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Conference ‘Communicating Evidence for Sustainable Development’ 4-5 April 2018

Introduction to the conference

Cecile Kusters (Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation)

Jack van der Vorst (General Director Social Sciences Group Wageningen UR)

Wageningen University & Researchtwo partners: fundamental knowledge and applied research

5,800 employees (5,100 fte)

>12,000 students (>125 countries)

> 30 locations in NL, China, Chile, Ethiopia & Saudi Arabia

Turnover Wageningen UR about € 650 million

Our Mission: To explore the potential of nature

to improve the quality of life

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Presentation Notes

About 100 years of Wageningen University & Research In 2018, Wageningen University & Research will celebrate its 100th anniversary. A century in which the organisation has proved its worth as a worldwide expert in the field of healthy food and living environment. In these hundred years, we have acquired a wealth of valuable knowledge and developed high-quality education. The unique combination of teaching and research has enabled the organisation to improve the quality of life. We intend to continue the mission of our organisation into the future. ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life.’ We do this together with students, staff, alumni and partners from government, industry, academia and society. 9 March 2018 will be our 100th Dies Natalis. We will celebrate our successes from the past and look forward to the next 100 years. ‘Wisdom & Wonder’ A hundred years ago, in 1918, our university was awarded academic status. During the past hundred years, we have developed into a knowledge institution of worldwide renown. Our organisation’s strength lies in the responsible way we conduct research and apply the knowledge we acquire. Our mission and driving force is to use this wisdom to improve the quality of life, while paying special attention to the challenges facing future generations. We allow nature to inspire us. Our open, inquisitive spirit encourages us to explore and investigate. We excel in creating global solutions for the future, based on our knowledge and research in the field of life, health, food and food production. We look back with great pride on our results from the past hundred years, and the impact they have had on society. We are now ready to start working together on opportunities for the future. We hope you will join us in celebrating this future: prepare to be inspired by 100 years of Wageningen Wisdom & Wonder! https://www.wur.nl/en/About-Wageningen/100years/About-100-years-of-Wageningen-University-Research.htm

History of Wageningen University & Research

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1998 Wageningen UR: merger of

Wageningen University and applied research organisations

1876/1877start national agricultural education and national agricultural research stations

March 9th 1918 National Agricultural

College/Wageningen University was founded

1938/1940 Founding DLO institutes

Since 2000 concentration of institutes on

Wageningen Campus

September 2016 one brand:

Wageningen University & Research

March 9th 2018 Centennial 100 YEARS

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https://www.wur.nl/nl/Over-Wageningen/Historie-van-Wageningen-University-Research.htm

Research Education Value creation

Creating impact through:

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Natural resources and living

environment

WUR domain:healthy food and living environment

Food, feed and biobased

production

Healthy people and society

Sustainable agriculture Nutrition and health Sustainable fishery Biobased economy Chains

Marine resourcemanagement Landscape and land use Nature & BiodiversityWater management Competing claims

Behaviour and perception Food security Institutions Consumer Citizen

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Wageningen UR's domain of activity is "healthy diet and living environment." Within this domain, we can identify three sub-domains: Nutrition and food production, living environment, and health, lifestyle and livelihood. Much of our research takes place at the interface of two or three of these sub-domains. This research brings together academics from a number of different disciplines. This is the Wageningen approach. Jack: ik denk dat dit de kernboodschap is waarom WUR het belangrijk vindt dat DISH-RI/DISH-NL tot stand komt.

Global challenges

Health and nutrition

Food security

Biobased Economy

Biodiversity

Climate change

Agro-food

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Biomassa (het agro-food complex) speelt een cruciale rol in de grote uitdagingen van vandaag: Voedselzekerheid - klimaatverandering (adaptatie en mitigatie) - Zorg voor onze omgeving - Voeding en gezondheid (Obesitas) - De Biobased Economy: Bio-brandstof en biomaterialen.

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The challenge: two times

More BetterLess

Healthy food and nutrition for 9 billion people in 2050 within the carrying capacity of our planet

increasing control of production factors

> 2 times > 3-5 times

> 20 times

Kg fresh product per m3 water

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100

150

200

250

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Israel &Spain, field

Spain,unheated

plastic"parral"

Israel,unheated

glass

Spain,unheated"parral",

regulatedventilation

Holland,climate-

controlledglass, CO2enrichment

Holland, asat left, withre-use of

drain water

Dutch"closed"

greenhouse

growing system

tomatosweet pepper

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Resource use efficiency is increasing

Socio-economic

Tech

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Incremental Leap

Leap

Role of scientific innovations...Science for impact...

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Greenhouse – GMO Agriculture - institutions Increased shelf life of fresh fruit juices by new, non-thermal, mild processing technique Different juices, indistinguishable from fresh juice, with similar costs Extended shelf life to three weeks Containers etc.

The Wageningen approach

Multidisciplinary approach: open connections between natural science and social science disciplines

Collaboration university and market oriented research institutes

Close collaboration between government, businesses, research institutes and other universities

Government

Science

Business

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL

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Door zijn multidisciplinaire benadering levert Wageningen UR een optimale bijdrage aan het oplossen van concrete maatschappelijke problemen. Inzichten uit onderzoek kunnen op verschillend schaalniveau worden toegepast. Zo kan bijvoorbeeld celonderzoek relevant blijken voor onderzoek op het niveau van planten en zelfs van volledige ecosystemen (en vice versa).


Question: What can WUR do in relation to communication to support the generation and

use of evidence for creating impact?

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This conference

10th M&E on the cutting edge conference, organised by Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research with partners.

Each conference around 100-150 participants

#CommunicatingEvidence

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Presenter

Presentation Notes

Stern, Patton, Irene Guijt, Prof. Dr. Phil Macnaghten, Ross Tennyson

M&E on the cutting edge conferences

•‘Social Return On Investment’•‘Innovation dialogue - Being strategic in the face of complexity’2009

•‘Evaluation Revisited. Improving the Quality of Evaluative Practice by Embracing Complexity’2010

•‘Realist Evaluation’2011•‘Expert seminar on Developmental Evaluation’ and ‘Global hot issues on the M&E agenda’2012

•‘Impact evaluation: taking stock and moving ahead’201314

M&E on the cutting edge conferences

•‘Improving the use of monitoring and evaluation processes and findings’2014

•‘M&E for Responsible Innovation’2015 •'Partnering for success: how M&E can strengthen partnerships for sustainable development’2016

•‘Measuring What Matters in a Post-Truth Society’2017•'Communicating Evidence for Sustainable Development‘2018

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Why this conference?

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SDGs – our global context

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Communication is key in this process but we need to be better at it to enhance impact

Key objective of the conference

To explore strategic communication for supporting the generation and use of evidence for sustainable development

Conference programme

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Conference programme

Inspiring keynotes

16 parallel workshops,

5 thematic tracks

Synthesis

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Conference questions

What do we understand by ‘evidence’?

What are challenges and opportunities in the generation and use of evidence to influence sustainable development?

What role can communication play in transformational change processes in general and in the generation and use of evidence for sustainable development specifically?

Core: What can we learn from communication that supports the generation and use of evidence so as to enhance sustainable development?

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Question Jack van der Vorst: What can Wageningen UR do in relation to communication to support the generation and use of evidence for creating impact?

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