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Stijn Reinhard
Department Head of Regional Economy & Land Use
Stijn studied Land Development (Land and Water Management) and Agrarian Economics at Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR, and gained a PhD with a thesis on environmental economics in 1999. In recent years, he has focused on water economics, social cost-benefit analyses, spatial economy, regional development and scaling & governance. |
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Marien Borgstein
Deputy Head of Department
Marien studied Agrarian Economics (marketing & market research and business management) at Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR. His 2-year stay in Egypt as an assistant specialist made the importance of communication, interaction and process clear to him. In recent years, Marien has been active as senior project and process manager in the fields of area development, innovations/system innovations, recreation & space and knowledge management. |
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Arianne de Blaeij
Arianne (1974) graduated in Environmental Economics (Wageningen University, part of UR), and gained a PhD at the VU University of Amsterdam in 2003. She is specialised in the assessment of financing opportunities for landscape and nature and assessments of the value of landscape and nature. She has also worked on a range of projects examining the relationship between recreation and landscape quality. |
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Ernst Bos
Ernst Bos, who has a PhD in Economics, is focused on social cost-benefit analyses for the evaluation of scenarios in rural areas (ranging from regional studies to EU projects). Ernst also advises clients such as the Nationaal Groenfonds (Dutch National Fund for Rural Areas) on the financing of nature. |
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Marijke Dijkshoorn-Dekker
Marijke graduated in Agricultural Sciences from Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR, in 1990. She was granted a PhD in 2002. Since 1990, Marijke has been active at Wageningen UR as a project and programme manager in the fields of greenhouse horticulture, forestry and urban vegetation. In addition, she was the driving force behind new market developments. She joined LEI, part of Wageningen UR, in 2009, where she is a senior project and process manager in knowledge, innovation and transition processes. |
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Aris Gaaff
Aris has more than thirty years’ experience in economic policy research for and the provision of consultancy services to government agencies and private-sector parties. He is specialised in the design and performance of evaluations and cost-benefit analyses, with a focus on benchmarking, flows of funds for nature and indicators for policy monitoring.
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Floor Geerling-Eiff
Floor completed her MA in Communication Sciences and a minor in Business Management studies at the University of Amsterdam. She has worked as a researcher at LEI, part of Wageningen UR, since 2000, and as the manager of the Knowledge policy-support theme since 2008. She specialises in knowledge (for knowledge policy), communication and innovation (conduct and attitude studies). |
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Ronald de Graaff
Ronald graduated in Sociology and joined LEI, part of Wageningen UR, in 1995. In his position as project and process manager, he works in the fields of the development of rural areas, recreation and space, system innovations and knowledge management. These studies, carried out on the request of government agencies, the business community and social organisations, focus on interaction with and the participation of the client and the intended target group. Various interests play a role in many of these projects. |
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Tom Kuhlman
Tom focuses primarily on spatial analyses (GIS) and changes in land use. He is also interested in a variety of other fields of regional economics, including soil management issues. Before joining LEI, part of Wageningen UR, he worked in developing countries for many years, where he was a regional planner and specialist in rural development.
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Hans Leneman
Hans Leneman (who graduated in Animal Breeding from Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR, in 1990) is a researcher and project manager with a focus on changes in nature and landscape policy and their consequences for a variety of government agencies, private individuals, farmers and NGOs. Costs, cost effectiveness, financing and the willingness to participate are recurrent themes in his studies. In addition to his work for LEI, part of Wageningen UR, he was formerly affiliated with Wageningen University and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. |
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Vincent Linderhof
Vincent graduated in Econometrics and was granted a PhD in 2001. He now has more than 15 years’ experience in the performance of environmental economics research. He manages projects commissioned by LEI, part of Wageningen UR, on the interface between economics and water management, when local circumstances often play an important role. His research makes use of cost-benefit analyses, cost-effectiveness analyses and econometric methods for water quality and ecological quality. |
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Rolf Michels
Rolf carries out research for LEI, part of Wageningen UR, into the economic consequences of water and nature policy, with an emphasis on the social effects that occur in rural areas. He was involved in research including studies of the costs and benefits of the European Water Framework Directive and the socio-economic consequences of Natura 2000 plans. Before joining LEI, Rolf studied General Economics at the University of Groningen and acquired work experience at the Service for the Implementation of Regulations of the former Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. |
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William Oliemans
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Nico Polman
Nico has 15 years’ experience as an institutional economics researcher in rural areas. His research is focused on economic organisation (governance), regional land use, farming, ecosystem services and water issues. In his position as project manager and consultant he has been involved in a variety of Dutch and European projects in which multidisciplinary cooperation often offer added value. |
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Piet Rijk
Piet is a researcher and consultant at LEI, part of Wageningen UR, focused on integral area development of and visions for the use of space, water and land. Keywords: agriculture and horticulture in interaction with water, recreation, nature, landscape, the environment, forestry and bio-energy. |
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Arnoud Schouten
Arnoud joined LEI, part of Wageningen UR, as a GIS researcher in 2009. He focuses on quantitative spatial questions relating to area development, agriculture, nature and water. He has experience with modelling and database management. Before joining LEI, he was a GIS consultant at Staatsbosbeheer and at DLG, and was active a system developer and in nature conservation. He graduated in Biology from the University of Amsterdam. |
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Janneke Vader
Janneke studied Social Geography at the University of Amsterdam. Following her graduation, in 1998, she spent time as a policy analyst in the fields of spatial issues, infrastructure, main-port development and scenarios for the future, as well as being a consultant on commercial real estate and spatial policy. She joined LEI, part of Wageningen UR, in 2003, and is engaged in primarily qualitative research of spatial issues in rural areas, including in the fields of nature policy, multifunctional farming, spatial planning and citizen participation. Since 2008, she devotes half her time to research commissioned by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. |
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Theo Vogelzang
Theo is an agricultural economist who studied at Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR. After working for farming and environmental organisations, in 2001 he joined LEI, part of Wageningen UR, in the position of senior researcher in administration and policy. His projects focus on transition processes in rural areas and the interaction in those processes between government organisations, entrepreneurs and parties in the surroundings. He is also the coordinator of LEI’s regional team and, on Wageningen UR’s behalf, the regional host in the Western grazing fenland area. |
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Paul van der Wielen
Paul studied Public Administration and Policy at the University of Twente. Paul joined LEI, part of Wageningen UR, as public administration consultant in 2006. He has acquired a wealth of experience in qualitative business management studies during his work as project manager and project team member. These projects relate to research into the current and required roles of government agencies in regional spatial policy, in particular with respect to nature and landscape policy and the endeavours to arrive at the multifunctional use of space. He is, within his field of research, active in studies of competition for scarce space, water and land, as well as of regional benchmarking.
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