News & Impact
Latest news from our Department
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Machiel Lamers appointed Personal Professor in Tourism and Environmental Change
- Wageningen University & Research has appointed Dr Machiel Lamers as Personal Professor in Tourism and Environmental Change. This appointment... -
"A just transition? Deep seabed mining puts oceans and rights at risk"
- As the push for critical minerals accelerates in the name of climate action, a new publication by Dr. Chiara Macchi from the Law Group raises sharp... -
Emely de Vet appointed as Personal Professor: pioneering healthier lives and cities
- Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has appointed Emely de Vet as Personal Professor, with a focus on behaviour change, health, and the living... -
TRANSPATH: navigating the complexity of transformative change with the financial sector
- “Transformative change” has become a widely used concept among (social) scientists, aimed at guiding society toward a ‘safe and just... -
‘Pursuing food autonomy means Europe must be less dependent on soy and chemical fertilisers’
- Joost de Laat, the director of WUR’s Social Sciences Group and keynote speaker during F&A Next, aims to develop resilient food systems. -
Rethinking economics: putting human and nature wellbeing first
- The world is changing rapidly, and so too is the way we think about economics’. As climate change intensifies, biodiversity dwindles, and... -
Resilient Water Systems and Communities: Lessons from the Grensmaas Project
- Are we sufficiently aware of flood risks? This question became highly relevant again for many residents of South Limburg in the summer of 2021. While... -
Erica van Herpen wants to reduce waste: “Consumers throw away a lot of food and packaging without wanting to”
- As of February 1, 2025, Prof. dr. Erica van Herpen has been appointed as a personal professor in the Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Group at... -
Revamping EU Agriculture to include women farmers
- When we think of agriculture in the EU, we often don't talk about women. Yet, as the European Commission embarks on another round of reform on the... -
Revolutionizing problem-solving with XR: vision for the future
- When you think of data scientists or computer experts, you might picture them tucked away behind screens, disconnected from the real world. But what...