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The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the ERC Starting Grants for young researchers. This European grant of €1.5 million for a five-year research programme is intended to enable individual scientists to build their own teams and pursue innovative projects. TPM researchers Michael Klenk and Giacomo Marangoni have been awarded the ERC Starting Grant for their groundbreaking research.

Daan Bos and Noah Gooijer (both former EPA students) received the Honourable Mention Dana Meadows Award at the International System Dynamics Conference in Bergen. The award recognizes high-quality student research in the field of system dynamics.

Research by Aarthi Sundaram of TU Delft shows that social networks and trust between people have a significant influence on whether or not people install solar panels on their roofs. This research reveals that affordability is not the main reason for choosing solar panels, despite it being commonly assumed. The results have been published in the journal Energy Research and Social Science. The article suggests leveraging the influence of social networks to create fairer solar energy programmes for all income groups.

In the Netherlands we exercise too little, as many as 45% do not meet the exercise guideline, which states that we should exercise moderately intensively for at least 150 minutes per week. How do we get more people cycling?

As of May 2024, the Executive Board of Delft University of Technology has appointed Wijnand Veeneman as full professor.