Dr. M.J. (Marjanneke) Vijge

Dr. M.J. (Marjanneke) Vijge

Universitair hoofddocent
Milieu-maatschappijwetenschappen
030 253 9150
m.j.vijge@uu.nl

Positions

  • Associate Professor, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University (2023-present)
  • Co-Director CHARM-EU, Utrecht University (2024-present)
  • Academic Director CHARM-EU, Utrecht University (2023-2024)
  • Assistant Professor, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University (2018-2023)
  • Academic Coordinator CHARM-EU, Utrecht University (2020-2023)
  • Climate Policy Expert, Climate and Environment Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome (2017-2018)
  • Post-doctoral Researcher, Yangon. Full funding from Niels Stensen Fellowship. Title of research: The promises and perils of the transparency turn: can the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative help Myanmar on its way to a sustainable democracy? Collaborations with the Centre for Economic and Social Development, and the UNDP-UN Environment Poverty-Environment Initiative (2016-2017)

 

Education

  • Senior University Research Qualification (SKOz), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University (2023)
  • Senior University Teaching Qualification (SKOw), Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University (2023)
  • PhD, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University. Thesis title: Carbonizing forest governance: Analyzing the consequences of REDD+ for multilevel forest governance. Full scholarship from Wageningen School of Social Sciences (2016)
  • MSc, International Development Studies (cum laude), Wageningen University (2009)
  • BSc, International Development Studies (cum laude), Wageningen University (2007)