Netherlands

This course focuses on the economic aspects of innovation, diffusion, and protection, and on the effects of innovation at the micro-level of firms, the meso-level of industries, and the macro-level of national economies. Special attention is devoted to the role of green public procurement and innovation in services in the current economy as timely topics. This course includes an Honors component. A background in economics and innovation studies is useful, but not assumed.

This course offers a study of classical sociology. The course reviews work of early theorists such as Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Sigmund Freud, and Georg Simmel. The course discusses topics including questions driving the formation of classical sociology and their relevance today, the basis of social order and structure, how and why societies change, the causes and consequences of conflict in society, and the place of the individual in society. This course consists of tutorial group meetings and lectures. Students read original materials accompanied by contemporary interpretations of the classics. This course requires that students have completed a course in macro sociology as a prerequisite.

To cope with all these aspects of food production, a food technologist should be able to translate these challenges into mathematical expressions, solve them, quantify the outcomes, and subsequently translate them into practical solutions. This course discusses basic principles of food technology like mass and energy balances, reaction kinetics, and equilibrium. Theory is applied directly to a wide variety of practical problems in food technology during the tutorial. Exercises on various topics such as food preservation, reactor design for enzyme reactions, and sterilization of food are solved.

This course introduces the mathematical foundation and rock mechanics background needed to understand the deformation behavior of the crust and mantle at the macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic scales. The course is primarily designed for students interested in structural geology, geophysics, crust/lithosphere/mantle, and Earth materials studies, or planning to embark on the Master Program in Earth Structure and Dynamics.

The course begins with a review of the scientific background needed to understand the role that chemistry has played in technological progress so far and to answer the question: can chemistry help in achieving sustainability goals, and how?
The course approaches sustainability from a chemistry perspective, starting by introducing the 12 principles of green chemistry and giving examples of their applications in real life. Green chemistry metrics, such as atom economy and environmental factors, to be able to measure and compare aspects of chemical processes in terms of sustainability are reviewed. An overview of the principles of catalysis and different types of catalysts, with an eye on real industrial processes and sustainable chemistry is provided. New processes to help close the carbon cycle and reduce our environmental impact such as hydrogen production, biomass utilization, plastic waste recycling, and reduced use of solvents are discussed. In project groups of 2-3 students, an established industrial chemical process with an emerging, more sustainable route, and deliver a report focused on the green chemical aspects of the process are compared. 

This course explores how chemical and isotopic tracers can be used to determine the composition, mineral content, and evolution of the crust mantle system. Focus is given to radiogenic isotopes and trace elements in magmatic systems. Key issues include: How are the crust and the mantle chemically distinct? What are the differences between continental and oceanic crustal and mantle reservoirs? How have these reservoirs evolved through geological time? How can geochemical data support or disprove plate tectonic models? Which types of magmatic rock give the most useful information about tectonic processes and how do we recognize this?

This course offers an introduction to the history of the Middle Ages. The course focuses on the history of Europe between 400 and 1500, as well as regions in the Byzantine and Islamic world.  Material evidence (written, visual, architectural) of how people of all social standings lived, worked, and interacted is examined. While predominantly focused on European developments, the course also considers other regional trajectories, notably of Byzantium and the Islamic world, exploring the Middle Ages as a period of connectivity, transformation, and innovation.

Russian B1 plus is suitable for people with intermediate knowledge of Russian (B1minus level). Registering for this course is only possible when you have passed the previous course or had an intake with the teacher. 

The course discusses human rights in an interdisciplinary manner as legal, political, and cultural phenomena in both Europe and Asia, in particular China. This is an interdisciplinary course, combining approaches from law and the humanities. 

This course covers fields of regulation that relate directly to priority issues on the international agenda, such as the law of armed conflicts, international human rights law, and international criminal law.