Organisation

Board
The Board is in charge of the main decisions of WASS. The Director and the Secretary prepare and attend the meetings of the Board and so does a representative of the PhD students.
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Director and Staff

The Director is responsible for all executive affairs of WASS, develops its long-term plans and its scientific direction, together with committees and participating groups.

The Social Sciences Group of Wageningen University hosts the management and administration of WASS and supports WASS with the services of a Secretary, Secretariat and Financial Administration.

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Publication Policy and Criteria Committee
The Publication Policy and Criteria Committee

  • formulates concrete proposals to the Board with regard to publication policy in order to enhance productivity and to stimulate the quality of the scientific output, while taking into account the different research traditions in WASS;
  • regularly evaluates the criteria for admittance to WASS and proposes adaptations to the Board;
  • annually develops and adapts the WASS publisher list on the basis of suggestions of fellows;
  • discusses the future of the "Mansholt Publication Series" and the "Mansholt Working Papers" with the members of the editorial boards of these series.
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Editorial Board WASS Working Papers
WASS Working Papers is an online pre-publication series for WASS members, without the   author(s) losing copyright.
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Education Committee
The Education Committee supervises the work of the WASS Education Co-ordinators on:
  • the selection and planning of courses;
  • the Training and Supervision Plans (TSP) of PHDs;
  • and any other business concerning the education of PhD candidates.
The chair of the committee acts as advisor to the Board.
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Research and Assessment Committee
The Research and Assessment Committee:

  • ensures a coherent structure of the research themes, by encouraging exchange and debate between (groups of) researchers;
  • stimulates the external visibility of the research themes and advises the Director in preparing and co-ordinating research activities (seminars, lectures, master classes);
  • generates proposals to the Education Committee on PhD courses relevant to the different themes ;
  • assesses the quality and feasibility of PhD projects for admittance to WASS.
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International Advisory Board
The main task of the International Advisory Board is to provide WASS with outlines of strategic issues concerning the research and the educational programme of the Graduate School and to evaluate its performance. The Board consists of six leading international scientists representing the various social-scientific fields of WASS.
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