PhD positions on Sustainability transitions through microbiome innovations

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The Athena Institute of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam is looking for 3 motivated PhD candidates to join the Holomicrobiome project. In this position, you will work on understanding and governing transitions towards sustainable food and health systems.

The Holomicrobiome project is funded by the Dutch National Growth Fund and seeks to develop microbiome innovations that can help accelerate transitions towards sustainable and healthy food systems and stimulate economic development. At the Athena Institute, we are involved in studying and supporting the governance of such mission-oriented projects.

Questions that arise are: How can we understand complex transition processes, and how can mission-oriented innovation help govern them? How can we facilitate and monitor transformative learning between different scientists and societal stakeholders? And what business models should we develop to support microbiome innovations?

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