Vacancies @Boerengroep: coordinator and intern Farm Experience Internship 2023

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Coordinator:
Stichting Boerengroep (Peasant Foundation) is looking for a new coordinator starting April 1, 2023. The coordinator is a spider in the web of students, farmers, interest groups and educational institutions. The coordinator initiate activities, supports initiatives of others, and maintains the Boerengroep network. More information at https://www.boerengroep.nl/vacancy-coordinator/

Intern:
Boerengroep has also a vacancy for an intern, from the end of March until the end of August 2023, to organize the coming 2023 Farm Experience Internship (FEI). The FEI is a four-week summer course on agroecology, see https://www.boerengroep.nl/what-is-the-fei/. As an intern you will help organizing, promoting and shaping the course content and contact farmers and students. More information at https://www.boerengroep.nl/internship-vacancy-coordinate-the-farm-experience-internship/

Caring for people and nature: A summary report on Green Care and place-based sustainability in Finland by Angela Moriggi et al.

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Caring for people and nature: A summary report on Green Care and place-based sustainability in Finland by Angela Moriggi, Katriina Soini, Elina Vehmasto, Dirk Roep, Laura Secco and Maria Uosukainen, published by the LUKE – Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Four highlights of the report

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Vacancy: research assistant gender norms in rural innovation in the Netherlands

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The Rural Sociology Group and the Business Management and Organisation Group of Wageningen University are looking for a Research Assistant to work on the inventory of gender norms in rural innovation in the Netherlands. This research is part of the joint 3-year EU-funded project GRASSCEILING which started in January 1st, 2023.

The position is for 12 months at 0.4 FTE. The research assistant will be based at the  BMO group.

In this exciting research position:

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SPS Thesis Market March 20, 2023.

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Have you started thinking about your MSc thesis, but are you not sure what topic to choose? Or do you have a lot of ideas, but are you not sure what chair group to join?

Come and meet the SPS chair groups at our annual thesis market!

Learn more about our research domains, meet potential supervisors, and get inspired!

Especially interesting for students from: MFT, MID, MTO, MOA, MDR, MCH (and everyone who is interested).

When? Monday February 20th – 16:00-18:00h.

Where? Leeuwenborch, 3rd floor.

Questions? Email us: thesis.sdc@wur.nl / thesis.rso@wur.nl / thesiscoordination.hso@wur.nl

JOB ALERT: Serious game design to support citizen engagement in food sharing

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The Rural Sociology Group of Wageningen University is looking for a colleague who will:

  • Conduct community-based research
  • Facilitate the co-design of serious games that support citizen engagement in food sharing
  • Contribute to the development of a library of citizen engagement strategies

The job is suitable for a Post-Doc or for someone with 5 years of experience in citizen-engagement and serious game design.

The position is for 24 months at 0.8 FTE and will be based in the Rural Sociology Group at Wageningen University.

Please note that Dutch fluency is required for this position.

This research is part of a four-year EU-funded project: CULTIVATE.

For more information and to apply click here.

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