News & Impact
Latest news from our Department
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10 May 2024
Impact Explorer Award for Aarti Gupta: Beyond the status quo
- Professor Aarti Gupta has won an Impact Explorer award. This NWO award was created to explore how to realize societal impacts from unexpected... -
22 April 2024
Climate and Biodiversity Crises: What is the Role of Economics?
- The Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group at Wageningen University and Research is pleased to welcome you to the Symposium: Climate and... -
18 April 2024
EU legislation alone won't revive the Netherlands' lost art of repair
- Hear from AMS Institute, TU Delft, and Wageningen University & Research experts on what we might need for mass adoption of repair: bottom-up mind... -
17 April 2024
Financing sustainable and resilient transitions in agri & food systems - EAAE seminar 13-14 November
- Join us for a collaborative event! The Social Sciences Group welcomes you to the joint Seminar: "Financing Sustainable and Resilient Transitions... -
17 April 2024
Reinventing the City Conference: Eveline van Leeuwen on the pathways towards a sustainable city
- ‘Large cities, such as Amsterdam, are complex and unpredictable. Still, there are abundant ideas on how to make the city more... -
25 March 2024
Project 'Healthy on-the-go' sets course for healthier food environment along motorways
- For those who want something to eat or drink on-the-go, along the motorway, the healthy choice is usually not the easiest one. To encourage change,... -
19 March 2024
Professor Marleen Onwezen: 'More effective interventions are possible for more sustainable consumer behaviour'
- On March 2024 Marleen Onwezen was appointed as special professor at the Marketing and Consumer Behaviour group at Wageningen University & Research... -
14 March 2024
“People do stupid things because they believe in their stories so much”
- Gert Jan Hofstede studied population biology, holds a PhD in production planning and spent his career in information systems. He is also a... -
13 March 2024
“Last mile” solutions increase vaccination coverage in poor countries
- The use of mobile clinics to deliver COVID-19 vaccines can significantly increase vaccination uptake. Research by Wageningen University &... -
11 March 2024
Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks
- Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world and governments are too slow in taking action to reduce these climate risks. According to...