Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & Research The mission of our University is to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. Within Wageningen University & Research, nine specialised research institutes from the Wageningen Research Foundation and Wageningen University have joined forces to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With approximately 30 locations, 5,000 employees, and 10,000 students, it is one of the leading organisations in its domain worldwide. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of the unique approach of Wageningen.
We areThe department of Environmental Sciences of Wageningen University provides fundamental research and academic education on our living environment: nature, landscape, land usage, adaptation to climate change, water and ocean management, and the various competing claims on space. This also includes biodiversity and the sustainability of management and production. Wageningen University is part of the Wageningen University and Research Centre concern. The Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing is part of the Department of Environmental Sciences.
GRS strives to advance spatial competences for a sustainable world. In Wageningen, we are active in several BSc programmes and in the MSc program in Geo-Information. GRS leads fundamental and applied research towards Science for Impact. Our research agenda is represented in five themes:
- Sensing and measuring,
- Modelling and visualization,
- Integrated land monitoring,
- Human-space interactions,
- Empowering agro-environmental communities.
The laboratory is very international in terms of staff and student composition.