Leuven Sustainable Earth (LSUE)

Welcome to the website of Leuven Sustainable Earth Research Center (LSUE)

As one of K.U.Leuven's 12 research centers, Leuven Sustainable Earth was launched to create a stimulating environment for interdisciplinary research targeting the development of knowledge and technology for a sustainable management of system Earth.

LSUE gathers the expertise of more than 60 professors including environmental scientists, engineers, economists, sociologists, and legal experts, residing in 25 research groups. Working in a multitude of domains, the common goal is to find solutions for a sustainable future. Ten research domains have been defined covering a wide range of grand challenges our World is facing. Find out more about LSUE, and the research themes we are active in, or browse through the latest news of each theme below. If you want to know more about opportunities for cooperation with LSUE, or you have questions related to the main topics, contact us. If you are looking for expertise in one of the many research domains LSUE covers, use our database or ask us to find out who you should contact.

Latest LSUE news

01.02.2011 - LSUE participates in STRONGBOW, a capacity building project in Ethiopia for natural resource management and eco-tourism research and education. This project, funded by NUFFIC, is a partnership between LSUE, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and 5 Ethiopian universities
11.01.2011 - LSUE researchers assessed the impact of the Hungarian "Red Mud" accident on soil quality. Their findings were published in Environmental Science & Technology.