William Van Dijk Email & Phone Number

Utrecht, Netherlands

Als Adviseur Faunazaken & Projectleider Kennis en Onderzoek Fauna at BIJ12 leid ik het onderzoek dat BIJ12 laat uitvoeren naar faunaschade. Ik vertaal dit onderzoek naar voorlichting richting de praktijk en beleidsadvisering richting provincies.

Wetenschappelijke beoordeling en begeleiding van onderzoek naar faunaschadebeleid

Representing the Dutch Provinces in the European Goose Management Platform of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA)

Haarlem Area, Netherlands

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Culemborg

CLM is een onafhankelijk kennis- en adviesbureau op het gebied van landbouw, voedsel, natuur en milieu. Onze opdrachtgevers zijn overheden, bedrijven, boeren en maatschappelijke organisaties. Zij zetten ons in voor allerlei soorten projecten. Zo helpen wij supermarkten en boeren om afspraken te maken over duurzame groenten. En we geven het ministerie en de Europese Unie advies over de invulling van Europees landbouwbeleid.Binnen CLM ben ik betrokken bij projecten over: Gemeenschappelijk… Show more CLM is een onafhankelijk kennis- en adviesbureau op het gebied van landbouw, voedsel, natuur en milieu. Onze opdrachtgevers zijn overheden, bedrijven, boeren en maatschappelijke organisaties. Zij zetten ons in voor allerlei soorten projecten. Zo helpen wij supermarkten en boeren om afspraken te maken over duurzame groenten. En we geven het ministerie en de Europese Unie advies over de invulling van Europees landbouwbeleid.Binnen CLM ben ik betrokken bij projecten over: Gemeenschappelijk Landbouwbeleid, agrarisch natuurbeheer, natuurinclusieve landbouw, duurzaam bodembeheer, circulaire landbouw, motivatie van agrarische ondernemers voor duurzaamheidsmaatregelen en de procesbegeleiding tussen natuur-water-bodem-landbouw.CLM is an independent consultancy established in 1982 working in the field of sustainable food, farming and rural development. CLM carries out research and advises government at all levels, from local authorities to the European Union, as well as companies and non-profit organizations.Within CLM I am involved in projects about: Common Agricultural Policy, agri-environment schemes, sustainable agriculture, soil conservation, circular economy in agriculture, motivation of farmers for sustainable practices and process coaching of stakeholders in nature-water-soil-agriculture. Show less

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

In my current position I work on two differen interdisciplinary projects where I apply my skills in landscape ecology, environmental science, eco-informatics, environmental psychology and genetics.In the first project, I focus on reducing the impact of agriculture on the environment at the interdisciplinary interface of environmental science, social psychology and communication science. In this project we aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farming by using a qualitative… Show more In my current position I work on two differen interdisciplinary projects where I apply my skills in landscape ecology, environmental science, eco-informatics, environmental psychology and genetics.In the first project, I focus on reducing the impact of agriculture on the environment at the interdisciplinary interface of environmental science, social psychology and communication science. In this project we aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from farming by using a qualitative approach to study how the information provision from a tool for farmers that calculate their greenhouse gas emissions can be improved to establish an increased uptake of mitigation measures. This study serves as a starting point for building quantitative psychological models and to design and test interventions to increase the uptake of greenhouse gas mitigation measures by farmers.In my second project I combine landscape ecology, eco-informatics, geographic information systems and genetic approaches to identify genes that help plant populations to adapt to critically high or low levels of nutrients or toxic compounds in soil. In this study we use a Genome Wide Association (GWA) approach to gain a better understanding of how natural plant populations have evolved over thousands of years to grow in mineral nutrient poor soils or soils with elevated levels of toxic elements like sodium, cadmium or arsenic. Are findings will help guide how we develop crop varieties for the future. Show less

