Fellows at WASS
WASS brings senior researchers, post-docs and PhD candidates in the social sciences and interdisciplinary fields of research together. Our school currently hosts around 200 fellows (senior researchers).
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dr.ir. CJM (Conny) Almekinders
Plant genetic resource management at community level; Participatory approaches in plant breeding; Farmer seed production; Up-scaling of local development initiatives - Peru, Andes, Africa - -
prof.dr. G (Gerrit) Antonides
Economic psychology, consumer behavior and behavioral economics -
prof.dr. BJM (Bas) Arts
Global environmental governance, particularly in the field of biodiversity and forests, and with a special focus on the role of private regulation and the influence of private actors (NGOs and firms) - 'The Globe' - -
dr. KAJ (Koen) Arts MSc MA
Biodiversity, Forest Policy, Landscape Conservation, Nature Management -
dr.ir. MAPM (Marcel) van Asseldonk
Agricultural Economics; agricultural insurance, business economics, risk assessment, risk management, risk-benefit analysis -
prof.dr. I (Ioannis) Athanasiadis
Environmental informatics, Software engineering, Intelligent information systems, Software agents, Decision support systems, Knowledge engineering, Metadata and ontologies, Machine learning -
prof.dr. MM (Martha) Bakker
Agriculture, Geography, Land Use Planning, Soil Management, Adaptation, Analytical methods, Climate adaptation, Farm management, Land use, Land use dynamics -
dr.ir. PBM (Paul) Berentsen
Agricultural Economics, Animal Husbandry, Environmental Economics; agricultural economics, business economics, business managment, farming systems, pollution control, sustainable agriculture, zoology -
dr.ir. MM (Marrit) van den Berg
Rural household behaviour, Risk, Sustainable land use, Impact assessment -
prof.ir. AJM (Adrie) Beulens
Supply Chain Management, Informatics and Logistics, Chains and Networks, Decision Support; agro-industrial chains, data management, decision support systems, informatics, information management, information systems, knowledge modeling, modeling, simulation models, socially responsible business -
dr. HJA (Harm) Biemans
learning and instruction, educational development and evaluation, teacher training, school organisations, and ICT; competence development and competence-based education -
GR (Robbert) Biesbroek PhD
Policy Dynamics; Policy and Neo-Institutional change theory; Complex decision making; Decision making under uncertainty; adaptive governance -
dr. WJJ (Jos) Bijman
technology assessment, biotechnology, innovation, economic organization, agrifood chains, and cooperatives; management and organization -
prof.dr. V (Vincent) Blok
innovation, management and entrepreneurship; (1) Sustainable development and social responsibility in innovation and entrepreneurship; (2) Transfer of science and technology; (3) Business Ethics; (4) Innovation, management and Entrepreneurship in the health care sector -
dr. IJC (Ingrid) Boas
Ingrid’s research is based in the field of environmental change and governance, with a focus on the topics of environmentally-induced migration, climate security and urban resilience approached through the lens of the digital age. She has recently been awarded a personal grant (VENI, NWO) on the subject of environmentally-related migration in the digital age, which she will work on from October 2016-2020, together with other related projects focussed on the role of information and communication technologies in urban and climate governance. -
prof.dr.ir. BB (Bettina) Bock
Agriculture, Development Economics, Sociology; gender, rural development, rural society -
prof.dr.ir. RA (Rutgerd) Boelens
Policies and politics of water reforms, rights and legislation, and development intervention; Legal pluralism, sociolegal frameworks and property rights in irrigation and watershed management; Politics of scale and up-scaling strategies in natural resource governance; Water cultures, equity, gender, identity, and empowerment in local, peasant and indigenous water control; Action research, interactive design and interdisciplinary strategies in natural resource development; Social mobilization, mediation and the struggles over water and natural resources, rights, authority, and policy discourses - Spain, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile / Andean Region / South America -
