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WUR Women’s History Walk
đ Join us for the WUR Womenâs History Walk! đ¶ââïžđ đ Date: Tuesday, April 23 đ Time: 15:00 (weather permitting) đ Start: Old Aula, downtown Wageningen (next to Hotel de Wereld) Let’s step into the shoes of WUR Women and walk the talk instead of sitting through a lecture! Margreet van der Burg, gender historian, […]
Lunch Lecture Series | Modern to Modest?
Join us for an insightful journey from modern to modest with the CSPS Urbanscapes Cluster! They are organizing a lunch lecture series on 5 & 6 June 2024. Dive deep into the intricacies of urban landscapes and their dynamics! Attendance and lunch are free, but registration is essential. Secure your spot by May 31st by […]
Seminar | Ethical Markets and Economic Development
The CSPS Cluster Critical Agrarian Studies invites you to their upcoming seminar on âEthical Markets and Economic Development: How Fair Trade Produced A Neoliberal âSocial.â with prof. Amy Cohen (Temple University). About the seminar: This project traces how the modern fair trade movement helps to produce a neoliberalised version of social order. But our understanding […]
CSPS Seminar | Disaster Risk Reduction | April 4
Join the Wageningen Disaster Network (WiDeN) and Centre for Space, Place and Society for a seminar on “Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (VCA): Theory and Practice.” đ Date: Thursday, April 4thđ Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PMđ Location: C0763, Forum Building, Wageningen Campus đŹ Led by expert Bruno Haghebaert, this seminar combines theory and practice to […]
Book Talk | The Cactus Hunters | With dr. Jared Margulies
The CSPS Political Ecology Cluster invites you to Book Talk: “The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Ex-tinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade” by Dr. Jared D. Margulies đ 19 Marchđ 16.00-17.00, followed by drinksđ Leeuwenborch room 3011, Wageningen Campus Cactus and succulent plants are a global phenomenon with unrivaled botanical popularity. Despite their iconic status, they […]
RSO@CSPS | Exploring solidarity, feminisms, and futures – an interactive workshop for International Womenâs Day!
Are cows better represented in the CAP than women? Does addressing the gender pay gap increase consumerism? Join us for a dynamic and thought-provoking discussion on propositions related to the future of feminism. Our goal? To craft a concise manifesto for Womenâs Day 2024! Date: Friday, March 8th, 2024Time: 12:30 â 13:30Venue: Impulse, Building 115, […]
WASS PhD course | Agrarian, Environmental, and Food Citizenship
Issues surrounding agriculture, the environment, and food systems have become central in public debate. This graduate-level course presents a unique opportunity for students to explore these debates through the lens of citizenship and its role in shaping fair and just agricultural, environmental, and food systems. Key topics include:>>Approaches and debates to citizenship and its relevance […]
Course | Beyond Sustainability: theorizing post- & anti-capitalist food futures | Period 6
Drawing your attention to a free choice course starting in P6 this academic year â RSO58806 Beyond Sustainability: Theorizing Post- & Anti-Capitalist Food Futures The course is co-taught by Rural Sociology (Mark Vicol and Oona Morrow), Cultural Geography (Chizu Sato) and Knowledge, Technology and Innovation (Katherine Legun) staff. The focus of the course is a deep […]
HSO@CSPS | SynthEco: A Whole-of-Society Multiscale Decision Support Ecosystem for Health and Economic Convergence of Individual and Population
When: Monday March 4, 2024, 13.00-15.00Where: Aurora B9110, Campus Wageningen Every-day and long-term choices of individuals and populations are complex phenomena influenced by several factors, including biological, psychological, social, cultural, environmental and economic elements. To better understand and support adaptive decision making in context, we are presenting the open-source ecosystem âSynthEco.â The platform utilizes statistically […]
CSPS Seminar | Visioning Regenerative Futures
Come join us on February 20th for a workshop led by Angela Moriggi, Ph.D. from the University of Padova, exploring “Visioning processes to co-create regenerative futures with rural communities”. đ Date: February 20thđ Time: 15:00 – 16:30đ Location: Room V72, Leeuwenborch, Campus Wageningenđ No registration required! đ This workshop will utilize the project #VERVE as […]
