Approach

The mission of performing energy and sustainability research is executed in a balanced way, with both an experimental part (laboratory and field experiments), and a part with model studies and studies into societal interaction with scientific knowledge. Several groups in the FMNS do research in the field of energy and related sustainability subjects. By bundling these groups into one Research Institute, visibility and critical mass will be substantially improved.

The ESRIG member groups are:

• Centre for Isotope Research ( CIO : Meijer).
• Center for Energy and Environmental Studies ( IVEM , Moll, a.i.)

• The institute's mission is performing energy and sustainability research. The institute's character is balanced, with both an experimental part (laboratory and field experiments), and a part with model studies and studies into societal interaction with scientific knowledge.

  Science and Society Group ( SSG , van der Windt)
• Combustion Technology (VB, Levinsky)
• Ocean Ecosystems (OE, De Baar / Buma)
• Geo-Energy (GE, Herber)

Besides the full member groups, ESRIG has a number of associated members. These are groups in other institutes, with which thematical overlap and co-operation in research and education is that intensive, that a formal tie to ESRIG is justified.At the moment the following groups are associated member:

• Chemical Reaction Engineering, ITM ( CRE , Heeres)
• (Bio)organic Materials and Devices, Stratingh Instituut ( BMD , Hummelen)
• Production Automation ITM ( PA , Scherpen)
• Molecular Photobiology, GBB (MP, Croce)