prof.dr.ir. MPM (Miranda) Meuwissen

Professor of risk management and resilience in agri & food systems

Co-organiser WUR BSC-minor Financing sustainable transitions, 2025-

Organiser international seminar 'Financing sustainable and resilient transitions in agri & food systems', https://event.wur.nl/eaae190financingsustainabletransitions, 13-14 November 2024.

Coordinator 4TU-Redesign (REthinking the food system together; DESIGNing a high-tech and data-driven food system of the future), 2023/28, www.4tu.nl/redesign    

Coordinator WUR-SSG team system transition, 2022/24, www.wur.nl/en/newsarticle/transformation-of-food-and-bio-based-systems-the-perspective-of-wur-social-scientists.htm    

Academic director of BSc Honours program, 2021/22

IAMO, scientific advisory board, since 2019

Coordinator H2020 SURE-Farm: Towards sustainable and resilient EU farming systems, 2017/21, www.surefarmproject.eu

Coordinator PhD Summer school Risk management in agriculture, since 2017.

Previous positions

Associate professor, Business Economics, Wageningen University, 2011/17

Assistant professor, Business Economics, Wageningen University, 2005/11

Senior researcher, Institute for Risk Management in Agriculture, 1999/2005

PhD, Insurance as a risk management tool for European Agriculture, 1995/2000

Selected publications

Meuwissen, M., Feindt, P., Spiegel, A., Paas, W., Soriano, B., Mathijs, E., Balmann, A., Urquhart, J., Kopainsky, B., Garrido, A., and Reidsma, P. (2022). SURE-Farm approach to assess the resilience of European farming systems. In: M. Meuwissen, P. Feindt, A. Garrido, E. Mathijs, B. Soriano, J. Urquhart, et al. (Eds.), Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe: Exploring Diversity and Pathways (pp. 1-17). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781009093569.002.

Meuwissen, M.P.M., Feindt, P.H., et al. (2021). Impact of Covid-19 on farming systems in Europe through the lens of resilience thinking. Agricultural Systems, 191, 103152,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103152.

Meuwissen, M.P.M., Feindt, P.H., Midmore, M., Wauters, E., Finger, R., Appel, A., Spiegel, A., Mathijs, E., Termeer, K.J.A.M., Balmann, A., de Mey, Y. and Reidsma, P. (2020). The struggle of farming systems in Europe: looking for explanations through the lens of resilience. Eurochoices 19(2), 4-11, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1746-692X.12278.

Meuwissen, M.P.M., Feindt, P. et al. (2019). A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems. Agricultural Systems 176, 102656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102656

Meuwissen, M.P.M., Bottema, M., Hong, L.H., Chamsai, S., Manjur, K., de Mey Y. (2019). The role of group-based contracts for risk-sharing; what are the opportunities to cover catastrophic risk? COSUST 41, 80-84, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.11.004.