Wageningen University andResearch Center

Peter Zuurbier

Director Latin America Office

www.wur.nl

Globalisation of research and education Stronger emphasis on public-private co-operation Stronger emphasis on (inter)national consortia Growing importance of co-innovation Increasing importance of life long learning

Relevant trends in our organisations

Trends in universities

Medieval or FirstGeneration University

Research or SecondGeneration University

Third GenerationUniversity

First TransitionPeriod

Second TransitionPeriod

Research, education and knowledge transfer; professional and academic

G1

First university in Bologna (1158), then Paris (1200), 20 by 1300

Faculties in theology, law, medicine and arts Language: Latin as lingua franca Rector, chancellor and General Assembly Loosely organized along individual teachers No research as we know it Objectives: enlightenment of the world and

stimulation of obedience

G2

Elite university (intellectually) Research is the main task and education is

integrated with it Based on rationality, not authority Research is monodisciplinary University becomes nationalistic; latin disappears

as lingua franca; interuniversity mobility ends Governance by Senate (professors and doctors)

Emerging: The 3G University and the knowledge network

G3

The 3G University is a network university Valorization of knowledge as third objective. Know how exploitation will be integrated with

research and education Recovery of academic integrity End of direct government governance Fundamental research from state grants/donations Applied research from industrial and state grants Education via market mechanism, students pay

full fees and get support from state or other grants

Example

The Netherlands Small country (41,000 km2), densely

populated (16 m people) World’s 2nd largest exporter of food Several big food & agribusiness companies

Ahold (food retailer), DSM (food ingredients), FloraHolland (flowers), FrieslandCampina (dairy), Greenery (vegetables), Nutreco (animal & fish feed), Unilever (food), Vion Food Group (pork, beef), Seed Industry

Wageningen University and Research center

Merger of Wageningen University (*1909) plus

Agri Research Institutes plus Professional university VHL plus Agri Experimental stations, All between 1998 and 2004.

Wageningen UR: our domain Life Sciences health, lifestyle, livelihood

food and food

production

living environment

healthy food and living environment

Agric. & fisheries

Inf. animal diseases

Nutrition & health

Bio-based products

Food prod. chains

Food safety

Genomics

Marine resource mmt

Landscape / land-use

Nature & biodiversity

Water management

Climate change

Competing claims

Behaviour/perception

Consumer/citizen

Institutions

Food & Agric Policy

Food security

Mission Wageningen University and Research center

Access to high quality food anywhere any time,

to promote quality for life and improve livelihood, everywhere. To explore the potential of nature, to improve the quality of life

The G3 Wageningen modelKnowledge valorization

Research From applied to fundamental In global top 5 in our domains

Education Professional ba. & masters, BSc, MSc &

PhD 10.000 students International, all programs in english

Wageningen UR as example

Strong international orientation

Students and faculty from > 100 countries

Funding sources Wageningen UR Specialized Research Institutes (375 m € - project

funding) 40% Ministry of Agric (strategic, policy support, statutory tasks) 50% Other customers (wide range) 10% Other sources (IP, sales etc.)

Wageningen University (250 m €) 65% Ministry of Agric (mainly teaching, some research) 35% External funding (wide range)

Van Hall Larenstein (50 m €) 90% Ministry of Agric (teaching)

The Wageningen approach: biological

To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life

Gene/ Molecule

Cell

Organism

Products

Ecosystem

Planet

technologies

The Wageningen approach: biological and

social

Individual

Society

Community

Household

Gene/ MoleculeGene/ Molecule

Cell

Organism

Products

Ecosystem

Planet

Policy & limiting conditions

institutions

technologies

peopleprofitplanet

Co-innovation

Research

Education

Entrepreneurs

CO- INNOVATION Stakeholders

New themes in research and education

Food, Health Behaviour Climate resistant coastal zones Biobased economy

Bio-nanoatechnology Systems Biology Scaling and Governance

New themes in research and education

Food, Health Behaviour Climate resistant coastal zones Biobased economy

Network-policy – domain networks Collaboration, focus

and mass world-wide

US

Asia

De Born

Dreijen

Wageningen UR: new campus and facilities

Kortenoord

Education System: value for society

Doctorate

Bachelor

Master

Post-experiencePro

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Knowledge, skills and attitude in context of envisioned professional field

Two learning tracks

Next generation university

Conclusion: focus on Science for Impact

Gracias peter.zuurbier@wur.

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