dr.ir. LI (Laura) Bouwman
Nutrition Promotion; Salutogenesis; Global health; Meaning of research findings for everyday-life practices; Global food systems; Nutrition security; Personalized nutrition advice -
dr. B (Bernice) Bovenkerk
Philosophy, Animal ethics, Animal welfare, Climatic change, Environmental philosophy -
dr. AE (Arjen) Buijs
Forest Policy, Leisure and Recreation, Psychology, Sociology, Water Management; citizens, community participation, conflict management, consumer preferences, envirohnmental psychology, experiential value, landscape experience, leisure, public support recreation, value systems, water policy -
prof.dr. BE (Bram) Buscher
Political economy of conservation and development, Politics of energy and extraction, Ecotourism, New media, Social theory -
dr. IM (Marleen) Buizer
Politics, Public Administration, Sociology, Action research, Biocultural diversity, Discourse analysis, Governance, Participation, Philosophy of science, Planning, Policy processes, Political processes, Qualitative methods, Research methodology, Social sciences, Space utilization, Spatial analysis -
prof.dr.ir. EH (Erwin) Bulte
natural resource economics; the economics of institutional change, social capital, development, conflict, and post-conflict recovery; paleo-economics (“economic decision-making in the stone age”) -
prof.dr. SR (Simon) Bush
Environmental governance in Asia, political ecology, trade and the environment, community-based natural resource management, environmental transformations in developing and transitional economies; the relationship between natural resource-based trade and community based management, development of a ‘river basin citizenship’ approach to inland fisheries management, and the relationship between customary and formal environmental governance in developing countries -
dr. JJL (Jeroen) Candel MA
Agricultural Policy, Human Nutrition, Politics, Public Administration, Agricultural policy, Decision making, European union, Food policy, Food security, Governance, Policy processes, Public administration -
dr.ir. GJ (Gerrit-Jan) Carsjens
the methodological aspects of spatial and environmental planning; methods that are based on Gegraphical Information Systems (GIS), to support strategic planning processes at local and regional scale; the integration of environmental aspects in planning procedures; the spatial planning of livestock production areas -
dr.ir. GDH (Frits) Claassen
Associate Professor -
dr. JC (Hans) Dagevos
Consumer Studies, Human Nutrition, Sociology; agro-industrial chains, consumer preferences, consumers, feeding habits, food policy, food safety, social change -
prof.dr. ARPJ (Art) Dewulf
Main research interests: collaborative governance, multi-actor conflict and negotiation, issue framing, natural resources management, interdisciplinary research, discourse analysis and experiential simulations -
prof.dr.ir. JWM (Han) van Dijk
the socio-legal aspects of natural resource management, land tenure, the analysis of development policy, food security, resource conflicts, impact of climate change, governance studies, nomadic pastoralism, livelihood studies, fisheries management, methodology of evaluation research and interdisciplinarity -
dr. D (Dusan) Drabik
Agricultural Economics; Agricultural Policy; Biobased economy -
dr. LKE (Liesbeth) Dries
Transition Economics; Coordination in agri-food chains -
prof.dr. VR (Rene) van der Duim
Relation between tourism, globalisation and sustainable development Relation between tourism, nature conservation and poverty reduction -
dr.ir. M (Martijn) Duineveld
Multiple meanings of landscapes; Power and knowledge relationships in planning and design practices; Relations and bonds between science, policy, society and the environment -
dr. R (Roel) During
cultural history; physical planning -
dr.ir. ARH (Arnout) Fischer
Public acceptability of new technologies / sustainable consumption; Experiential behaviour; Risk (Benefit) perception; Trust; Habits; Self-Regulation of behaviour; Heuristics; Non-planned behaviour; Emotions in (consumer) behaviour; Multidisciplinary research (social science - natural science); Food safety; Nanotechnology. -
R (Robert) Fletcher PhD
Climatic Change, Development Sociology, Environmental Policy, Forest Policy, Geography, Leisure and Recreation -
