Shell exerts a poisoning influence on our universities, while it’s responsible for climate and social destruction from Groningen to Nigeria.
It’s up to us to break Shell’s power. Join us and make your university fossil free!
#BreakWithShell
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Break with Shell: Training for Strategic Disruption
A one-day training that aims at building the skills we need to break the power of Shell and enable a just transition.
When: Saturday, 13 July
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This training is especially designed for students. We will train the strategic, tactical and creative skills needed to effectively organise towards the #BreakWithShell campaign and the global climate strike and student action week taking place from 20-27 September.
To be able to continue with their business practice, Shell works very hard on its public image. The multinational works together with government institutions, museums, science and research institutions, and universities. Through these partnerships, Shell cleans up its oil-stained image.
Here’s a list of the Dutch universities that have close ties with Shell:
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft
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Shell is TU Delft’s biggest corporate donor for research projects. They finance PhD positions and there is a ‘Shell Project Academy’ specially designed for Shell employees linked to TU Delft.
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Amsterdam University College (AUC)
Students who pass their dissertation with a distinction are invited to a dinner with Friends of the University, among which are Shell employees.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG)
In the Energy Delta Institute, RUG collaborates with, among others, Shell, GasTerra, de Nederlandse Gasunie, Gazprom.
Amsterdam Science Park
Is the biggest science hub in the Netherlands, where the science and business world come together. The research produced by the leading science institutes hosted there supports and feeds corporations such as Shell.
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
UvA’s Amsterdam Business School closely collaborates with Shell on several courses, programmes, and projects.
And the list continues… (Ex-) Shell employees are on the boards of many Dutch universities and thus play a very important role in deciding on the course of our universities.
By choosing to finance a particular type of research, Shell in a certain way of course directs the science that is undertaken. It’s mainly about research on oil drilling techniques and processing technologies. Not very surprising. Antal Baggerman, Business Relations Team TU Delft.
Photo: Anisa Xhomaqi
Get the (S)hell out of here!
We do not want Shell to use the good name of our universities to improve its image. That’s why we are campaigning against our uni’s ties with Shell.
Our demand
Break the ties with Shell – one of the world’s biggest climate destructors
Join us
The kick-off of the #BreakWithShell campaign took place on 11 June. In September 2019 we will take action at different Dutch universities. Want to join? Come to our workshop on 13 July. Sign up using the form above.