PhD Research
The Rural Sociology Group is involved in the supervision of PhD research projects.
Below you can find an overview containing the PhD research projects in progress.
For an overview of the completed PhD research projects including dissertations (since 1992), click here!
| PhD CANDIDATE | TOPIC | SUPERVISOR(s) | Co-SUPERVISOR(s) | Exp. YEAR of COMPLETION |
| Alene, G.D. | Development intervention mechanisms towards food security: the case of Ethiopian productive safety nets programme (PSNP) | Prof. dr ir J.W.M. van Dijk (WUR-SDC) | Dr J.A.B. Duncan | 2020 |
| Alvez Aso Tomes Principe, C. | Prof. dr ir J.D. van der Ploeg | |||
| Ambrosius, F. | Prof. dr ir G.J. Hofstede (WUR-INF) | Prof. dr ir B.B. Bock | ||
| Andriessen, Thirza | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr Hilje van der Horst (WUR-CHL), Dr Oona Morrow | ||
| Bantwal Rao, M. | Technology, power and resistance: Philosophical reflections on the open source paradigm | Prof. dr G.T.P. Ruivenkamp, Prof. dr H.G.J. Gremmen (WU-PHI) | Dr ir J.P. Jongerden | 2020 |
| Cheong, D. | Prof. dr ir B.B. Bock | |||
| Chikulo, MA S. | Emerging market discourses in a changing agrarian economy: The case of fresh vegetable markets in Zimbabwe | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr. P.G.M. Hebinck (WUR-SDC) | 2019 |
| Devitt, C. | Making the regulation work: responding to the human element of farm-animal welfare in the Republic of Ireland | Prof. dr ir B.B. Bock | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | 2019 |
| Draper, M.P. | Stirring Soil. Excavations into South African National Identiy Formation | Prof. dr ir J.D. van der Ploeg | Dr P.G.M. Hebinck (WUR-SDC) | 2019 |
| Dvortsin, L. | The role of new food enterprises in reshaping food supply chains | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr J.W. van der Schans (WUR-WER), Prof. G. Brunori (Pisa University) | 2019 |
| Felcis, E. | Development of regenerative places and practices | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir L.G. Horlings | 2020 |
| Geerts, R.J. | Philosophical explorations on energy transition | Prof. dr H.G.J. Gremmen (WUR-PHI), Prof. dr G.T.P. Ruivenkamp | Dr J.G.M. Jacobs (WUR-PHI) | 2020 |
| Graaf, P.A. de | Ecosystems thinking in practice | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr J.W. van der Schans (WUR-WER) | 2022 |
| Grenni, S. | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir L.G. Horlings | 2020 | |
| Gromasheva, O. | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | 2020 | ||
| Hernando Arrese, M. | Let it Flow! Existing Beyond Water Grabbing and Energy Security Policy in Mapuche Territories of Los Andes, Southern Chile | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr A.M.G. Arce (WUR-SDC) | 2020 |
| Husain, S.O. | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir D Roep | 2020 | |
| Kavanagh, J. | Prof. dr ir C. Leeuwis (WUR-KTI) | Prof. dr ir B.B. Bock | ||
| Knapp, M. | The networked politics of place: Council democracy and autonomy in Rojava | Prof. dr G.T.P. Ruivenkamp, Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir J.P. Jongerden | |
| Kocher, K. | Staatsvorming in Koerdistan | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir J.P. Jongerden | 2021 |
| Lee, J. | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | 2024 | ||
| Morrigi, MA A. | Caring with people, caring for places: Exploring the transformative capacity of Green Care as a place-shaping practice | Prof. dr ir B.B. Bock | Dr ir D. Roep | 2021 |
| Morrison, S.A. | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | 2021 | ||
| Nieto Romero, M. | Rebuilding the Commons through bricolage. Pathways for commoning forests in Spain and Portugal | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir D. Roep | 2021 |
| Nikol, L.J. | Dr ir C.E.P. Jansen | dr.ir. C.J.M. Almekinders (WUR-KTI) | 2023 | |
| Oviedo Rodriguez, C.V. | The synergy between social and productive policy in Mexico | Dr ir C.E.P. Jansen | 2021 | |
| Pearson, K. | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir L.G. Horlings | 2021 | |
| Pisters, S.R. | Ecovillages & Sustainable living | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | 2021 | |
| Reyna Contreras, M. | Food safety policies and family farmers in Mexico | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr A.M.G. Arce (WUR-SDC) | 2021 |
| Reyna Jimenez, O. | Transnational Extractivism and Social Change in Wirikuta Sacred Natural Site | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr A.M.G. Arce (WUR-SDC) | 2019 |
| Soares da Silva, D | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir D. Roep, Dr ir L.G. Horlings | 2019 | |
| Sovova, L. | Grow, share or buy? Understanding the diverse food economies of urban gardeners | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr E.J. Veen | 2020 |
| Stachowski, J. | Prof. dr ir B.B. Bock | |||
| Trenouth, L.C. | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | 2019 | ||
| Vasta, A. | Weaving resilience with traditional linen: the potential of a traditional product in improving community resilience | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr ir D. Roep | 2021 |
| Vasconcellos Fernandez, N.A. | Food sovereignty in Ecuador: The role of the peasant farmer | Prof. dr ir J.S.C. Wiskerke | Dr A.M.G. Arce (WUR-SDC) | 2019 |
| Yu, T. | Energy and Labour use: a comparison between organic and conventional farms in the Netherlands and China | Prof. dr ir J.D. van der Ploeg | 2019 |