Social research for social-ecological transformation

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I am Associate Professor of Social Change for Sustainability in the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. 

How do societies change, and how can they transform to sustain human ecological wellbeing within biophysical and social limits? These are the questions that guide my interdisciplinary research. Intersecting environmental, rural, agrarian and social movement studies, I am interested in the conditions, mechanisms, and consequences of present and past sustainability transformations.   

I am a scholar and teacher who is driven by curiosity and a deep sense of responsibility towards the common good. I am committed to leaving a mark: to contribute to sustainability transformation and to support it in the social spaces where it may be happening. A heterodox thinker who defies labels, I cherish my diverse disciplinary background and international profile. I am ambitious but self-critical and take colleagues’ and students’ feedback seriously. I am a collegial colleague and a supportive, responsible, care-full teacher. I am loyal, but constructively critical in view of my own and my colleagues’ professional development and students’ empowerment.

This website contains information on my research, teaching and academic service, and gives access to my scientific publications and public outreach.