Hendrik Johannes (Henny) van der Windt (born 22 August 1955, in Vlaardingen) [1] is a Dutch associate professor at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, specialized in the relationship between sustainability and science, in particular the relationship between nature conservation and ecology and between energy technologies, locale energy-initiatives and the energy transition.
Van der Windt grew up in Vlaardingen where he went to high school ('Hogere Burgerschool-B'). He was active in the regional environmental group Centraal Aksiekomitee Rijnmond and various student committees on environmental protection. [2] After high school he studied biology at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (1972-1981).
He received his doctorate in 1995 with his PhD dissertation "En dan: wat is natuur nog in dit land?: natuurbescherming in Nederland 1880-1990" (After all, what is nature in this country, nature conservation in the Netherlands 1980–1990), with chapters on the rise of nature conservation, tensions between agriculture and nature conservation, forestry, ecological restoration and the management of the Wadden Sea.
At that time he worked as a junior scientist and lecturer at the Biology Department of the University of Groningen. After his doctorate, he worked several years as a researcher (post-doc) in Groningen within the Ethics and Policy research programme of NWO [3] Around 2000 he became associate professor at the Science & Society Group (later Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES)) of the University of Groningen.
He studied science-society interactions concerning genomics, food, ecological restoration, energy and sustainability. [4] , combining approaches and insights from biology, environmental science, environmental history and science and technology studies.
His education tasks include various courses such as second year Bachelor programmes Science & Society, the minor Future Planet Innovation [5] and courses of the mastertrack Science, Business & Policy [6] and the master Energy and Environmental sciences. [7]
In addition to scientific papers, journalistic articles and policy reports [8] Van der Windt was author or editor of several books or chapters. [9] [10] A selection:
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