prof.dr. EHP (Ewout) Frankema
Deeper understanding of the long-term development history of developing regions (Africa, Latin America, Asia) -
dr.ir. C (Koos) Gardebroek
Applied econometrics; Micro-economic analysis of rural transformation; Technology adoption -
prof.dr. HGJ (Bart) Gremmen
(bio)ethics; philosophy -
dr. JTM (Judith) Gulikers
(the quality of) competency-based assessments in agricultural education -
prof.dr. A (Aarti) Gupta
Climatic Change, Environmental Policy, Forest Policy, Politics, Biosafety, Climate, Deforestation, Environmental policy, GMO, Sustainable development -
dr. R (Rein) Haagsma
Development economics, Economic theory -
dr.ir. G (Gemma) van der Haar
local government, parallel governance and contested state formation, post-war reconstruction and the re-ordering of land tenure, and methodological issues (the options and dilemmas in collaborative research) -
dr. JLF (Geoffrey) Hagelaar
Main research area: chain and networks in the public and private sector. Specialization: the management of chains of activities (e.g. in the fields of environmental issues, public services, marketing) within a context of networks. Focus research efforts: the domain of environmental care as it is organized within companies and between chains of companies, and as it is steered by governmental agencies. -
dr. R (Rene) Haijema
operations research, production policy, simulation, stocks, supply chain management -
dr. MJJ (Michel) Handgraaf
Psychology, behavioural economics, choice behaviour, consumer behaviour, household behaviour, risk behaviour -
prof.dr. NBM (Nico) Heerink
Economic policy reforms and rural development; Sustainable resource use in rural areas; Income inequality and socio-economic development - China, Vietnam, West Africa, East Africa -
prof.dr. WJM (Wim) Heijman
relationship between economic growth and the depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources; regional economics -
prof.dr.ir. PJGJ (Petra) Hellegers
General Economics, Water Management, Biofuels -
dr. EMT (Eligius) Hendrix
Application of Operations Research in Agricultural and Environmental sciences, applicable Global Optimization methods such as evolutionary algorithms, stochastic GO, nonlinear optimization, quadratic optimization, modelling of uncertainty in decision models, robustness concept, optimal control application in economics, localization optimization -
dr. HWI (Erica) van Herpen
Nutrition labelling, health claims, and food waste, Marketing, consumer studies, psychology, consumer behaviour, consumer preferences, retail marketing, shopping -
prof.dr.ir. GJ (Gert Jan) Hofstede
Computers and Internet, Management Studies, Psychology; cultural psychology, databases, design, gaming simulation, informatics, information systems, management science, organization -
prof.dr.ir. H (Henk) Hogeveen
Animal Husbandry; Farm and Captive Animals; General Economics, Veterinary Science; animal health, cattle, dairy cattle, economics, food safety -
dr. IE (Ilona) de Hooge
Consumer Studies, Marketing, Psychology, Emotions, positive experiences, shame, guilt, authenticity, gift giving, food waste, online marketing, experiments, negotiations, social dilemmas, Authenticity, Behaviour, Consumer behaviour, Consumer psychology, Emotions, Experiments, Marketing, Negotiation -
dr.ir. JD (Jaime) Hoogesteger van Dijk MSc
Associate Professor Water Commons and Collectives -
dr.ir. MA (Marjanke) Hoogstra-Klein
Business Managment; Forestry; Forestry economics; Forestry policy; Nature Management; Nature conservation policy -
dr. HM (Hilje) van der Horst
material culture; consumption; home; every day life; plural societies -
dr.ir. O (Otto) Hospes
Governance and biofuels; International trade, regulations and negotiations at the WTO; The human right to food versus trade liberalization; Food chains and corporate social responsibility - No regional focus but focus on international regulations and negotiations -
prof.dr. EC (Ekko) van Ierland
Environmental Economics; biodiversity, climatic change, cost benefit analysis, econometric models, environmental economics, macroeconomics, natural resource economics, resource management, sustainability -
dr. R (Rico) Ihle
Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Policy, Development Economics, Food security, Africa, Food policy, Agricultural trade, Political conflicts, International trade, Chile, Time series analysis, Africa South of Sahara, Middle East, Food trade -
