Awards, grants & recognition
2026: Engaged Scholar Award
International Studies Association, Environmental Studies Section
The International Studies Association, Environmental Studies Section (ESS) Engaged Scholar award recognizes scholars for their engaged work beyond scholarship, through activism, organization, or advocacy.
ISA news announcement, link here.
2016: Inspiring Women at WUR
Featured in Inspiring women at WUR, profiling high-achieving women.
From the Forward:
'The colleagues whose stories are included in this book are wonderful examples: women who have impressive achievements to their names and are a source of strength for many. Day after day their knowledge and effectiveness inspire and motivate the people around them'.
Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University.
2008 - 2017: Excellent Education Awards
I have received 7 Wageningen University excellent education awards (granted annually) since 2008. Of these, four are for courses that I have designed and that I coordinate; and three are for my own performance as lecturer. These rankings are based on student evaluations. (The lecturer awards were discontinued after 2013, when education bonuses were replaced by Excellent Education awards).
Excellence in Education Award 2017 (for my course Advanced International Environmental Policy and Diplomacy being one of the best Wageningen courses, based on student evaluations)
Excellent in Education Award 2014 (for my course Advanced International Environmental Policy and Diplomacy being one of the best Wageningen courses, based on student evaluations)
Education Bonus 2013 (for my course International Environmental Policy being one of the best 25 courses)
Education Bonus 2012 (for being 12th of 36 best Wageningen lecturers, based on student evaluations)
Education Bonus 2010 (for being 2nd of 25 best Wageningen lecturers, based on student evaluations)
Education Bonus 2008 (for being one of 25 best Wageningen lecturers, based on student evaluations)
Education Bonus 2008 (for my course International Environmental Policy being one of the best 25 courses)
Research grants
2025–2030:
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Co-Applicant, European Union COST Action, “Futures-oriented Governance of Outer Space: Towards Peace, Equity, and Environmental Integrity (coordinated by Prof. Florian Rabitz, Vilnius University).
2024–2025:
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Impact Explorer Award: Beyond the Status Quo – Towards Transformative Climate Transparency in Least Developed Countries
Funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
February–June 2024:
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Assessing Solar Geoengineering Governance Scenarios: A Scoping Assessment
Funded by the Global Challenges Foundation, Sweden.
2022–2025:
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Adaptation Financing in Least Developed Countries: A Case Study of Ethiopia
Africa Talent Fellowship, Wageningen University.
2020–2025:
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Assessing the Transformative Potential of Transparency in Global Climate Governance (TRANSGOV)
Funded by the Netherlands Research Organization (NWO) Open Competition.
2020–2021:
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Political Effects of Speculative Climate Engineering Technologies: Impacts on Mitigation Deterrence (CLIMENG)
Wageningen Graduate School Postdoctoral Talent Programme.
2017–2023:
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Re-imagining Anticipatory Climate Governance in the World’s Vulnerable Regions (REIMAGINE)
Funded by BNP Paribas Foundation Climate Initiative.
2017–2019:
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Accountability and (Contested) Knowledge
Wageningen Center for Sustainability Governance, Research Collaboration Incubator Fund.
2014–2015:
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Landscape-level REDD+ in the Global South
Funded by the Norwegian Bilateral Aid Agency NORAD.
2011–2015:
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Carbonizing Forest Governance: An Appraisal of REDD+
Wageningen Social Science Graduate School (WASS) Fellowship.
2011:
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REDD@WUR Network
Wageningen Interdisciplinary Fund for Research and Development (INREF) Seed Funding.
2010–2015:
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Arsenic Mitigation in Drinking Water in Rural Bangladesh
Funded by NWO-WOTRO Integrated Assessment Grant (lead applicant Delft University).
Residential Fellowships
2003–2005:
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Individual Research and Writing Grant on Global and National Governance of Biotechnology
Funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Description: Individual grant, jointly awarded with Robert Falkner.
2001–2002:
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Technology Governance
Columbia University, Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes.
Description: 1-year residential fellowship.
1998–2000:
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Global Environmental Assessment Fellow
Harvard University, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government.
Description: Two-year residential fellowship.
Dissertation fellowships
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International Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellowship, Resources for the Future
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Teresa Heinz Scholarship for Environmental Research, Heinz Family Foundation
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Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for the Study of World Politics (twice)
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Henry Hart Rice Fellowship, Yale Center for International and Area Studies
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Pre-dissertation summer grant, Yale Center for International and Area Studies
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson Fellowship, Yale Institute of Biosphere Studies
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Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 4-year full PhD scholarship
Undergraduate awards and honors
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Milton Sachs Prize for Research in Politics (for Best Bachelor’s Thesis in Political Science)
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Elected member Phi Beta Kappa (US nationwide honors society)
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Brandeis University Undergraduate Fellow (election by faculty)
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Brandeis University Undergraduate Scholarship