Past Courses

• Regularly repeated courses
  
  Introduction to WASS (organised twice a year)
  Compulsory WASS course
  By Arthur Mol, Eveline Vaane, Dries Hegger, Hilde Tobi, Jack Peerlings, Michiel Korthals, Paul Berentsen, theme coordinators of WASS and PhD Council. Description
  
  Research Methodology I: From topic to proposal (2007-current)
  Dr. Hilde Tobi (ENP - Research Methodology Group. Brochure 2010
  
  Governance
  Dr. Jan van Tatenhove (ENP) and Prof. Bart Gremmen (META)
  Disciplinary course organised by WASS and WIMEK
  September 24-October 29, 2007. Brochure
  
  Social Theory and the Environment. Introduction into Ecological Modernisation Theory (2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  Dr.ir. Peter Oosterveer (coordinator); Prof. Arthur Mol; Prof. Gert Spaargaren; Dr.ir. Jan Van Tatenhove
  Disciplinary course, WASS jointly with WIMEK/SENSE. Brochure 2005 here; Brochure 2008; Brochure 2009
  Course organised by WASS and SENSE
  
  Behavioural Economics (2001, 2003 and 2005)
  Jack Knetsch and Gerrit Antonides
  Disciplinary course. Brochure 2005
  
  Bayesian Methods in Theory and Practice (2001, 2003 and 2006)
  John Geweke
  Disciplinary Course. Brochure 2006
  
  Generalized Method of Moments Theory and Practice (2002, 2005, 2006)
  Alastair Hall
  disciplinary course. Brochure 2006
   
• 2012
• 
  Competence theory and research: Educational design, curriculum development and implications for research approaches
  Staf Education and Competence Studies
  February 23, March 8, March 22, April 5, April 26, May 24, 2012
  Brochure;
  
  Research Methodology: From topic to proposal
  Dr. Peter Tamas
  February 28, March 13, March 27, April 10, April 24
  Brochure:
  
  Post-graduate course REDD+SCIENCE+GOVERNANCE: Opportunities and Challenges
  April 10-13, 2012
  Short summary; more information and registration
  
  
  
• 2011
  
  Game Theory
  Thomas Herzfeld, Hans-Peter Weikard, Pierre van Mouche
  December 12-16, 2011. Brochure
  
  Participatory approaches in planning, policy and development
  November 14-18, 2011
  Kristof van Assche, Minnesota State Universites
  Brochure; Registration
  
  PUREFOOD: Contemporary Agrifood Studies
  WASS
  November 21 - December 2, 2011 
  Brochure; Registration
  
  Storytelling
  November 11, 2011
  Prof. Yiannis Gabriel, Prof. Noelle Aarts. Brochure
  
  FNP Summer School 'Participatory forest management as practice and performance'
  Prof. Arun Agrawal, Prof. Bas Arts, Dr. Steve Connelly, Dr. Sailaja Nandigama, Dr. Esther Turnhout, Dr. Freerk van Wiersum
  July 11-15, 2011. Brochure;
   
  Sustainable Enterprise: Emerging Theory & Practice
  Dr. Timothy M. Smith
  June 16, 2011. Brochure; 
    
  Superpowers in Global Environmental Politics: China and the US
  David Sonnenfeld, Lei Zhang, Bettina Bluemling
  June 20-30, 2011. Brochure; Cancelled
   
  Spatial Econometrics - Theory and Practice
  Sergio Ray
  June 27 -July 1, 2011. Brochure; 
   
  Master class Interpretative Analysis
  Prof. Dvora Yanov, Dr. Severine van Bommel
  May 12-13, 2011. Brochure
   
  Atlas.ti, a hands-on practical
  Dr. Gerda Casimir
  May 16, May 17 and May 23, 2011. Brochure
   
  Social Movements in the South: How to Study and Write About Them
  Reading seminars with Kees Jansen and Gemma van der Haar on April 21, May 12, May 19
  Masterclass by Prof. Marc Edelman on May 23. Brochure
   
  Research Methodology: From topic to proposal
  Jennifer Barret
  February 23, March 9, 23, April 6, 20, 2011. Brochure
   