dr. PTM (Paul) Ingenbleek
Marketing strategy (with applications to sustainable development); Organizational pricing practices -
dr. VJ (Verina) Ingram
Agroforestry, Agro-industrial Chains, Business administration, Development Economics, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy, Forest Management and Economics, Forest Policy, Forest Products, Forestry, General Economics, Nature Management, Value chain analysis, livelihood (household and community) assessments, market assessment and analysis, environmental and social impact assessment and evaluation, governance of natural resources, forest management and policy, participative and community based forestry, Agro-industrial chains, Central Africa, Cocoa, Congo Basin, Corporate social responsibility, Developing countries, East Africa, Eastern Europe, Forest inventories, Forest management, Forest policy, Fuelwood, Governance, Honey, Landscape experience, Livelihoods, Management science, Market analysis, Markets, Non-wood forest products, Social environment, Value chain analysis, West africa -
dr.ir. MH (Maarten) Jacobs
1) Fundamental theoretical issues concerning the phenomenon of experience, such as the philosophical mind-body problem (how can ontologically subjective experiences arise out of ontologically objective neural activity), the neurological constitution of experience, the nature and working of perception and emotion, and the ways culture exercises influence on experience; 2) Landscape experience: by what processes do properties of the physical landscape evoke particular experiences, and how do individual biographies, cultural contexts and inherited human characteristics influence these processes?; 3) Leisure and tourist experiences: what experiences do recreationists and tourists look for, how do particular social and physical environments facilitate particular experiences, how do leisure and tourist experiences differ from daily experiences, what are the behavioral and political consequences? -
dr.ir. CEP (Kees) Jansen
Sociology, Philosophy, Plant Production Systems, Development Sociology, Integrated Control, Politics, Tropical Agriculture, Technology, Rural development, Development studies, Political conflicts, Tropical crops, Pesticides -
dr.ir. RA (Roel) Jongeneel
1. Micro-economic simulation models; 2. Agricultural and environmental policy analysis -
dr.ir. JP (Joost) Jongerden
Biotechnology and genomics development in the South; Technology and the production of space and identities in the modern era; Displacement and resettlement policies - India, West-Africa, Andes and Cuba, Turkey, Iraq -
dr. JK (Jarl) Kampen
Research methodology, applied statistics, instrument development, questionnaire design, good governance -
dr. A (Argyris) Kanellopoulos
Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Systems, Biobased economy, Climatic Change, Logistics, Mathematics, Agricultural economics, Agriculture, Arable farming, Decision making, Decision models, Decision support systems, Economic models, Farm accountancy data, Farming systems, Systems analysis -
SISE (Sylvia) Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen PhD MSc
Public Administration, Politics, Climatic Change, Environmental Policy, Environmental policy, Developing countries, Energy, Multi-stakeholder processes, Political processes, Sustainable development, Globalisation, Governance, International relations -
mr.dr. FH (Fred) Kistenkas
Nature Conservation Law; European Environmental Policy; Spatial Planning Law; International Environmental Law -
dr.ir. PW (Ellen) van Kleef
Consumer Studies, Consumer sciences, Obesity, Overeating, Health -
prof.dr.ir. LWA (Laurens) Klerkx
Development of knowledge infrastructures in agriculture and health (research, extension and education) under influence of decentralization and privatization reforms; The role of intermediary organizations in innovation processes, especially those that fulfill brokerage tasks in innovation networks, and their place in the knowledge infrastructure and innovation system; End-user involvement in research planning and -execution; Dynamic development of innovation networks, and how the innovation system influences their formation and the innovation in formation, and how they influence the innovation system -
