Radboud University and Radboudumc are working together for a healthy world and a sustainable campus and aiming for carbon-neutral transport by 2030. Interviews were held with several scientists. How do they view science and business air travel? This provides a varied view on necessary presence abroad and also on the feasibility of carbon-neutral travel.
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You can definitely be a good researcher if you fly less
Barbara Müller
researcher and lecturer (associate professor, UHD) in Communication Science
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In general, sustainable behaviour is not rewarded in this world
Henk-Jan Kooij
researcher and lecturer (assistant professor, UD) in Planning and Geography
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Flying from one conference to another does not necessarily make you a better scientist
Lothar Smith
Professor of Human Geography
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My rule is in any case to never fly to places where I will only be listening, but only where I have a speaking engagement.
prof. dr. Marc Davidson
Professor of Philosophical Ethics and Political Philosophy