LANDac Conference, call for sessions
The Annual Conference of LANDac and the Fair Transitions Platform of Utrecht University is coming up. LANDac, the Netherlands Land Academy, is a partnership between Dutch organisations and their Southern partners working on land governance for equitable and sustainable development. The LANDac network brings together actors, conducts research, and distributes information, focusing on new pressures […]
Minor Global One Health
đđż Join us on a journey of discovery with our unique and transdisciplinary BSc Minor in Global One Health – offered exclusively by Wageningen University & Research! đ What Sets Us Apart:Dive into a one-of-a-kind program that delves into the interdependence of health, ecology, and economy. Witness the intricate connections between infectious and non-communicable diseases, […]
Dialogue | Apartheid Studies
An emerging paradigm, framework, and approach to the interdisciplinary study of the persistence of harm in human society. The CSPS Gender & Diversity Cluster invites you to this dialogue with Prof. Nyasha Mboti, University of the Free State (South Africa). How does harm (oppression, injustice, inequality) persist instead of ending? How does life go on? […]
MSc Course | Settings for Health Promotion
đ Ready to revolutionize health promotion with real-life impact? đïžđł Dive into our course applying a salutogenic approach to settings like cities, communities, and recreational spots! đïž Register in Osiris before February 11, 2024. đ© For more info, contact Lenneke.Vaandrager@WUR.nl Elevate your understanding of health promotion in dynamic settings! đđȘ
Symposium | Fire in Society | 16 Jan 2024
Fire in Society Day – a Pyrogeography Symposium. Co-organised by the Wageningen Disaster Network (WiDeN) and Wageningen Fire Hub. Time: Tuesday 16 January 2024, 11.40-15.30, with drinks reception to followLocation: Orion, Wageningen campus, 3031-3032 Orion (hybrid session), free attendance, lunch and drinks included Keynote speaker: Prof. George Boustras, European University, Cyprus Fires tend to be […]
New BSc course | Social Determinants of Nutrition
Understanding and addressing the social determinants of nutrition are fundamental for improving population health and reducing health inequalities. This course deepens students’ knowledge of the social determinants of nutrition and health and the types of policy and environmental interventions meant to reduce social inequalities in nutrition. In addition, students are exposed to life course approaches […]
PhD course | Political Ecologies of Conservation
This yearâs Wageningen Political Ecology PhD Spring School takes stock of important political ecology of conservation debates from a variety of different angles. Specifically, it focuses on three interconnected elements in these debates: 1) extinction struggles; and 2) neoliberal natures and 3) new visions for how we can do conservation (as well as relate to […]
MSc & PhD Course | Advanced Qualitative Research Design and Data Collection
This course deals with qualitative social science research design and data collection. Students learn about and practice key qualitative methods while gaining exposure to how diverse theoretical lenses make use of these methods. Advanced Qualitative Research Design and Data Collection (GEO 56806) offers PhD candidates and advanced masterâs students enrolled in the graduate programme: >> […]
MSc & PhD Course | Gender and Diversity in the Life Sciences Domains
Today, research in the life sciences done to support sustainable development is increasingly interdisciplinary and demands better understanding of roles of gender and other differences, such as race and colonial history. This course directly enables participants to develop, operationalize and integrate a critical gender framework into their own research. The manner in which participants work […]
Elective course | Resistance, Power & Movements
What is an effective movement? How do you feel about activism? Do you want to learn tools on how to be politically relevant? Do you want to join a course that seeks to create a space to explore and reflect on agency and power with a focus on combining theory and practice? If these questions […]
WASS PhD Workshop | Engaged research and impactful interventions in energy transition research in the Global South
