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The mission of WASS is to understand social processes with regard to today’s global challenges of disparities and poverty, of responsible production and consumption, of natural resource use and the environment, as well as of knowledge in society.

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Agenda

  • Research Methodology: From topic to proposal - 4 ECTS
    March 9, 2021
  • Philosophy of Social Science - 3 ECTS
    March 22, 2021
  • Visual Research Methods - 2 ECTS
    March 22, 2021
  • Critical Perspectives on Social Theory - 4 ECTS
    March 23, 2021
  • Systematic approaches to reviewing literature - 4 ECTS
    March 25, 2021
  • WASS Introduction Course 2021: Part 1+2
    April 12, 2021
  • Mathematics: Theory and Practice - 3 ECTS
    May 10, 2021
  • Advanced Course on Economic Regulation - 2 ECTS
    May 11, 2021
  • Water Policy and Politics - 2 ECTS
    May 19, 2021
  • Institutions and Societal Transformation - 2 ECTS
    June 1, 2021

Upcoming PhD defenses

  • Food sovereignty in Ecuador. The role of the peasant farmer
    March 10, 2021
  • Econometric modelling of heterogeneity and structural changes in Dutch horticulture
    EJ (Evert) Los MSc
    March 10, 2021
  • Social contextual influences on unhealthy food consumption: A psychological approach
    S (Sofie) van Rongen MSc
    May 18, 2021

More information about PhD research and the Corona virus

WASS News

  • October 23, 2020
    WASS Publication Awards
  • September 30, 2019
    Lecture series: Visual Framing of Food Technologies. 16-18 October 2019
  • July 12, 2019
    WASS Open Call for PhD Positions




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Latest publications

  • Steady steps versus sudden shifts : Cooperation in (a)symmetric linear and step-level social dilemmas
    Kas, Judith , Hardisty, David J. , Handgraaf, Michel J.J. (2021) Judgment and Decision Making 16 (2021)1. - ISSN 1930-2975 - p. 142 - 164.
  • Science: Not all circular farmers are the same
    Dagevos, Hans , Lauwere, Caroline de (2021) De ene kringloopboer is de andere niet, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 11 p. 10-10, 2021-02-11, https://edepot.wur.nl/541982;Science: Not all circular farmers are the same, Resource jrg. 15 nr. 11 p. 10-10, 2021-02-10, https://edepot.wur.nl/542504
  • "Politiek moet met verbindend verhaal komen": WUR-onderzoeker Jeroen Candel
    Candel, Jeroen (2021) "Politiek moet met verbindend verhaal komen": WUR-onderzoeker Jeroen Candel, Nieuwe Oogst nr. 4 p. 6-7, 2021-01-29, https://edepot.wur.nl/541454

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