Participating chair groups

WIAS combines the research of thirteen chair groups of Wageningen University within the domain of animal sciences. At the moment more than 225 PhD candidates are enrolled in WIAS. There are about 30 postdocs connected to WIAS. WIAS’s scientific staff consists of about 130 faculty members, including 13 full and 16 personal and special professors, and 30 researchers from three Wageningen research institutes (Bio-veterinary Research, Livestock Research and Marine Research) are associated to WIAS.

WIAS focusses on three interrelated, partially overlapping focus areas.

1. Animal welfare in sustainable food systems
2. Human and animal health in mutual interaction
3. Animals in biodiversity and ecosystems.

The three focus areas address different aspects of the basic functioning of animals, animal and human health, animal welfare and resilience and the transition of animal production chains towards sustainable food systems. The topics within the focus areas are mutually interwoven, such that each topic is supported by the knowledge developed in the other two areas.

The chair groups of Department of Animal Sciences

Chair groups of the Department of Environmental Sciences