The LDE Space for Science & Society Programme intends to stimulate the collaboration between the different LDE universities and their faculties and research departments. By bringing the different research disciplines together, research topics can be undertaken that benefit from or require an interdisciplinary research team. These research topics can be focussed on improving scientific insight and knowledge but also societal challenges that can benefit from new technologies, innovations, capabilities and insights.

We believe that collaboration between researchers from different disciplines is crucial for tackling the larger societal challenges that result from climate change and to work on the UN Sustainability goals. Space research, technology, data and the increasing capabilities they provide will have an increasing role in these challenges. To advance the capabilities that space is offering, we stimulate research (and education) on the use of space technology, space data and other space assets for gaining better insights in the processes on Earth and making life more sustainable.

Are you a researcher at the Leiden, Delft or Erasmus universities and looking for colleagues to work together on interdisciplinary space research? Don’t hesitate to contact our programme manager, Peter Batenburg, to help you find who you are looking for.

To this end, the LDE universities space related departments are working together on research activities within the TU Delft Space Institute.