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For Quality of Life
Relevant trends Increasing population and prosperity
reducing poverty demand of food (quantity, quality, safety) public health influence of consumers deforestation and land degradation scarcity of fresh water and energy urbanisation
Effects of climate change Reduction of global food reserves
Emerging societal issues in the Agri-food sector
Food Quality Customisation
1 Ministry VWS, 2003; 2 Van Putten et al., in press
Consumer Health NL societal costs ~ 5
B€/y1
Cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, asthma, allergies, motoric system, obesity
Food Safety Tracking and tracing; RFIDs Sensors and analysis
methods Increased incidence of
food allergies and intolerance2
Sustainability Waste, efficiency,
‘humane production’
Globalisation of research and education Stronger emphasis on public-private co-operation Stronger emphasis on (inter)national consortia Growing importance of co-innovation Increasing importance of life long learning
Relevant trends in our organisations
Sustainable Agriculture
Nutrition and Health
Sustainable Fishery
Biomass
ChainsFood
& Food Production
Marine Resource Management
Landscape & Land Use
Nature & Biodiversity
Water Management
Competing ClaimsLiving
EnvironmentFood
& Food Production
Living Environment
Food
& Food Production
Behaviour and Perception
Food Security
Institutions
Consumer
Citizen
Health
Lifestyle
Livelihood
Developments within the domain of Healty Food and Environment
demand top level science, education and international co-operation and adequate new institutions and
organizations
Trends in universities
Medieval or FirstGeneration University
Research or SecondGeneration University
Third GenerationUniversity
First TransitionPeriod
Second TransitionPeriod
Research, education and knowledge transfer; professional and academic
Wageningen UR as example Research
From applied to academic Top 5 in our domains Top 100 worldwide in university
ranking
Research From applied to academic Top 5 in our domains
Education Prof. bach. & masters, BSc, MSc &
PhD Life long learning 10.000 students
Wageningen UR as example
Research From applied to academic Top 5 in our domains
Education Prof. bach. & masters, BSc, MSc & PhD Life long learning 10.000 students
> 6000 faculty and staff Large Dutch research institute Exploitation and valorization of
research International orientation
Wageningen UR as example
DLO
Employees
Van Hall Larenstein
University for prof. education
Location Wageningen
Wageningen, Lelystad, IJmuiden,
Den Haag + 40 other locations
Wageningen, Velp,Leeuwarden
Students
(vanaf 2004)
Three partners in research and education
2239 fte 416 fte
43424525>1200 PhD
WageningenUniversity
Source: year report 2006
2845 fte
Turn over € 222 mll € 49 mll€ 322 mll
Co-operation and synergy
Strong international orientation
Students and faculty from > 100 countries
The Wageningen approach: biological
To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life
Gene/ Molecule
Cell
Organism
Products
Ecosystem
Planet
technologies
The Wageningen approach: biological and
social
Individual
Society
Community
Household
Gene/ MoleculeGene/ Molecule
Cell
Organism
Products
Ecosystem
Planet
Policy & limiting conditions
institutions
technologies
peopleprofitplanet
Co-innovation
Research
Education
Entrepreneurs
CO- INNOVATION Stakeholders
New themes in research and education
Food, Health Behaviour Climate resistant coastal zones Biobased economy
Bio-nanoatechnology Systems Biology Scaling and Governance
New themes in research and education
Food, Health Behaviour Climate resistant coastal zones Biobased economy
Some Examples of Wageningen Science and
Research
Sustainable products: - materials - chemistry - energy
Food& feed
Photosynthesis
Biomass
CO2
H2OMinerals
Waste and manure
Waste and manure
Side products and waste valorization
Compost, fermentation (energy)
New technology
Food choice and LifestyleSerious Obese
Obese in the Netherlands
Obese Serious Obese
Obese in the Netherlands
Obese Serious Obese
Nutrition and health: Quality of Life
100 %
Time
Healt
h/
“Qualit
y o
f lif
e”
Climate issues
Climate change scenario studies
Voorbeeld/Example
Education System: Vision on Dutch system
Doctorate
Bachelor
Master
Post-experiencePro
fess
ion
al
Aca
dem
ic
Knowledge, skills and attitude in context of envisioned professional field
Two learning tracks
Competences: T-shaped skills
Generalist
Sp
eci
alis
t
Knowledge
(methodology and subject matter)
Attitude (academic)
Skills (scientific research)
Network-policy – domain networks Collaboration, focus
and mass world-wide
US
Asia
Next generation university
Science for Impact
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