  Social Theory and the Environment: An Introduction into Ecological Modernisation Theory
  Arthur Mol, Gert Spaargaren, Jan van Tatenhove, Simon Bush, Peter Oosterveer
  March 7 - April 13, 2011. Brochure
  
  Food Supply Chain Management
  Prof. Jack van der Vorst, Dr. Jacques Trienekens, Prof. L. Sauvee
  March 21-25, 2011. Brochure
  
  Investigating Technology: Politics, Power and the Social Shaping of Technology
  Joost Jongerden and Pieter Lemmens
  January 17-21 and February 7-11, 2011. Brochure
  
  International Environmental Economics: Pollution Control and International Environmental Agreements
  Vladimir Hlasny and Hans-Peter Weikard
  January 24-28, 2011. Brochure
  
  
• 2010

Theoretical Models and Empirical Measurement of the External Cost of Pesticides
Prof. Alfons Oude Lansink, Prof. Spiro Stefanou, and others
October 25-29, 2010
Brochure

Agora Master Class
1st International Masterclass on Public Health Interventions in real-life settings
Organised by WASS and VLAG
November 8-10, 2010
Brochure; More information and registration

Innovation for Sustainability: Bringing Theory into Practice
Organised by PE&RC, TransForum and WASS
November 1-5, 2010
More information and registration

Agriculture and Natural Resources Management: A Multi-Criteria Approach
Short course by Carlos Romero, Grupo de Investigación de Economía Sostenibilidad del Medio Natural, Madrid, Spain
Reduced fee for PhDs of the 'new school' (formerly CERES and Mansholt) and PE&RC
June 7-9, 2010
Brochure

Doing Interpretative Analysis
Intensive course organized by MG3S and CERES
June 7-18, 2010
More information

Theory and Practice of Efficiency & Productivity Measurement: Static & Dynamic Analysis
Week 1: 5-9 July 2010 - Nonparametric Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
Harold Fried, David L. and Beverly B. Yunich Professor of Business Ethics, Union College, USA
Loren Tauer, Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA
Brochure
Week 2: 12-16 July 2010 - Dynamic Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
Spiro Stefanou, Alfons Oude Lansink, Greg Emvalomatis (Business Economics Group, WUR)
Brochure

Atlas.ti, a hands-on practical
Gerda Casimir
May 18, May 20, May 25, June 1, 2010. Brochure

Cognitive Issues in Survey Response
Robert F. (Bob) Belli, Professor, Department of Psychology, Survey Research and Methodology Program
University of Nebraska
March 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25. Brochure

• 2009
  
  

  The Economic Institutions of Agriculture Food & Rural Areas: Institutional Dynamics, Organizations and Governance
  Kostas Karantininis, Liesbeth Dries
  February 16-February 20, 2009. Brochure
  
  Experiment! A Workshop on experimental methods in social science and inter-disciplinary research
  Course offered by Wageningen Graduate Schools together with MG3S and CERES
  Dates: January 5-9 2009. Description
  
  NAKE Workshop 2009
  Annual workshop organized by the Netherlands network of Economics
  Dates: June 8-12 2009. Information on NAKE and its workshops
  
  Mansholt Graduate School PhD Day
  Organized by MG3S PhD Council
  June 5, 2009. Information on the PhD council
  
  Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research: Intervision and Communication Skills
  Organized by Wageningen Graduate Schools together with CERES
  Dr. E. Cocheret de la Morinière
  June 11, 16, 23 2009. More information
  
  Wageningen Summer School on Econometrics
  Panel Data Analysis in Micro-economics - Methods and Applications
  Prof. Arthur Van Soest; Prof. Arie J. Oskam; Dr. Koos Gardebroek
  August 31 - September 4, 2009. More information
  
  Workshop "Behavioural Economics: Obtaining and Applying Results"
  Jack Knetsch & Gerrit Antonides
  October 7, 8, 2009. More information
  
  I-Gis: A practical post-graduate GIS course
  Course organized by the C.T. de Wit Graduate School for Production Ecology and Resource Conservation
  October 19-30, 2009
  
  Food Risk Analysis: an integrated approach combining insights from the natural and the social sciences
  Lynn J. Frewer and others
  November 2-6, 2009. Brochure
  