prof.dr. JG (Jeroen) Klomp
Development Economics, General Economics, Econometric models, Econometrics, Macroeconomic analysis, Macroeconomics, Economic development -
dr.ir. WGM (Wim) van der Knaap
Geographical Information Systems; Land Use Planning; Spatial Planning; Water Management; physical planning -
prof.dr. MA (Maria) Koelen
Communication, communication theory, innovations -
dr. FM (Michiel) Köhne
Development Sociology, Anthropology of development, Certification, Indonesia, Land conflict, Land policy, Latin america, Law, Legal anthropology, Palm oil, Policy processes, Politics -
dr. SP (Stasja) Koot
Development Sociology, Ecology, Environmental Policy, Politics, Anthropology, Colonialism, Development cooperation, Heritage tourism, Indigenous studies, Internet, Nature reserves, Politics, Poverty, Social sciences, Southern africa, Sustainability, Wildlife management -
dr.ir. CSA (Kris) van Koppen
Sociology of nature and nature protection; Environmental management, industrial ecology, and organizational learning; Environmental education -
dr. MAJ (Machiel) Lamers
(self)Governance in tourism systems; Sustainable tourism development (in Polar Regions); Climate change and tourism: adaptation and mitigation; Participatory processes and planning in environmental resource management; Knowledge co-production for sustainable development -
dr. IACM (Ivo) van der Lans
Research quality, Consumer Studies, Psychology, Research strategy, Statistics, Analysis of variance, Emotions, Experimental design, Market research, Measurement techniques, Methodology, Attitudes, Choice behaviour, Classification, Cluster analysis, Cognition, Data analysis, Social sciences, Consumer behaviour, Consumer panels, Consumer sciences, Consumer preferences, Consumer surveys, Consumers, Correlation analysis, Data collection, Data representation, Decision making, Descriptive statistics, Food preferences, Psychology, Psychometrics, Quantitative techniques, Regression analysis, Statistical analysis -
prof.dr.ir. C (Cees) Leeuwis
The value of new interactive and cross-disciplinary approaches to bringing about coherent innovations; Social learning and conflict management in multi-stakeholder networks; Privatization of research and extension institutions in relation to public sphere innovation processes - Mainly Western-Europe and Africa -
dr. R (Rico) Lie
International communication, globalization and culture; Information society and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs); Theories of development communication and alternative media; Intercultural communication and identities - Asia, Pacific, Africa -
dr. VGM (Vincent) Linderhof
Environmental Economics, General Economics, Water Management, Water Quality; econometrics, economic models, statistical analysis, water framework directive, water management, water quality -
dr.ir. H (Harro) Maat
Agro-sector technology development in Europe and Europe's former colonies; History of the rice genome - Netherlands, former Dutch colonies, Europe, Asia, Africa -
prof.dr. JCM (Hans) van Meijl
Agriculture, Development Economics, General Economics; agro-industrial chains, cap, economic analysis, economic policy, innovations, international trade, technology -
prof.dr.ir. MPM (Miranda) Meuwissen
Agricultural Economics; agricultural insurance, risk management -
dr.ir. Y (Yann) de Mey
Agricultural Economics; Risk Analysis; Agriculture; Econometric models; Econometrics; Economic analysis; Risk assessment; Risk behaviour; Risk management -
dr. BC (Barbara) van Mierlo
Co-evolutionary processes of (system) innovation around sustainable technologies, with special attention to niche development and social acceptance; Learning in social networks; Monitoring and evaluation -
dr. HHS (Hester) Moerbeek
Sociology; social capital, human relationships, genomics, social change, social network theory, social structure, statistics -
prof.dr.ir. APJ (Arthur) Mol
Globalization and environment; Social theory and environment: ecological modernization theory and the environmental sociology of flows; industrial transformation, especially - but not only - in Southeast and East Asia; environmental governance; informational governance on the environment - Southeast and East Asia -
dr. PHM (Pierre) van Mouche
Game Theory; Micro Economics; Schrödinger Operators -
dr.ir. MCM (Monique) Mourits
