Lennart Stam is a teacher and PhD-candidate at the Utrecht School of Governance. Climate change; biodiversity loss; conserving (maritime) nature, the ecological challenges we face are plenty and are complex. Increasingly, our USG professionals are involved in these challenges. Lennart foccuses in his research on the needed competencies by those professionals to have an effective contribution towards ecological sustainability. He also looks at the implications for educational programs, such as our Bachelor.