  Introduction to Bio-Economic Modelling
  Gideon Kruseman & Wytze Dol (Agricultural Economics Research Institute, LEI)
  November 16-20, 2009. Brochure
  
  Advanced Bio-Economic Modelling
  Gideo Kruseman & Wytze Dol (Agricultural Economics Research Institute, LEI)
  Reduced fee for PhDs of MG3S and WIMEK/SENSE
  November 23-27, 2009. Brochure
  
  Getting to the bottom of Mount Kenya: Analysis of Land Dynamics and Sustainable Development in an Interdisciplinary Perspective
  Tom Veldkamp; Jetse Stoorvogel; Lieven Claessens (Land Dynamics Group); Paul Hebinck (Rural Development Sociology); Maja Slingerland (Plant Production Systems); Claudius Van De Vijver (Graduate School PE&RC)
  Interdisciplinary course organized by PE&RC and supported by CERES; MG3S and Sense
  December 7-18, 2009. Brochure
  

• 2008
  
  Integrated Assessment of Agriculture and Sustainable Development
  Course organised within the framework of the EU-SEAMLESS project
  Patrick Reidsma and Martin van Ittersum (Wageningen University), Johanna Alkan Olsson (Lund University), Jerome Quest (CIRAD, Montpellier), Sara Brogaard (Lund University) and Irina Bezlepkina (LEI, Wageningen UR)
  Dates: 16-22 November 2008. Course poster; Course flyer
  
  Theories and Tools of Narrative Inquiry
  Intensive PhD Course
  Dr. Floor Basten (Research Company Orléon)
  Dates: 8-11 December 2008. Brochure
  
  Advanced Computational Economics (Cancelled)
  Short course
  Prof. Mario Miranda
  Dates: September 22-26 2008. Brochure
  
  Theory and Practice of Efficiency and Productivity Measurement: Static and Dynamic Approaches
  Week 2: Dynamic Efficiency Approaches
  Prof. Spiro Stefanou, Prof. Alfons Oude Lansink
  Dates: July 14-18, 2008. Brochure
  
  Wageningen Summer School on Econometrics
  Week 2: The Bayesian Approach in theory and practice
  Professor Gary Koop; Dr. Markus Jochmann, Drs. Geerte Cotteleer, Prof. Arie Oskam
  Wageningen Summer School on Econometrics: week 2
  Dates: September 1-5, 2008. Brochure
  
  Field Research Methods: Methods and Tools for Qualitative Data Analysis
  Gerda Casimir, Lisa Price, Anke Niehof, Hilje Van Der Horst (Sociology of Consumers and Households); Margreet Van Der Burg (Rural History)
  Dates: 8-27 May
  Module I: Methods and techniques for qualitative data analysis; May 8, 9, 13, 15
  Module II: Anthropac practical; May 16
  Module III: Atlas practical; May 13, 20, 27. Brochure
  
  Irreversibilities, Uncertainties and Real Option Values
  by Dr. Justus Wesseler, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group (WUR)
  week 21; 19-23 May 2008. Brochure
  
  Agri Food Industrial Organisation
  Prof. Konstantinos Giannakas (University of Nebraska-Lincoln); Prof. Alfons Oude Lansink (Business Economics, WUR)
  Dates: June 2-6, 2008. Brochure
  
  Wageningen Summer School on Econometrics
  Week 1: Spatial Econometrics: theory and practice
  Professor Raymond J.G.M. Florax; Geerte Cotteleer; Catherine Pfeiffer; Prof.dr.ir. Arie Oskam
  Wageningen Summer School on Econometrics: week 1
  Course organized by MG3S and PE&RC
  Dates: June 30-July 4, 2008. Brochure
  
  Theory and Practice of Efficiency and Productivity Measurement: Static and Dynamic Approaches
  Week 1: Nonparametric, Static Approaches
  Prof. Harrold Fried and Prof. Loren Tauer
  Dates: July 7-11, 2008. Brochure

• 2007
  
  Improving the position of smallholders through knowledge exchange between Tropical Food Chains and Research
  a Multi-Stakeholder Workshop
  April 12, 2007. Brochure
  
