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Wageningen School of Social Sciences

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

  • WASS Introduction Course 2025
    July 9, 2025
  • Causal Inference in Empirical Economics - 5 ECTS
    September 2, 2025
  • Summer School: Human-Nature Relationships for Transformative Change - 3 ECTS
    September 22, 2025
  • Ethics for Ethnographic Research - 1.5 ECTS
    October 14, 2025
  • Reflexive Monitoring in Action for System Transformation: Advanced methodology course for inter- and transdisciplinary researchers - 3 ECTS
    October 15, 2025
  • Environmental and Resource Economics:  Circularity and Recycling
    April 20, 2026

Upcoming PhD defenses

  • Dutch Disease in Mongolia: Mining sector dependence and strategies for diversification
    K (Kadirbyek) Dagys
    June 18, 2025
  • Understanding Peer Feedback Uptake in Online Settings: Behaviors, Patterns and Predictors
    X (Xingshi) Gao
    June 18, 2025
  • Architectural Design of Data Management and Analytics Platforms for Smart Farming
    NNK (Ngakan) Krisnawijaya MSc
    June 25, 2025
  • Architecting Digital Twin-based Predictive Maintenance Systems
    RJP (Raymon) van Dinter
    June 26, 2025

More information about PhD research and the Corona virus

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WASS News

  • March 11, 2025
    Erica van Herpen wants to reduce waste: “Consumers throw away a lot of food and packaging without wanting to”
  • November 13, 2024
    Feeding the multicultural city: Gardening know-how and culinary heritage of immigrants




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Latest publications

  • Klimaat- en Waterrobuust Laag Nederland van nu naar 2050 : Een breed welvaartsperspectief op de Friese veenweidegebieden
    van Alphen, Monica , Pessers, Ralph , van Strien, Charlotte , Rijken, Bart , Verstand, Daan (2025) Wageningen: Wageningen University & Research
  • Biostimulanten en abiotische stress in de glastuinbouw : Onderzoek naar effect op groei, productiviteit en kwaliteit
    Streminska, M.A. (2025)
  • Waarom geven trips de voorkeur aan bepaalde variĆ«teiten : Voorkeursgedrag veelbelovende kans voor IPM-strategieĆ«n
    le Hesran, S.L. (2025)

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