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Wageningen School of Social Sciences

The mission of WASS is to understand social processes with regard to today’s global challenges of disparities and poverty, of responsible production and consumption, of natural resource use and the environment, as well as of knowledge in society.

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Agenda

  • The Natures of Life and Death: Political Ecologies of Collapse, Transformation and Revival - 4 ECTS
    April 3, 2023
  • Visual Research Methods - 2 ECTS
    April 4, 2023
  • Consumer behaviour: Theory and applications in health and sustainability of food choices - 4 ECTS
    May 8, 2023
  • Advanced Course on Economic Regulation - 2 ECTS
    May 17, 2023
  • Water Policy and Politics - 2 ECTS
    May 24, 2023
  • Critical Tourism Studies - 3 ECTS
    June 14, 2023
  • Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Agriculture: Updates on Modelling and Applications - 3 ECTS
    July 3, 2023
  • Assessing Economic Policies Using the Real Options Methodology - 3 ECTS
    August 21, 2023

Upcoming PhD defenses

  • Tracking the Evolution of the European Bioeconomy - From Devising a Conceptual Framework to Using Novel Indicators
    M (Maximilian) Kardung MSc
    March 28, 2023
  • Governing Informal Settlements Contentious Politics, Land Rights and Tenure Security in Abuja, Nigeria
    NA (Nuhu Adeiza) Ismail MSc
    March 31, 2023

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WASS News

  • September 2, 2021
    Prof. dr. Anita Hardon appointed as Professor and chair of the Knowledge, Technology and Innovation group
  • May 31, 2021
    Significant role of blogosphere in discourse on climate change
  • October 23, 2020
    WASS Publication Awards




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Latest publications

  • Sweet equality: Sugar, property rights and land distribution in colonial Java
    Zwart, Pim de , Soekhradj, Phylicia (2023) : Wageningen University
  • Dynamiek en diversiteit in de agrarische bedrijfsvoering en structuur
    Wiskerke, Han (2023)
  • Member of the Exam Committee of the PhD Thesis of Katharina Schiller
    Wiskerke, Han (2023)

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