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Jul
Amber Heijboer leaves PE&RC
Hereby I want to inform you that as of this week I will no longer work as PhD programme coordinator for the graduate school PE&RC. Over the past few years I have combined my role as science officer at IBED with being PhD programme coordinator for PE&RC.15
Jul
PE&RC in the Spotlight
Every month we put a PE&RC member in the spotlight. This month we are getting to know Evy de Nijs15
Jul
PE&RC Messages - July 2021
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.10
Jul
PE&RC Graduate School call Green Top Sectors TKI 2021
Call for proposals Graduate Schools Green Top Sectors TKI 2021 (Deadline: 15 Sep 2021)The aim of this programme is to facilitate innovative and high-quality scientific research within the research field of the top sectors Agri&Food and Horticulture & Starting Materials by engaging young talented researchers at the start of their career.
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Jul
Lennart Suselbeek leaves PE&RC
After having worked for 8.5 years for PE&RC, I have recently taken the decision to resign from my position as PhD Programme Coordinator at PE&RC. I have hugely enjoyed working for PE&RC.18
Jun
First WUR soil platform meeting on the 1st of July 2021 from 15:30-17:00
As announced earlier, we are creating a WUR-wide soil platform with a webinar series that we have named ‘Soil on 1’. With this WUR platform, we aim to create a broad and pro-active WUR soil community.15
Jun
PE&RC in the Spotlight
Every month we put a PE&RC member in the spotlight. This month we are getting to know Ximena Tagle Casapia15
Jun
PE&RC Messages - June 2021
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.1
Jun
First WUR soil platform meeting (Thursday 1 July)
Within WUR a WUR-broad soil platform is created, named ‘Soil on 1’, to create a pro-active WUR-broad soil community with frequent meetings to exchange knowledge, improve cooperation, improve the flow of knowledge from fundamental to applied research.25
May
FEM PhD Tefera Mengistu passed away
Last week our FEM / PE&RC ex-PhD colleague Tefera Mengistu passed away in a hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. While waiting for medical results of checkups he was put in IC and there he passed away rapidly.20
May
Interview winners KNAW Ecology Fund (Lisa van Sluijs)
The KNAW Ecology Fund supports young researchers who carry out ecological fieldwork at home and abroad. Scholarship winners Youri van den Hurk and Lisa van Sluijs are asked about the impact of their research, among other things (only in Dutch).18
May
Density dependence of daily activity in three ungulate species
Daily activity in herbivores reflects a balance between finding food and safety. The safety‐in‐numbers theory predicts that living in higher population densities increases safety, which should affect this balance.18
May
Call for expression of interest: Student researchers to support FAO’s work on climate-smart agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) foresees a future where governments, development partners, civil society, academic institutions, and the private sector work together15
May
Design a place for Serious Games at WUR
Serious games are a well developed participatory research approach to learn about, discuss and explore complexity. By playing a game that mimics part(s) of the real system, stakeholders explore the potential impacts of their actions15
May
PE&RC in the Spotlight
Every month we put a PE&RC member in the spotlight. This month we are getting to know Justin Stewart.14
May
PE&RC Messages - May 2021
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.29
Apr
Join us for Transformative Dialogues @WUR! Empowering Collective Influence
Do you want to connect with diverse people across WUR in fun and unconventional ways to be inspired by new and different ideas around social-environmental transformation? Then step outside of your ‘box’ and join us at Transformative Dialogues @WUR22
Apr
PE&RC Graduate Programme 2021 call
The PE&RC Graduate Programme call involves the funding of (a maximum of) three PhD positions and aims to stimulate talented MSc students of Wageningen University (WU) to obtain their PhD through research that is embedded in one of the WU-PE&RC chair group15
Apr
PE&RC Messages - April 2021
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.6
Apr
Possible call from the new Netherlands Plant-Ecophenotyping Centre (NPEC)
The Netherlands Plant-Ecophenotyping Centre (NPEC) is on schedule to open for business end of this year. NPEC is one of the national scientific research infrastructures that received funding from the NWO Roadmap for large-scale scientific infrastructures31
Mar
Good news, bad news: How to surf the Third Wave (online event)
Are you fed up with the Corona crisis too? Curfew, online lectures, closed bars; even spring seems to be in lockdown! To help you combat your Corona blues, on March 31st, 19:00-20:30, Surf your Stress organizes an infectious, interactive online event23
Mar
PPC Easter Egg Decoration Competition!
Thursday 22nd of April from16:30Are you feeling bored? Do you need an outlet for your creativity? Then join us for our Easter Egg Decoration Competition!
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Mar
Join us for the online PPC drinks
Thursday 22nd of April from16:30We want to invite you for online PPC drinks on the 22nd of April from 16h30 onwards
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Mar
PE&RC in the Spotlight
Every month we put a PE&RC member in the spotlight. This month we are getting to know Saul Fernandes.15
Mar
PE&RC Messages - March 2021
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.12
Mar
Anja Mosselman leaving PE&RC after almost 25 years
After working for PE&RC almost 25 years Anja Mosselman will leave our Graduate School.11
Mar
Applications for FameLab Wageningen 2021 now open
Are you fascinated by your research? Are you eager to share your story with the world? Now you can! Join FameLab Wageningen, an online event where you can share your science story in 3 minutes without the use of a PowerPoint.9
Mar
Life2021: Extended deadline abstract submission for oral presentations: 16 March 2021
Life2021, the NWO conference for the Dutch Life Sciences will be a digital conference. Save the afternoons of 26, 27 and 28 May! On these afternoons we will have a live programme, accessible via our online platform.Life2021, the NWO conference for the Dutch Life Sciences will be a digital conference. Save the afternoons of 26, 27 and 28 May! On these afternoons we will have a live programme, accessible via our online platform.
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Mar
Doe de Biodiversiteitswijzer en maak grijs groener!
Maak Grijs Groener lanceert een nieuwe Biodiversiteitswijzer met persoonlijke tips voor het vergroenen van je eigen omgeving.5
Mar
Nationale DenkTank 2021
Wil jij je graag inzetten om maatschappelijke impact te maken, en ben je daarnaast (bijna) afgestudeerd of promovendus? Dan is deelname aan de Nationale DenkTank 2021 misschien wel wat voor jou!25
Feb
Neushoornstropers vangen? Zebra’s, gnoes en antilopen helpen een handje
Wie neushoornstropers wil opsporen, moet zebra’s, gnoes en antilopen inzetten. Door deze kuddedieren van GPS-zenders te voorzien en hun gedrag in de gaten te houden, valt te achterhalen of en waar er mensen door het gebied struinen.16
Feb
Call for proposals for the 2021 round of the Wageningen Graduate Schools Sandwich PhD programme (Deadline 19 May 2021)
The aim of the Wageningen Graduate Schools (WGS) Sandwich PhD Programme is capacity building: a way for the university to reach out to like-minded scientific institutes to build international scientific networks15
Feb
PE&RC in the Spotlight
Every month we put a PE&RC member in the spotlight. Amber Heijboer (PE&RC PhD program Coordinator & Science Officer and PhD coordinator at UvA ) is the first!15
Feb
PE&RC in the Spotlight
Every month we put a PE&RC member in the spotlight. Amber Heijboer (PE&RC PhD program Coordinator & Science Officer and PhD coordinator at UvA ) is the first!14
Feb
PE&RC Messages - February 2021
This PE&RC Newsletter is published once a month and will round up useful information, relevant news, upcoming events and job opportunities.12
Feb