Scientific projects (23)
TransForum works on Scientific projects the results of which must be of direct public importance and hence be usable and applicable. The questions arising out of the practical projects form the agenda for the scientific projects. The scientific programme is therefore intimately bound up with the world of practice.
The ability to define a good knowledge question is not, however, something that is given to each and every entrepreneur. And setting up an actual practically-oriented piece of research is not plain sailing for each and every researcher. It is also often incorrectly held that entrepreneurs and researchers must do everything together, or that everything must be demand-driven. It is clear that various parties not only speak different languages but also have different interests. Where entrepreneurs are driven by economic gain, researchers are looking in particular for scientific recognition, governments for power and non-governmental organisations for influence. From this it will be clear that there are no simple solutions but that we face a complex challenge. The challenge is to learn to understand each other's language, jointly to develop a new language, to recognise each other's interests and from there to develop new incentives that do justice to shared interests and close cooperation.
Further information on the scientific projects may be obtained from the TransForum scientific directors:
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Images of sustainable development: Tom Veldkamp, professor of Soil Surveying and Land Evaluation, Wageningen UR, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Inventions for the sustainable development of agriculture: Evert Jacobsen, professor of Plant-Breeding, Wageningen UR, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Organisation of innovation and transitions: Hans Mommaas, professor of Socio-Cultural Sciences, Universiteit van Tilburg, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Mobilisation of sustainable consumption: Hans van Trijp, professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Wageningen UR, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
More information about this theme and its projects. - Toward a new agro innovation systen: Henk van Latesteijn, general manager TransForum.
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