Simulation of contagious animal disease control strategies to obtain insight in epidemiological, economic and ethical consequences -
dr. EFM (Emiel) Wubben
Associate Professor Strategic Management -
O (Omid) Noroozi
Educational strategy, Education, Educational quality, Computers and Internet, Argumentative learning, Competence development, Competency based education, Educational innovation, Educational research, Learning, Human Resource Development, Human Resource Management, Agricultural education, Computer assisted instruction, Collaborative learning, Computer-based learning -
dr.ir. PR (Pieter) van Oel
globalisation and sustainability of food production and consumption; labeling and certification of food; environmental policy and management in Africa; social theory; sociology of flows -
prof.dr.ir. PJM (Peter) Oosterveer
Geography, Politics, Public Health, Ethics, Development studies, Migration, Nationalism, Political processes, Public health, Regional development, Relations between people and state, Social care, Social ethics, Tourism, Travel, Government policy, Health care, Human rights, Immigration, Malaysia -
dr. ME (Meghann) Ormond
General Economics, Plant Diseases; accounting, business economics, econometrics, economics, farm comparisons, farm income, farm planning, financial management, food safety, investment, production economics, risk assessment -
prof.dr.ir. AGJM (Alfons) Oude Lansink
Land-use models and learning about natural resource management; Cross-disciplinary research & design; Interactive agricultural development (Farmer Fields Schools, Participatory Technology development, Co-learning networks); Decentralization, privatization and agricultural extension; Decentralization and natural resource management - West- and East Africa, notably Burkina Faso, Niger, Botswana -
dr.ir. JM (Annemarie) van Paassen
organization, innovation and sustainability of international food supply chains -
prof. S (Stefano) Pascucci
1. Agricultural, rural and environmental policy analysis; 2. Agricultural sector and agribusiness analysis; 3. Micro-economic analysis of family farms; 4. Applied general equilibrium analysis -
dr.ir. JHM (Jack) Peerlings
Behavioral finance; Futures & options; Decision sciences; Consumer behavior; Marketing channels -
prof.dr.ir. JME (Joost) Pennings
Leisure, Public spaces, Multiculturality and diversity, Social inclusion -
dr.ir. KBM (Karin) Peters
Development Economics, General Economics, Gender, Income distribution, International trade, Labour economics -
dr. J (Janneke) Pieters
Consumer Studies, Consumer behaviour, Consumer preferences, Consumption, Experimental psychology, Methodology, Multisensory integration, Perception, Sensory sciences -
dr. B (Betina) Piqueras Fiszman
Sociology; rural development, rural society, rural sociology, social change -
prof.dr.ir. JD (Jandouwe) van der Ploeg
Agricultural Economics, General Economics; agri-environment schemes, contract economics, environmental policy, governance, institutional economics, rural areas, rural policy, water -
dr.ir. NBP (Nico) Polman
Cooperative and competitive behaviour, focusing on crucially important psychological processes like cheating behavior, exploitative behavior, reciprocity, information exchange behaviors, perceptions of justice, and perspective taking. -
dr. PM (Marijn) Poortvliet
Food Quality and Safety, Food Sciences, Law, Behavioural economics, Civil law, Consumer economics, Consumer law, Contract economics, Food law, Antitrust law, Private law, International law, Law enforcement, Law concerning the environment -
dr. ED (Elisabet) Rasch
General Economics, Water Managment; economic policy, economics, natura 2000, physical planning, rural areas, soil, water -
dr.ir. AJ (Stijn) Reinhard
health communication, persuasion; understanding human (intrinsic) motivation and intention - behaviour relations, isolating basic social psychological processes and testing their application to a variety of health related behaviours -
dr. AP (Andries) Richter
Agriculture, Engineering, Sociology; agricultural development, change, innovations, multiple land use, regional development, rural development, rural society, sustainable development, technology -
dr.ir. D (Dirk) Roep
