Chair groups of Wageningen University & Research
The fundamental research at Wageningen University & Research is conducted by chair groups. Each chair group, under leadership of a professor, has its own area of expertise. All chair groups share a common research domain: healthy food and living environment. Wageningen University & Research is comprised of one faculty that is divided into five departments.
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Agrotechnology and Food Sciences
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Animal Sciences
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Environmental Sciences
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Plant Sciences
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Social Sciences
Agrotechnology and Food Sciences
Cluster Food Sciences and Technology
- Food Chemistry (FCH)
- Food Microbiology (FHM)
- Food Process Engineering (FPE)
- Food Quality and Design (FQD)
- Physics and Physical Chemistry of Foods (FPH)
Cluster Nutrition Science
Cluster Biobased Sciences
Cluster Biomolecular Sciences
Animal Sciences
Environmental Sciences
- Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management (AEW)
- Cultural Geography Group (GEO)
- Environmental Systems Analysis Group (ESA)
- Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group (FNP)
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group (FEM)
- Hydrology and Environmental Hydraulics (HWM)
- Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing (GRS)
- Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (LSP)
- Meteorology and Air Quality Group (MAQ)
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group (PEN)
Plant Sciences
- Bioinformatics Group (BIF)
- Biosystematics Group (BIS)
- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis (CSA)
- Agricultural Biosystems Engineering (FTE)
- Farming Systems Ecology Group (FSE)
- Horticulture & Product Physiology Group (HPP)
- Laboratory of Entomology (ENT)
- Laboratory of Genetics (GEN)
- Laboratory of Nematology (NEM)
Social Sciences
Section Business Science
- Business Economics Group (BEC)
- Business Management and Organisation (BMO)
- Information Technology Group (INF)
- Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group (MCB)
- Operations Research and Logistics Group (ORL)
Section Communication, Philosophy and Technology
- Education and Learning Sciences (ELS)
- Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group (KTI)
- Philosophy Group (PHI)
- Strategic Communication Group (COM)
Section Economics
Section Space, Place and Society
- Health and Society Group (HSO)
- Rural Sociology Group (RSO)
- Sociology of Development and Change Group (SDC)
Section Sustainable Governance
- Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (CHL)
- Environmental Policy Group (ENP)
- Law Group (LAW)
- Public Administration and Policy Group (PAP)
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And also
Functioning very much like a chair group, but standing separate from the above divisions is Gender Studies.