Current Research Projects
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Enlighted pigs: integrating light with animal-friendly and sustainable farming
In animal husbandry light has a large influence on behaviour, health, growth and therefore welfare of the animals. We aim to increase fundamental... -
Towards a circular food system
Currently, there is no understanding of the actual implications of closing the loop of materials and substances. The aim of this project is to compose... -
HEARTLAND
The overall objective is to train a new generation of creative, entrepreneurial and innovative PhD graduates to investigate how sustainable ruminant... -
ClearFarm
This project will design a software platform to provide animal welfare information. It will help producers to optimize the production process and... -
The role of animals in a circular food system
VENI project by Hannah van Zanten. Do we really need farm animals to secure human food nutrition? Or, can our food system be more sustainable without... -
Flagship 1: Alternative futures of a circular bio-based society: the environmental and economic consequences of adopting circularity at different spatial scales
The transition towards a circular bio-society requires knowledge of the ecological and socio-economic principles of applying circularity at different... -
MAGIC - Moving towards Adaptive Governance in Complexity: informing nexus security
The goal of the MAGIC project is to help EU policy makers and other stakeholders to assess the feasibility, viability, and desirability of multiple...