Governance, Economics and Development (BSc Major of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges) (LUC) Bachelor
Governance of Sustainability
International Justice (BA Major of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges) (LUC)
World Politics (BA Major of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges) (LUC)
Faculty of Humanities Programme
Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture
History: Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence
Questions of Justice in Law, Literature and the Arts
Urban Studies
Faculty of Archeology
Archeology
Faculty of Medicine/LUMC
Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
Clinical Technology
Health, Ageing and Society
Medicine
Medicine
Pharmacy
Population Health Management
Technical Medicine
Faculty of Science Programme
Biodiversity
Biology
Biology: Biodiversity and Sustainability
Chemistry – Research Area Energy & Sustainability
Industrial Ecology
Molecular Science and Technology
Sustainable Chemistry and Biotechnology
Science for Sustainable Societies
Interfaculty Programme
Co-Creating a Healthy Society
Ecology, Migration and Tolerance: Limits to Cooperation
Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development
Future Challenges Lab: Co-creating sustainable practices in and beyond the Indonesian City
Science for Sustainable Societies
Sustainable Development
Programme (LDE)
African Dynamics
Honours Programma Sustainability
(Re)Imagining Port Cities: Understanding Space, Society and Culture
Responsible Innovation
Smart and Shared Cities
2 Sustainability - related courses that are not part of a minor, bachelor, or master programme
Faculty of Law
Programme Course Type
Arbeidsrecht European Labour Law
Criminaliteit en rechtshandhaving: Comparative Criminal Justice
European Law
Juvenile Law
Law and Society
Law and Society
Law and Society
Law and Society
Human Rights and European Criminal Law in Context
European Protection of Human Rights
Migration and Children Rights
Lawmaking, politics and society
The Rule of Man in the Rule of Law
Current Issues in Law and Society
The Challenges of Globalization, Migration, and Cross-Border Mobility
Law and Society Mobilizing Rights and Social Justice
Staats- en Bestuursrecht
Ondernemingsrecht
Public International Law
Public International Law
Public International Law
Environmental Law
Company Law and Corporate Groups
Practicum: The Law and Practice of Sustainable Development
Public International Law
International Human Rights Law in Today’s World
Master No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Master Yes
Master Yes
Master No
Bachelor No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Staats- en bestuursrecht
Constitutional Issues in an European Context
Staats- en bestuursrecht Law on administrative procedures
Master No
Master No
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science
Programme Course Type Elective Subject
Exchange Political Science/ Political Science
Energy Governance in a Post-Carbon World
Exchange Political Science /Political Science Environmental Politics
Exchange Political Science/ Political Science
Political Science
Growth: A Social Ideal and its Ecological Limits
Contemporary Debates on Justice
Bachelor No
Bachelor No
Bachelor No
Master No
Political Science Governing a Global World Minor Yes
Political Science: International Relations and Organisations
Energy Governance in a Post-carbon World
Psychology / Exchange Psychology Environmental psychology
Psychology / Exchange Psychology Cross-cultural Psychology of Health and Illness
Psychology / Psychology (research)
Psychology of the Climate Crisis
Bachelor No
Master Yes
Bachelor Yes
Master No
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
Programme Course Type Elective Subject
International Relations and Diplomacy
International Relations and Diplomacy
Advocacy in global challenges and climate change
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding: Policy, Practice and Pragmatism
Master Yes
Master No
International Relations and Diplomacy
International Relations and Diplomacy
Public Risk and Disaster
Governing Transnational Energy and Infrastructure
Climate Change, Conflict and Disaster Politics
Climate change as a political challenge: can we prevent disaster?
Security Studies War and Peacebuilding
Faculty of Humanities
Programme Course
African Studies
Climate, Health and Medical Encounters in Africa
Cultural Memory of War and Conflict Memory and the Environment
European Politics and Society Social Justice
Film- and Literary studies
History/ North American Studies: Pre-master
History
History
History
History / History (research)
History / History (research)
History / History (research)
History / History (research)
Planetary Issues: From New Nationalism to Environmental Crisis
The United States and the Global Environment
Climate, Health and Medical Encounters in Africa
Human Rights and Social (In)equality since the Second World War
Man and Nature in the Netherlands (1850-Now)
(In)Equalizers! Social and Economic Histories of Inequality(ies) and Difference(s), 1500-2000
Literature Seminar CMGI: History of Inequality
Dangerous Cities? The Risks of the Urban Environment (1750-2000)
Gender and Political Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Master No
Master No
Minor No
Bachelor No
Type
Bachelor Yes
Minor Yes
Master No
Bachelor Yes
Bachelor / Premaster Yes
Bachelor No
Bachelor No
Bachelor No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Master No
International Studies Archival Research on Environmental Justice
International Relations
The environment and global capitalism
International Relations Peace operations and peacebuilding
International Relations Gender and Race in Historical International Relations
International Relations & Master Middle Eastern Studies Oil, waste and water: Environmental issues in the Middle East and North Africa
International Relations: Premaster European Union Studies / European Union Studies
Koreastudies
Philosophy
Conflicts about Climate and Environment in Europe
Gender in Korea
Environmental Ethics
Philosophy Freedom, Justice, and Equality
Faculty of Archeology
Archeology
Archeology
Archeology
The Effects of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage
Landscape Heritage: Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development in Past and Present
The Effects of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage
Faculty of Medicine/ LUMC
Bachelor No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Master No
Premaster / Minor No
Bachelor No
Bachelor No
Master No
Bachelor No
Master Yes
Bachelor No
Medicine Global Health (Cuba)
Medicine Global Health (NL)
Faculty of Science
Bachelor Yes
Bachelor Yes
Programme Course Type Elective Subject
Life Science and Technology
Design of Sustainable Biotechnological Processes
Molecular Science and Technology Energy, recycling and Safety
Extracurricular
Bachelor Honours Classes
Beyond the Boundaries of Healthcare
Bachelor Honours Classes Kansen (on)gelijkheid in het onderwijs
Honours College Humanities Lab The Politics of Energy: Power, Profit and the Green Transition
Honours College Law
Role of international actors in (tackling global inequality and) achieving the sustainable development goals
Honours College Law Law and Justice
Honours College Law Law, Gender, and Technology
Honours College: Science, Society and Self Changemakers Lab
Honours College: Science, Society and Self
Honours College: Science, Society and Self
Influence and Me year 2 (Bachelor year 2)
Influence and Me year 2 (Bachelor year 3)
Bachelor No
Bachelor No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours College:
Science, Society and Self
Honours College: Science, Society and Self
Juvenile Delinquency: Prevention and Repression
Reflection Annual Diversity & Inclusion Symposium
Honours College: Science, Society and Self Reflective Journaling & Creative Expression
Honours College: Science, Society and Self
Master Honours Classes & Challenges
Climate, Sustainability and Wellbeing
Making impact: bridging research and society for inclusive health and wellbeing
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Honours No
Apart from bachelor and master programmes, minors, and (elective) courses on sustainability, the University also offers five broadly accessible MOOCs on sustainability. They can be found on Coursera and Future Learn:
▶ ‘The Great Sustainability Transition: Global Challenges, Local Actions’
▶ Political Economy of Institutions and Development
▶ A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainble Societal Metabolism’
▶ Population Health: Alternative Payment Models
▶ Evolution Today