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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

  • Popular Science Writing - 1.5 ECTS
    February 10, 2021
  • Academic Publication and Presentation in the Social Sciences - 4 ECTS
    February 15, 2021
  • Transformative and participatory qualitative research approaches and methods - 4 ECTS
    February 15, 2021
  • Research Methodology: From topic to proposal - 4 ECTS
    March 9, 2021
  • Critical Perspectives on Social Theory - 4 ECTS
    March 23, 2021
  • WASS Introduction Course 2021: Part 1+2
    April 12, 2021
  • Institutions and Societal Transformation - 2 ECTS
    June 1, 2021
  • Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Agriculture: Updates on Modelling and Applications - 3 ECTS
    July 5, 2021

Upcoming PhD defenses

  • Social contextual influences on unhealthy food consumption: A psychological approach
    S (Sofie) van Rongen MSc
    May 18, 2021

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WASS News

  • October 23, 2020
    WASS Publication Awards
  • September 30, 2019
    Lecture series: Visual Framing of Food Technologies. 16-18 October 2019
  • July 12, 2019
    WASS Open Call for PhD Positions




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Latest publications

  • De natuur als behandelkamer voor volwassenen?
    Pijpker, Roald (2022) De natuur als behandelkamer voor volwassenen?, Wageningen University & Research, 2022-08-20, https://www.wur.nl/nl/project/De-natuur-als-behandelkamer-voor-volwassenen.htm
  • ‘Let people do the right thing themselves’
    Kraaijeveld, Steven (2021) ‘Laat mensen zelf het juiste doen’, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 9 p. 10-10, 2021-01-15, https://edepot.wur.nl/539808;‘Let people do the right thing themselves’, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 9 p. 10-10, 2021-01-14, https://edepot.wur.nl/539807
  • Why do New Year’s resolutions rarely work: A little wiser
    Vet, Emely de (2021) Waarom werken goede voornemens meestal niet?: weer wat wijzer, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 9 p. 8-8, 2021-01-15, https://edepot.wur.nl/539800;Why do New Year’s resolutions rarely work: A little wiser, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 9 p. 8-8, 2021-01-14, https://edepot.wur.nl/539799

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