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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

  • Research Methodology: From research question to research proposal - 4 ECTS
    November 11, 2025
  • Masterclass Writing an Introduction - 0.5 ECTS
    December 17, 2025
  • Advanced Qualitative Research Design and Data Collection (HSO-46806) - 6 ECTS
    January 5, 2026
  • How to Design an Ethnographic Project - 1.2 ECTS
    January 9, 2026
  • Assessing Economic Policies Using the Real Options Methodology - 3 ECTS
    February 2, 2026
  • Machine Learning for socio-economic data using Python - 4 ECTS
    March 2, 2026
  • Environmental and Resource Economics:  Circularity and Recycling
    April 20, 2026
  • Qualitative Data Analysis MAT-40306
    May 11, 2026
  • Risk Analysis, Risk Management and Resilience in Agriculture - 3 ECTS
    August 24, 2026

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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

  • Biostimulanten en abiotische stress in de glastuinbouw : Onderzoek naar effect op groei, productiviteit en kwaliteit
    Streminska, M.A. (2025)
  • Een bijzondere gelegenheid, een bijzondere planter, een bijzondere boom, een bijzondere plek
    Lemmens-Pott, M.E. (2025) Arbor Vitae : bulletin van de Nederlandse Dendrologische Vereniging (2025), Volume: 35, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1389-2851 - p. 10-12.
  • Fenotypering voor ideotype kikkererwt 2024 : Pilot Groene Veredeling-2
    Bakker, Annemarie , Keijzer, Peter , Flamand, Iris , Geerlings, Ellen , Scholten, Olga (2025) Bunnik: Louis Bolk Instituut

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