People of Environmental Policy

The increasing globalisation of environmental issues, debates, practices and governance is reflected in the department's international research and education efforts, as well as in the variety of nationalities of our staff, PhD and MSc students.
Chair
The fundamental research at Wageningen University & Research is conducted by chair groups. Each chair group, under leadership of a professor / Chair Holder, has its own area of expertise. Meet the Chairholder and the team of this Chair Group.
Supportive staff
Professors
Associate Professors
Assistant Professors
Lecturers & Research Fellows
Post Docs
PhD Candidates
Alexey Pristupa
Basundhara Tripathy
Ben Boteler
Ergun Erkocu
Heather Jacobs
Mandy Doddema
Magnus Benzie
Quoc Nguyen
Xander Keijser
Yustina Wambrauw
Visiting Researchers
Xiao Xia Guo, Visiting PhD Researcher (2022-2023)
Chuyang Wang, Visiting Associate professor 2025
Research Associates
- 2025 - Alice Rotiroti – research assistant
- 2024–2026 – Mirjam Schoonhoven-Speijer – Postdoctoral researcher
- 2023–2025 – Freddy van Hulst – Postdoctoral researcher
- 2022-2025 – Rahwa Kidane - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2023 - 2025 - Michele Dalla Fontana - Postdoctoral researcher
Megan Bailey
Assistant Professor Marine Affairs Program
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
David Sonnenfeld
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Policy
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Hans Bruyninckx
Professor specialized in international and European environmental politics and policy
As from 1 June 2013: Head of the European Environmental Agency (EEA)
Alumni Researchers
- 2025 - Paulina Rosero Anazco - PhD Graduate
- 2025 - Robert Bergsvik - PhD Graduate
- 2025 - Tonny Ssekamatte - In memoriam
- 2025 - Puspi Wiranthi - PhD Graduate
- 2025 - Nila Kamil - PhD Graduate
- 2025 - Latiful Haque - PhD Graduate
- 2025 - Mattijs Wessels - PhD Graduate
- 2024 - Tran Thy Trang - PhD Graduate
- 2024 - Violet Ross - PhD Graduate
- 2024 - Gabrielle Kissinger - PhD Graduate
- 2024 - Jose Barrena Ruiz - PhD Graduate
- 2024 - Jan Eelco Jansma - PhD Graduate
- 2024 - Xavier Tezzo - PhD Graduate
- 2024 - Jiaqi Zhang - PhD Graduate
- 2023 - Timo Maas - PhD Graduate
- 2023 - Kehinde Paul Adeosun - PhD Graduate
- 2023 - Hanne Wiegel - PhD Graduate
- 2023 - Enrique Ulribe Leitz - PhD Graduate
- 2023 - Karlijn Muiderman - PhD Graduate
- 2023 - Marieke Meesters - PhD Graduate
- 2022 - Sayel Cortes Barrueta - PhD Graduate
- 2022 - Anke Brons - PhD Graduate
- 2021 - Frank de Feijter - PhD Graduate
- 2021 - Mariska Bottema - PhD Graduate
- 2021 - Pamela Bachmann Vargas - PhD Graduate
- 2020 - Moises Covarrubias Perez - PhD Graduate
- 2020 - Phatra Samerwong - PhD Graduate
- 2019 - Coco Smits - PhD Graduate
- 2018 - Harry Barnes Dabban - PhD Graduate
- 2018 - Peter Rudberg - PhD Graduate
- 2018 - Susan Boonman - PhD Graduate
- 2017 - Chen Guang Lee - PhD Graduate
- 2016 - Belay Tizazu Mengistie - PhD Graduate
- 2015 - Stephanie Janssen - PhD Graduate
- 2014 - Laurent Glin - PhD Graduate
- 2012 - Mesharch Katusiimeh - PhD Graduate
- 2012 - Fiona Mutekanga - PhD Graduate
- 2012 - Sammy Letema - PhD Graduate
- 2011 - Judith Tukahirwa - PhD Graduate
- 2010 - Luc van Hoof - PhD Graduate
- 2010 - Pham Thi Ahn - PhD Graduate