Working on my PhD project “The ecology and psychology of agri-environment schemes” within the research programme “Nature Conservation on Farmland”.One of the key policy instruments implemented in Europe to conserve the biodiversity on farmland are Agri-Environment Schemes (AES). However, over the last 10 years the efficacy of AES in conserving biodiversity in agricultural areas has been questioned. The improvement of the efficacy of AES in increasing the species richness in agricultural… Show more Working on my PhD project “The ecology and psychology of agri-environment schemes” within the research programme “Nature Conservation on Farmland”.One of the key policy instruments implemented in Europe to conserve the biodiversity on farmland are Agri-Environment Schemes (AES). However, over the last 10 years the efficacy of AES in conserving biodiversity in agricultural areas has been questioned. The improvement of the efficacy of AES in increasing the species richness in agricultural areas is both an ecological and social challenge; For a successful implementation of measures with a sound ecological background the willingness of farmers to perform these measures is inevitably needed to have these measures widely implemented. The goal of my PhD-project is collect vegetation data on AES in ditch banks to extract ecological processes that are currently hampering the effectiveness of AES to conserve plant species. Based on our findings we can recommend improvements to make current AES. more effective in conserving plant species in ditch banks.Next, in order to have our recommendation implemented by farmers we will use quantitative psychological models to study what psychological constructs underlie farmers' motivation to take up AES. Based on this model we can recommend customised strategic communication strategies to motivate farmers to take up effective agri-environmental measures to conserve biodiversity. Show less

Chair of the PPC (PE&RC PhD Council). The PPC represents all PhD candidate’s of the Production Ecology and Resource Conservation Graduate School. The PPC organizes e.g. yearly a one-day symposium about current scientific topics, a buddy system for new PhD-candidates and social events for PhD candidates within the Research School. Chair of the PPC (PE&RC PhD Council). The PPC represents all PhD candidate’s of the Production Ecology and Resource Conservation Graduate School. The PPC organizes… Show more Chair of the PPC (PE&RC PhD Council). The PPC represents all PhD candidate’s of the Production Ecology and Resource Conservation Graduate School. The PPC organizes e.g. yearly a one-day symposium about current scientific topics, a buddy system for new PhD-candidates and social events for PhD candidates within the Research School. Chair of the PPC (PE&RC PhD Council). The PPC represents all PhD candidate’s of the Production Ecology and Resource Conservation Graduate School. The PPC organizes e.g. yearly a one-day symposium about current scientific topics, a buddy system for new PhD-candidates and social events for PhD candidates within the Research School. Furthermore PPC is involved in the quality control of research and education within the graduate school. Show less

Member of the PPC (PE&RC PhD Council). The PPC represents all PhD candidate’s of the Production Ecology and Resource Conservation Graduate School and organizes yearly a one-day symposium about current scientific topics.

Wageningen

The Wageningen PhD Council represents the interests of PhD candidates of Wageningen University. WPC discusses a wide variety of PhD related issues on a regular basis, such as collective employment agreement developments, improvement of the position of young researchers and other concerns.WPC exchanges 'best practices' and contributes to the cohesion between PhD councils of the different Graduate Schools. WPC is chaired by the Dean of Wageningen Graduate Schools. This guarantees a direct contact… Show more The Wageningen PhD Council represents the interests of PhD candidates of Wageningen University. WPC discusses a wide variety of PhD related issues on a regular basis, such as collective employment agreement developments, improvement of the position of young researchers and other concerns.WPC exchanges 'best practices' and contributes to the cohesion between PhD councils of the different Graduate Schools. WPC is chaired by the Dean of Wageningen Graduate Schools. This guarantees a direct contact with the directors of the Graduate Schools of Wageningen University. Show less

Wageningen University and Research Centre representative in Dutch National PhD-candidates Network/Promovendi Netwerk Nederland (PNN)

Internship in teaching Biology at Liemers College, Zevenaar

Working on relationships between Dutch Floradistricts on the aspect of European distribution patterns of their plant composition

Teaching and assisting first year students about biodiversity, plant ecology and plant phylogeny.

Working on Temporal aspects of induced systemic resistance to herbivory in the clonal herb Trifolium repens at the Experimental Plant Ecology department, Radboud University Nijmegen

Working on population dynamics of two timber species following logging in a Bolivian dry forest using population matrix models, lest sustainable timber extraction could take place. In association with Utrecht University.

Contributing to the chapter "Sustainable use of water" in "The manual for the e-tool E-LUP". In association with the University of Helsinki.

Dr, Ecology & Environmental Psychology

Population Ecology

Activities and Societies: Working on population dynamics of two timber species following logging in a Bolivian dry forest using population.

Msc, Biology

Education record