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Academic publication: What can universities learn from their ties to the tobacco industry?

Weโ€™re excited to share a new publication in PLOS Climate by researchers from Universiteit Leiden and Solid Sustainability Research on the links between Dutch universities and the tobacco industry โ€“ and the lessons it offers for ongoing discussions about fossil fuel ties. The article shows that, despite the widespread view that such collaborations are inappropriate, clear policies are often lacking… Read More »Academic publication: What can universities learn from their ties to the tobacco industry?

New database on EU academic collaborations with Israel shows hundreds of ongoing projects

28 May 2026 โ€“ Today the Academic Complicity project launches a new database, https://academiccomplicity.eu/horizon/, listing all ties between EU academic and research institutions and Israeli entities under the EU-funded Horizon Europe programme for research and development. The database reveals that, in spite of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, increasing violence and repression on the West Bank and the illegal Israeli… Read More »New database on EU academic collaborations with Israel shows hundreds of ongoing projects

The Dutch university: protector of academic freedom or the fossil lobby?

Unique interactive report reveals nature and extent of fossil fuel industry influence in Dutch higher education Ties between the fossil fuel industry and Dutch universities threaten academic freedom and support the fossil lobby, according to a three-year investigation of the Dutch Mapping Fossil Ties Coalition based on FOI documents and decentralised research. The Mapping Fossil Ties Coalition presents the 68… Read More »The Dutch university: protector of academic freedom or the fossil lobby?

EU invests billions in research for controversial CO2 storage projects

Almost half of European subsidies for research into CO2 capture, utilisation and storage go to projects involving the fossil fuel industry, among others. At the same time, fossil fuel partners are involved in only one in five of these projects. This is according to an analysis by Argos in collaboration with research agency Solid Sustainability Research and Guus Dix (University… Read More »EU invests billions in research for controversial CO2 storage projects

Analysis of LNG narratives in Dutch media

๐‹๐๐† ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ?Most people donโ€™t read scientific reports. They learn about climate solutions through the news. What the media choose to highlight, and what they donโ€™t, helps shape the public and political agenda. We analysed how LNG has been covered in Dutch media since 1991. And we took… Read More »Analysis of LNG narratives in Dutch media

UK workshops: Let’s investigate your university’s fossil ties together!

How deep are the fossil fuel industryโ€™s roots in UK universities? Amid a growing movement for academic transparency and accountability, Solid Sustainability Research is inviting students and staff across the UK to find out and take part in an international research effort. ~~~ UPDATE: due to popular demand we will run an online session, 6pm until 8pm on Thursday 27th… Read More »UK workshops: Let’s investigate your university’s fossil ties together!

EU invests billions in hydrogen research with fossil fuel partners

More than a third of European subsidies for hydrogen research projects go to projects involving a fossil fuel partner. This is what an analysis by Argos in collaboration with Solid Sustainability Research and the University of Twente shows. Read more on Argos (in Dutch): https://argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/eu-steekt-miljarden-in-waterstofonderzoek-met-fossiele-partners Or listen to the podcast (in Dutch): https://argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/groene-belofte-of-list-van-de-fossiele-industrie About the research The data for this… Read More »EU invests billions in hydrogen research with fossil fuel partners

Webinar: What is the fossil fuel industry doing at my university?

๐ŸŽ“ Learn how academia is used to delay and distort climate action and policy ๐Ÿ” Get involved with mapping fossil ties of your university with Solid Sustainability Research & Climate Accountability Lab (University of Miami) โœŠ๐Ÿฝ Get active in the campaigns and actions of People and Planet and the Education Climate Coalition to counter the industryโ€™s influence Pick the day… Read More »Webinar: What is the fossil fuel industry doing at my university?

Academic Complicity web portals expands to Germany and France

After a Dutch and a Belgian version, a German and French database were added, showing academic ties to Israeli occupation and human rights violations. The platform was created with support from Solid Sustainability Research and Stop Wapenhandel, and reveals numerous European academic relationships with Israeli companies, universities and government agencies, a significant number of which are connected to the Israeli… Read More »Academic Complicity web portals expands to Germany and France

Academic Collaborations and Public Health: Lessons from Dutch Universities’ Tobacco Industry Partnerships for Fossil Fuel Ties

Weโ€™re excited to share our new publication with researchers from Universiteit Leiden, which explores the shifting attitude towards academic collaborations between universities and the tobacco industry in the Netherlandsโ€”and the lessons it offers for current discussions about fossil fuel ties. Our study reveals that despite the widespread view that collaborations with the tobacco industry are โ€˜not doneโ€™, there is still… Read More »Academic Collaborations and Public Health: Lessons from Dutch Universities’ Tobacco Industry Partnerships for Fossil Fuel Ties