Route: Quality of the living environment
cluster question: 003 Why is biodiversity important and how do we protect it?
Biodiversity in rural areas has declined sharply due to intensification of agriculture, urban development and climate change. Biodiversity loss is […]
View the initiativeRoute: Personalised medicine: the individual at the centre
cluster question: 081 How will our knowledge of genetics play a role in analysing, screening for, and treating diseases?
In the year 2000, the completion of the human genome sequence was heralded as ‘the end of the beginning’, implying […]
View the initiativeRoute: Personalised medicine: the individual at the centre
cluster question: 081 How will our knowledge of genetics play a role in analysing, screening for, and treating diseases?
Genetics influences risk of every disease and response to interventions from birth onwards, can be easily and comprehensively measured, at […]
View the initiativeRoute: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 096 How can we improve diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines for immunodeficiencies and infectious diseases?
Infectious diseases pose major health as well as broad societal challenges as exemplified by the current COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination with […]
View the initiativeRoute: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 086 Intestinal disorders, and specifically the relationship between gut flora and health: what can we do to benefit our gut flora?
Research question: What is the relation between the gut microbiome and early life health and disease status in preterm infants, […]
View the initiativeRoute: Towards resilient societies
cluster question: 050 What is the secret of a resilient society?
Scientific expertise can be bitterly contested nowadays, especially when governments deal with major social problems, such as COVID-19, vaccination against […]
View the initiativeRoute: Smart, liveable cities
cluster question: 030 How can we keep our densely populated country liveable?
This initiative’s overall objective is to provide urban stakeholders in the Netherlands with an integral approach for creating climate-resilient cities. […]
View the initiativeRoute: Sustainable development goals for inclusive global development
cluster question: 015 How can we make agricultural production systems more sustainable as the worldwide demand for healthy, safe food continues to grow?
Mitigating climate change and addressing excess deposition of nitrogen are two main societal challenges in the Netherlands. To limit climate […]
View the initiativeRoute: Quality of the living environment
cluster question: 065 What should education be like in the future?
The Global Biodiversity Outlook 5, presented in September 2020 by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, calls for a shift […]
View the initiativeRoute: Quality of the living environment
cluster question: 078 How does the built environment affect health and wellbeing?
Urban greening is an increasingly popular strategy to improve the quality of life in cities. Green spaces are widely acknowledged […]
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