Law, legal complexity and natural resources management; Property rights; Water governance and management; Development policy; Upland-lowland relations, migration and ethnicity in Sulawesi, Indonesia; Decentralization and regional autonomy in Indonesia; Flood policy and the role of knowledge in policy-making in the Netherlands - Indonesia, India, Nepal, Netherlands -
dr. D (Dik) Roth
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental Policy, Landscape Conservation, Nature Management, Public Administration, Environmental policy analysis, Agri-environment schemes, Agro-biodiversity, Biodiversity, Environmental policy, Landscape, Nature management, Netherlands, Policy evaluation, Policy processes, Sustainable agriculture -
prof.dr. HAC (Hens) Runhaar
Education, Psychology; Human Resource Development, knowledge management, learning, social psychology, teaching, work psychology -
dr. PR (Piety) Runhaar
Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, General Economics, Health care, Development economics, Poverty, Health, International economy, International trade, Migration -
dr.ir. HW (Helmut) Saatkamp
Consumer Studies, Development Sociology, Gender Studies, Action research, Anthropology of development, Consumer behaviour, Consumption, Corporate social responsibility, Culture media, Feminism, Gender, Gender relations, Household behaviour, International development, Marketing, Mass media, Political ecology, Political economy, Politics, Qualitative methods, Rural development, Rural sociology, Social care, Social change, Social innovation, Social issues, Social structure, Sociology, Sustainable development -
dr. C (Chizu) Sato
General EU law (substantive, procedural, institutional), EU policy making, Comparative law, Procedural law, Enforcement, Damages, Liability, Public procurement, Public-private partnerships, Aviation law, Technology and innovation, Automation, WTO law, Preferential trade agreements, Intellectual property, Agricultural law, Civil law, Consumer law, Food law, Intellectual property rights, International law, Law, Law enforcement, Legal status, Legal systems, Private law, Property rights -
dr. H (Hanna) Schebesta
Computers and Internet, Information Managment, Mathematics; informatics, information systems, knowledge management, knowledge modeling, mathematical models, modeling, ontologies, simulation models, systems, water management -
dr. M (Mattijs) Smits
sustainable consumption and lifestyles; social theory and the environment; domestic consumption of energy, water and waste-services; sociology of environmental flows; sociological theory -
prof.dr.ir. G (Gert) Spaargaren
Land policy, Planning methodology, Infrastructure planning and the administrative aspects of spatial planning -
prof.dr.ir. B (Bedir) Tekinerdogan
processes of societal change; public leadership; new modes of governance and reflective action research; adaptation to climate change; sustainable agriculture; rural areas -
prof.dr.ir. CJAM (Katrien) Termeer
Research methodology, epidemiology, applied statistics, psychometrics, instrument development -
dr. H (Hilde) Tobi
food chain and network management, more specifically in the field of management and governance of inter-company operations; governance, quality systems, information systems and innovation in (international) food chains and networks -
prof.dr. JH (Jacques) Trienekens
Marketing and consumer behaviour in relation to food and agribusiness; Consumer behaviour in relation to acceptance of new technology; Consumer oriented new product development; Marketing research methodology -
prof.dr.ir. JCM (Hans) van Trijp
Nature conservation policy; The social construction of nature; Science and technology studies; Policy analysis; Science-policy dynamics involved in knowledge (co)production and use; Dynamics involved in policy production and policy ‘implementation’ (multilevel governance); Science based standards or indicators to evaluate the effects of (nature)policy; The construction of authority and the certification of expertise; The construction of boundaries between science and non-science -
dr.ir. HW (Lenneke) Vaandrager
Development Sociology, Irrigation and Drainage, Land Degradation, Water Management; actor-network theory, design, irrigation, rural development, water management - Central Asia, Southern Africa -
dr.ir. GJA (Gert Jan) Veldwisch
