WUR

Wageningen University & Research

Stichting Wageningen Research (WR)

Stichting Wageningen Research (WR) is part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR), a collaboration between Wageningen University (WU) and the specialised research institutes grouped in the Stichting Wageningen Research. Legally represented by the Chair of the Board of WUR, or the authorised representative.

Activities

Within the Stichting Wageningen Research around 3.500 staff, working in 8 different research institutions, carry out application-oriented and field-based research in the domain of ‘healthy food and living environment’ for governments and the business community at large. Thematic domains of research include Nutrition and Health, Food Production, Bio-based Economy, Coast and Sea, Nature and Landscape, Climate and Water and Market and Chain Strategies. For the urgent challenges within its main domains, WUR enhances the close collaboration between the natural and social sciences within WUR, and with the international partners, in interdisciplinary research programmes. Close collaboration is established with governments, companies, stakeholder organisations, and other knowledge institutions. The research institutions are involved in many research projects in developing countries and emerging economies, in Europe, and in the Netherlands.

People

Jelle Maas, International liaison officer of WUR, Department CSA, is the contact person for CEA-FIRST. He was educated as tropical ecologist. He worked at Tropenbos International for almost 10 years and with the ministry of Agriculture in different positions before joining WUR. In Wageningen he worked for almost 15 years at the communication department, of which almost 10 years as Public Affairs manager. and involved in several international projects . After that, he moved to Corporate Strategy & Accounts  with emphasis on international collaboration.
Jennie van der Mheen manager international cooperation Africa at CSA, has an MSc in international Development Studies at Wageningen University . For almost 15 years she lived and worked in several African countries for international organisations such as FAO, IFAD and the World Bank focussing on food security programmes targeting African smallholder farmers. For an international NGO she worked on fair and sustainable value chains. In 2021 she was appointed Liaison Officer Africa for Wageningen University & Research and facilitates collaboration with African partners, develops new activities for WUR in the field of research, education and value creation in Africa.

Joost van Ingen is IT developer at the Library of Wageningen University & Research. He is working in a team that develops and maintains library and research data management applications.

Other Wageningen Research colleagues will be mobilized, if necessary.