Current research projects
Protecting plant diversity via stoichiometric nutrient networks across Europe (DiviN-P)
Annegreet Veeken (Postdoc); Jerry van Dijk (researcher); Martin Wassen (PI)
European Biodiversity Partnership (Biodiversa+)
Developing businessmodels for regenerative agriculture in two regions
Niko Wojtynia (Postdoc); Hillie van der Bij (researcher); Jerry van Dijk (co-PI); Gjalt de Jong (PI)
Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit
Opportunities for biodiversity in climate mitigation projects in peat meadow landscapes
Michelle van Mulken (researcher); Paul Schot (researcher); Jerry van Dijk (researcher, co-PI); Martin Wassen (PI)
Kennisnetwerk Ontwikkeling en Beheer Natuurkwaliteit
Revenue and transition models for regenerative agriculture
Topsector Agri & Food, Water & Maritiem and Tuinbouw & Uitgangsmaterialen
Spatial PLanning for ENvironmentally Diverse cIrcular Development (SPLENDID)
Swantje Gebhardt (PhD candidate); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Martha Bakker (promotor); Martin Wassen (promotor)
Addowa Scherpenisse (PhD candidate); Diego Valbuena Vargas (co-promotor); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Martha Bakker (promotor)
NWO Groen III grant
Opportunities for the development of Natura 2000 habitats in rewetted peatlands
Boy Possen (researcher); Bas van der Weijden (researcher); Jerry van Dijk (researcher); Hans de Mars (researcher); Martin Wassen (researcher); Tom van den Broek (researcher, projectleader)
Financed by Kennisnetwerk Ontwikkeling Beheer Natuurkwaliteit (OBN)
The effect of water management strategies and farming practices to minimize soil subsidence on biodiversity in Dutch peat meadows
Annick van der Laan (PhD candidate); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Karin Rebel (co-promotor); Martin Wassen (promotor)
Funded by Hoogheemraadschap De Stichtse Rijnlanden, Waternet and the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences
Previous research projects
Regenerative farming (RegFar)
Niko Wojtynia (PhD candidate); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Marjolein Derks (co-promotor); Peter Groot Koerkamp (promotor); Marko Hekkert (promotor)
TKI Topsector Agri&Food
Social-ecological networks to study the sustainability of food systems in poor rural drylands
Angelique Vermeer (researcher); Vincent Buskens (co-PI); Jerry van Dijk (researcher, co-PI); Angeles Garcia Mayor (researcher, PI)
Future Food Utrecht
The potential for developing N2000 habitat in rewetted peatlands
Boy Possen (researcher); Bas van der Weijden (researcher); Jerry van Dijk (researcher); Hans de Mars (researcher); Martin Wassen (researcher); Tom van den Broek (researcher, PI)
Kennisnetwerk Ontwikkeling Beheer Natuurkwaliteit (OBN)
Effect-directed Monitoring tools to assess Ecological and human health Risks of CHemicals of Emerging concern in the water cycle (EMERCHE)
Valentin de Gussem (PhD candidate); Nynke Kramer (co-promotor); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Annemarie van Wezel (promotor).
STW/STOWA/KWR/TKI Water Technology 'Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Water Cycle' grant.
Observing, learning and acting! Research into novel, nature driven agriculture and food systems, and the role of consumers therein.
Funded by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
Plasticity of nutrient acquisition-, nutrient conservation and reproductive traits of endangered grassland plants in dependence of N:P stoichiometry
Shuqiong Wang (PhD candidate); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Martin Wassen (promotor).
China Scholarship Council grant.
Biodiversity restoration in grasslands; understanding the role of plant traits and their plasticity in N:P-stoichiometry and competition
Ineke Roeling (PhD student); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Maarten Eppinga (co-promotor); Martin Wassen (promotor).
NWO Biodiversity Works grant
Closing in on meadow birds. Coping with a changing landscape in The Netherlands.
Roland van der Vliet (PhD candidate); Jerry van Dijk (co-promotor); Martin Wassen (promotor); Peter de Ruiter (promotor)
UU Breedtestrategie grant
Climate adaptation for rural areas: Climate proofing management objectives and spatial planning of nature
Jerry van Dijk (researcher); Frank van Kouwen (researcher); Paul Schot (coordination); Martin Wassen (coordination).
Knowledge for Climate grant
State of the art of the impact of climate change on environmental quality in The Netherlands: a framework for adaptation
Jerry van Dijk (researcher); Mariëlle Koenders (researcher); Karin Rebel (researcher); Martijn Schaap (researcher); Martin Wassen (researcher, coordinator). Knowledge for Climate grant
Interactive effects of hydrological changes, atmospheric N-deposition and SO4 pollution on phosphorus release in wetlands
Jerry van Dijk (researcher); Bjorn Robroek (researcher); Erwin Adema (researcher); Martin Wassen (coordinator).
NWO Water grant