Wageningen University is a part of Wageningen University and Research Centre (Wageningen UR).
In the Strategic Plan 2007 - 2010, the domain of Wageningen UR consists of three interconnected core areas:
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Health, lifestyle and
livelihood:
The influence of people’s behavioural choices regarding health, food and living environment. The behaviour of consumers, citizens or recreational participants, the
attitude towards risk and uncertainty, the perception of quality and safety, and the relationship between food safety and poverty, particularly in developing countries. | |
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Food and foodproduction:
The production and supply side in the food chain: sustainable agriculture/horticulture and fisheries/aquaculture, international food chains and networks, health aspects of food and the use of biomass within the scope of a bio-based economy. |
Living environment:
Nature, landscape, land usage, water and ocean management, and the various competing claims on space. This also includes biodiversity and the sustainability of management and production. |
Within its domain, Wageningen UR aims to retain its international position by investing in innovation in all sections of the organisation. Extra investments will be made in three social themes that touch on the very heart of our domain, and a further three areas of expertise that will enable us to take on the focus themes faster and more efficiently.
The three social focus themes are:
- Bio-based economy
replacing petroleum products with green raw materials
- Climate-resistant coastal zones
development of a new vision on sustainable development of climate-resistant coastal zones.
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- Food, health and behaviour
promoting optimal health and preventing diet-related ailments
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» Download: Strategic Plan Wageningen UR 2007-2010 (pdf) |
The three expertise focus areas are:
- Systems biology
development of methods and technologies at the system biology/genomics interface: architecture of the cell and the functioning of the cell in its environment
- Bio-nanotechnology
a new research path utilising bio-molecular science to control very small-scale processes
- Linking scale levels and governance
Research into model-based opportunities to link
knowledge and policy on one social scale (local, regional, national, European or global) with another. |
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