  Workshop Governance for Quality in Tropical Food Chains
  Organisers: Anja Kleijn and Jacques Trienekens
  October 9-10. Brochure and program
  
  Methods for Analysing EU Agricultural Policy: Impacts on Rural Employment
  Lecturers: Alfons Oude Lansink (Business Economics, WU) and others
  Course organized by the CARERA consortium
  November 12-16, 2007. Brochure
  
  Wageningen Summer Courses in Advanced Econometrics; June 2007
  Two well known researchers and highly gifted teachers in econometrics (Marno Verbeek and William Greene) will provide successive courses on panel data analyses (18 to 22 June 2007) and discrete choice (25 to 29 June 2007). The courses are ´hands on´ and will provide researchers appropriate tools for their analyses.
  
  Panel Data Analyses in Theory and Practice
  prof. Marno Verbeek (Erasmus University)
  June 18-22, 2007
  Disciplinary course. Brochure
  
  Discrete Choice Modeling - Theory and Practice
  prof. William Greene (Stern School of Business, New York University)
  June 25-29, 2007
  Disciplinary course. Brochure
  
  Superpowers in global environmental politics: China and the US
  May 14 - May 25, 10 lectures of 3 à 4 hrs in the afternoon
  joint WIMEK/SENSE-MGS course. Brochure
  
  Towards Global Food Systems: Food Policy for Developing Countries
  Per Pinstrup Andersen and Arie Kuyvenhoven
  July 2-13, 2007
  Disciplinary course. Brochure
  
  New institutional economics: Governance of transactions, incomplete contracts, and bargaining (2007)
  Kostas Karantininis and Laura Loucks
  February 5-9, 2007
  Disciplinary course. Brochure
  
  Critical social theory & rural development
  Dr. Rhys Evans and Dr. Chad Shannon
  Disciplinary course
  August 27-29 (in combination with the European Society for Rural Sociology conference www.esrs2007.nl). Brochure
  
  Quantitative Research Methodology 2005, 2006, 2007
  Ivo van der Lans
  Mansholt disciplinary course; Brochure 2005, Brochure 2006, Brochure 2007
  Economic Models (AEP-30806), 2001-2007
  Alison Burrell (AEP) and Kees Burger (DEC)
  Disciplinary course. 5th study period. See Handbook for details

• 2006
  
  Food Risk Analysis: An integrated approach combining insights from the natural and social sciences
  Lynn Frewer, Ellen van Kleef, Arnout Fischer, Filip Cnudde
  Disciplinary course. Brochure 2006, program and route description
  
  Efficiency and Productivity Analysis Summer School, 2 weeks
  Spiro Stefanou, Lauren Tauer, Subal Kumbhakar and Harold Fried
  Disciplinary Course. Brochure 2006
  
  Qualitative Research Methods, 2006
  Kristof van Assche (University of Minnesota, USA), Patrick Devlieger (University of Leuven, Belgium)
  Disciplinary course MGS and CERES. Brochure
  
  Multi-Agents Systems for Natural Resources Management (2001 and 2006)
  Francois Bousquet
  jointly organised by MGS and PE&RC disciplinary course. Brochure 2006
  
  Policy Evaluation Methodology (2005 and 2006)
  Jan van Tatenhove, Hans Bruyninckx, Simon Bush, Joris Verwijmeren
  Disciplinary course MGS and SENSE. Brochure 2006
  
  

  Ethical dilemmas for social scientists 2006
  Wageningen Graduate School general course (organised by MGS)
  Prof. Michiel Korthals and Prof. T. Lang. Brochure
  
  Socio-cultural Field Research Methods (2001 and 2004-2006)
  Margreet van der Burg, Gerda Casimir, Hester Moerbeek, Anke Niehof, Lisa Price, Sarah Southwold
  Joint disciplinary course MGS and CERES. Brochure 2006

• 2005
  
  Workshop Research Methodology (2005)
  Piet Verschuren
  General course. Brochure 2005
  
  Multiple criteria analysis for agricultural decisions 2005
  Carlos Romero (Professor of Economics at the Technical University of Madrid, Spain)
  Joint Mansholt and PE&RC disciplinary course. Brochure 2005
  
