Position
lecturer / assistant professor

Background
MSc and PhD in Rural Development Sociology from Wageningen University, The Netherlands. His interests lie in the broader field of rural development in both Latin America and West Africa, with a special focus on agro-food studies and people-environment interactions.
 
Languages
Spanish, English, German, and Dutch (fluent), French and Portuguese (fair)
 
Research
Within then theme agro-food studies emphasis is placed on the implications of debates over GM food crops, food safety, the revalorization of local landraces and local knowledge, the globalization of scientific agricultural knowledge, the effects of standards and grades on relationships within the food chain, and innovation processes. Research on people-environment interactions includes community-based conservation, local ecological knowledge, human adaptation to the environment, and the interaction between policy and the management of natural resources.

Keywords
community-based conservation; management of natural resources; genetically modified crops; globalisation of scientific agricultural knowledge; effects of standards & grades on agriculture; small-scale enterprise; endogenous development (including so-called counter-tendencies)

Publications

For Publications for Wageningen University click here.

Teaching 
He is presently co-ordinator of the education programme of the Rural Development Sociology Group and convenor of  CERES Working Programme 2 Rural Transformations.
He has wide experience in teaching and supervision of MSc- and PhD students. At present he teaches in the following courses: