Wageningen Centre of Sustainability Governance
The Wageningen Centre of Sustainability Governance (WCSG) is an interdisciplinary group of governance scholars contributing knowledge on the design, functioning and implications of sustainability governance arrangements in the Wageningen domain of food, nature and environment.
Our research focus
The WCSG is composed of four Chair groups: Environmental Policy (ENP), Forest and Nature Conservation Policy (FNP), Law (LAW), and Public Administration and Policy (PAP).
Research themes
- Circular food systems
- Climate, water, and energy nexus landscapes
- Landscapes and biodiversity conservation
Cross-cutting research lines
WCSG Education
Incubator projects
WCSG has allocated budget for 3 incubator projects (2019-2021) to stimulate and support new and promising research collaborations among staff of the four chair groups.
WCSG participating Chair groups
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Who are we at WCSG?
The WCSG is composed of five participating Chair groups. Watch this video and learn more about us.
Environmental Policy
Political and sociological perspectives for understanding the incorporation of environmental transformations into processes of modernisation and globalisation.
Forest and Nature Conservation Policy
Understanding interactions among people, forests and nature as a set of context-specific practices that shape and are shaped by policies, ideas and knowledge
Law
Legal approach for analysing law and regulation in the life science domains, sustainable food supply chains (food, trade, business and environmental law).
Public Administration and Policy
Public administration, political and organisational science perspectives for analysing the practices of actors embedded in governance institutions, and how these generate new arrangements to solve 'wicked problems'.