dr. ACL (Alanya) den Boer
Coordinator Citizen Science & Wageningen Science Shopfollow_us_label
I am Citizen Science coordinator of WUR, which means that I work on capacity building for Citizen Science within WUR. In addition, I am a coordinator of the Wageningen Science Shop, which aims to bring science and society together. Most Science Shop projects are related to the urgent and complex societal challenges that we face.
Prior to starting at WUR, I obtained my PhD at the Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam (2023). My PhD thesis focusses on the potential of transformative research in accelerating sustainable food system transformation. I conducted this doctoral research within the European Horizon 2020 project FIT4FOOD2030, which was coordinated by the Athena Institute. In addition to conducting research, I coordinated one of the project’s Living Labs and the project’s EU Think Tank, and taught in several Bachelor and Master courses.
If you would like to learn more about the topic of Citizen Science, Wageningen Science Shop, or societal engagement in research more generally, feel free to contact me.