News & Impact
Latest news from our Department
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Inauguration Emely de Vet: “To find out what you do not know, you have to be willing to learn from each other”
- The coronavirus measures threw a spanner in the works twice, but Emely de Vet will finally deliver her inaugural lecture on 19 May. As professor of... -
How hybrid plant varieties could address the challenges of food security and climate change
- Hybrid agricultural and horticultural crops can play an important role in supporting global food security. They produce higher yields and are often... -
Jeroen Candel in Pointer about sustainable farming
- Less nitrogen, more biodiversity, less CO2 emissions. Farmers do a lot to become more sustainable but so far their investments do not have a high... -
ERC Advanced Grant for Embodied Ecologies
- The Knowledge, Technology and Innovation Group (KTI) at Wageningen University & Research congratulates chairholder Anita Hardon on receiving an... -
One million euro for reducing health inequalities
- A consortium led by Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles Group at Wageningen University & Research is a awarded 1 million euro by the Dutch Research... -
IPCC report: climate change is a threat to our planet; urgent action is needed
- Inaction is no longer an option, as climate change is already disrupting the vulnerable environment and human life. This is stated in the report by... -
Harm Veling will join WUR as personal professor
- Professor Harm Veling will join the Department of Social Sciences under the Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles chair group on March 1st. His research... -
NWO grant for project on Artificial Intelligence in Agri food
- Wageningen University & Research congratulates Vincent Blok and Simone van der Burg with their NWO funding of the project : Artificial... -
Scientists say no to Solar Geoengineering
- More than 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars from around the world have launched a global initiative calling for an International... -
Predicting energy consumption in cities with aerial and street view images.
- The recent article "Predicting Residential Electricity Consumption Using Aerial and Street View Images" (Applied Energy) showcases...