  Ethical dilemmas for life scientists; Ethics and the public role of life scientists (2002 and 2005)
  Michiel Korthals
  General course of Wageningen Graduate Schools. Brochure 2005
  
  Comparative Planning Systems and Open Space Preservation 2005
  Rachelle Alterman
  Mansholt Disciplinary Course. Brochure
  
  (cancelled) Role of Institutions and innovation systems in Economic Growth 2005
  Dr. T. Temel
  disciplinary course. Brochure
  
  The Future Genomics Society (2005)
  Dr. Hedwig te Molder, Communication Science, Wageningen University
  Joint VLAG & MGS international PhD course (disciplinary). February 14 - 25, 2005. More information
  
  Intertemporal Allocation and Natural Resources (2002 and 2005)
  Hans-Peter Weikard, Justus Wesseler
  Disciplinary Course. Brochure 2005
  
  
• 2004
  
  Research Methodology (2002-2004)
  Piet Verschuren
  General course. Brochure 2004
  
  Information and Entropy Econometrics Theory and Practice (2001 and 2004)
  Amos Golan
  Disciplinary course. Brochure 2004
  
  Bio-Economic Household Modelling (2002 and 2004)
  Gideon Kruseman
  Disciplinary course. Brochure 2004
  
  HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa (2004)
  Prof. Dr. Anke Niehof and Dr. Tanja Müller. Brochure 2004
  
  New Institutional Economics: Property Rights, Contracts and Transaction Costs (2004)
  Professor Kostas Karantininis (KVL, Denmark)
  Disciplinary Course. Brochure
  
  Food Policy in an Era of Globalisation; Food, Agriculture and Environmental Policy for Developing Countries
  Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Arie Kuyvenhoven et al.
  Multidiciplinary course. Brochure 2004
  
  Integrative research for the planning and management of sustainable landscapes (2004)
  Dr. Bärbel Tress & Dr. Gunther Tress, Wageningen University, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  Prof. Paul Opdam, Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  Prof. Gary Fry, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway. Brochure
  
  Supply Chain Economics (2004) Jill Hobbs (University of Saskatchewan), Thomas Sporleder (Ohio State University)
  Disciplinary course. Brochure 2004
  
  
• 2003
  
  Governance crossing borders (2003)
  Bart Gremmen, Geoffrey Hagelaar and Evelien Verbij
  Multidisciplinary course. Brochure
  
  Gender, Food, Agriculture and Development (2003)
  Lisa Price
  General Course. Brochure
  
  Food-Safety Risk Analysis (2003)
  David Vose
  Mansholt Disciplinary Course
  
  Computerised Data Collection with Authorware (2003)
  Michel Handgraaf
  Disciplinary Course. Brochure
  
  Techniques for Writing and Presenting a Scientific Paper (2001-2003)
  Mike Grossman (University of Illinois)
  General course. Brochure
  
  
• 2002
  
  Economics of Natural Resources (2002)
  Van Kooten and Bulte
  Disciplinary Course. Brochure
  
  (Cancelled) CGE modelling (2002)
  Joseph Francois (EUR), Sherman Robinson (IFPRI), Frank van Tongeren (LEI)
  Joint course within RESPONSE program
  
  Production Ecology and Natural Resources Management (2002)
  Herman van Keulen
  Joint course within RESPONSE program. Brochure 2002
  
  
• 2001
  
  Supply chain management: chain responsiveness and the new economy (2001)
  Lepine, Gijsbers, Schiefer, Helbig
  Multidisciplinary course. Brochure
  
  Critical Reflection on Science/Technology, Values and Sustainability (2001)
  Michiel Korthals
  General course. Brochure
  
  Pathways for Agricultural Intensification (2001)
  Arie Kuyvenhoven & John Pender
  Joint course within RESPONSE program
  Disciplinary course. Brochure
  
  Public Participation (2001)
  Donna Isaac
  Multidisciplinary course Theme 1 and 3. May 1 - May 10, 2001. Brochure
  
  Operational tools for regional land use analysis (2001)
  Jetse Stoorvogel
  PhD course by C.T. De Wit Graduate School (cooperation with MGS)