Market arrangements and innovation management in the fields of food and renewable resources; Management of contract farming in Southeast Asia; The shaping of interactions between business and society; Implementation of codes and standards in cross-border supply chains; Role of the public sector in managing and governing cross-border commercial transactions - Southeast Asia, in particular Philippines and Thailand, Europe -
dr.ir. SR (Sietze) Vellema
Determinants of health behaviour; Self perception; Self- and social identity; Group processes; Implicit cognition; Sport and exercise motives; Adolescent health -
dr. KT (Kirsten) Verkooijen
Development Sociology, Actor-network theory, Anthropology, Developing countries, Ethnography, Latin america, Nature conservation, Supply chain management -
MF (Marcel) Verweij
Irrigation technology, agro-ecology and ecological sustainability; Technological and social responses to water scarcity; Irrigation modernization and agrarian transformations; Participatory design and management and R&D - India, Nepal, Yemen, Sub Saharan Africa -
dr.ir. MJ (Maarten) Voors
development of innovative logistics concepts in food supply chain networks and the quantitative modelling and evaluation of such concepts, especially via simulation methodology and applications -
prof.dr.ir. JGAJ (Jack) van der Vorst
Politics, Sociology, Spatial Planning, Development Sociology, Community participation, Conflict, Developing countries, Development cooperation, Development planning, Development studies, Agricultural structure, Anthropology, Political processes, Structural change, Latin america, Anthropology of development, Brazil, Political economy -
dr.ir. PA (Pieter) de Vries
Landscape Architecture, Leisure and Recreation, Psychology, Sociology; environmental psychology, household behaviour, public green areas, recreation, social sciences, social welfare -
dr. S (Sjerp) de Vries
Health promotion; Community interventions to promote health; Action research; Yoga and health; Health and health care during the course of life; Evidence for health promotion; Supportive social environments for health; Organisations and policy of public health; Sexual and reproductive health -
prof.dr.ir. MAE (Annemarie) Wagemakers
Consumer Studies, Education, Home Economics, Sociology, Consumer protection, Consumer studies, Consumers, Consumption, Food, Governance, Home economics, Lifestyle, Poverty, Sociology, Sustainability -
prof.dr.ir. AEJ (Arjen) Wals
domestic and international environmental conflict and multi-stakeholder participation; the politics of risk and security -
dr. JF (Jeroen) Warner
(Bio)ethics, Philosophy; philosoply of science -
prof.dr. CN (Cor) van der Weele
Resource economics and intertemporal decision-making; International Environmental Agreements; Ethics and economics; Decision-making under uncertainty and environmental risk management; Poverty, hunger, and social security -
dr. HP (Hans-Peter) Weikard
Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy; natural resource economics -
dr. MGJ (Margit) van Wessel
Education, Business administration, Career education, Corporate social responsibility, Competency based education, Personnel management, Adult education, Educational research -
dr. R (Renate) Wesselink
Economics and Policy of Biotechnology and Bioenergy; Environmental and Natural Resource Economics; Decision Making under Temporal Uncertainty and Irreversibility; Agroforestry and Forestry Economics -
prof.dr. JHH (Justus) Wesseler
Institutional reform in the irrigation/water sector, focusing on the production and articulation of water reforms and their effects, with a special interest in Irrigation Management Transfer, groundwater management, river basin management and global water policies - Mexico and South Africa - -
dr.ir. J (Judith) Westerink
Senior scientist Landscape Governance -
prof.dr.ir. JSC (Han) Wiskerke
communication management in organisations; internal and external communication of organisations and their environment; position of communication as a policy instrument; persuasive communication, aimed at the change of attitude and behavior; communicative aspects of interactive policy development; communication processes in the area of nature, environment, health and agriculture; mass communication -
dr.ir. J (Sjaak) Wolfert
General Economics, Management Studies; agribusiness, agro-industrial chains, industrial organization, innovations, management science, markets, networks, organization, policy