When and where:Â December 6, 10.30-12.00h, B77 Leeuwenborch Which new forms of engagement and intervention can be developed through academic research to accelerate just energy transitions? What tools and methodological devices can be created to facilitate forms of intervention and engagement that open the envisioning alternative and desirable futures? What is the role of researchers and […]
SDC&RSO@CSPS | Roundtable | Sustainable Horizons: Navigating Socio-Environmental Conflicts and Climate Change through Engaged Scholarship
Date: 5 December 2023, 11.00-12.30, B70, The LeeuwenborchOrganised by: Sociology of Development and Change & Rural Sociology This seminar explores the relationship between academic research, community engagement in the context of climate change and socioenvironmental conflicts. Three researchers, all working in Latin America, will discuss the possibilities and challenges of engaged scholarship, asking: how can […]
HSO@CSPS | European Public Health Conference 2023
Kristina Thompson and Marleen Bekker joined the European Public Health Conference in Dublin. This yearâs conference theme was: âOur Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanityâ. They welcomed more than 2400 conference delegates. EPH is a very broad public health conference with 17 programme tracks that lead you through the conference to […]
Event | Politics of Space and Place Cluster | Bullshit Bingo Greenwashing Quiz
A Pub Quiz to explore the potential problems of greenwashing* for the quality of life. Date: Saturday November 18 2023 Time: 20.00-22.00, venue open at 19.00 Location: EetcafĂ© H41- Herenstraat 41, Wageningen Are you tired of seeing corporationsâ misleading green ads, unfounded environmental claims and contradictory climate promises? Come to our Pub Quiz! Together, we’ll […]
Blog | Designing Urban Green Spaces for Health and Well-being
How can we design urban green spaces that support health and well-being? What are the roles played by users, practitioners, and researchers? These questions guided our virtual seed session âDesigning urban green spaces for health and well-beingâ during the TNOC Festival 2022. Fifteen participants shared their experience as a user of green space, a landscape […]
Recap PhD Writing Retreat 2023
From the 14th to the 17th of August, PhDs and post-docs of CSPS and WCSG came together for an inspiring eventâthe PhD Writing Retreat. These retreats have consistently provided the perfect environment to tackle papers, draft dissertation chapters, and prepare conference abstracts. The purpose of the writing retreat was to offer dedicated time and space […]
CSPS Annual Day 2023 | Programme Update
Youâre cordially invited to the CSPS Annual Day 2023 titled âCultivating tomorrow: exploring the pathways of Dutch agricultureâ! To confirm your participation, please sign up here. DetailsDate: Thursday Sept 14Time: 13.00 â 17.00 + drinksPlace: Aurora i9236+ i9238 DescriptionThis yearâs annual day is organized around a âhot topicâ in the Netherlands: the nitrogen crisis and […]
GEO@CSPS | Wageningen Geography Lecture 2023/2024 with Erik Hansson
The Cultural Geography group cordially invites you to the Wageningen Geography lecture with Erik Hansson (Uppsala University)! DetailsDate: Tuesday September 5Time: 15:00 â 16:30 including Q&A, with drinks afterwardsPlace: Gaia building Wageningen Campus, room Gaia 2 In The Begging Question Erik Hansson argues that the material configurations of capitalism and class society are not only racialized but […]
Upcoming PhD Defences at the Centre of Space, Place and Society
It’s always a pleasure to celebrate the hard work and dedication of researchers who are about to reach a significant milestone â their PhD defence. At the Centre of Space, Place and Society, we’re proud to announce three upcoming PhD defences that promise to bring new insights and knowledge to the forefront. 1. “The Promised […]
HSO@CSPS | Blog | Public health adaptation to climate change in practice: learning from the oak processionary moth
By: Yvette Buist, PhD Researcher at the chair group Health and Society As climate change continues to make headlines, we are becoming increasingly aware of its impact on our health. From rising temperatures leading to higher risks of skin cancer and heat-related mortality to an increase in hay fever cases, the effects are undeniable. There […]
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