PhD: Future visioning for the design of a robust water system in the Netherlands

Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Full time
Posted June 08, 2026

Job Description

This PhD is part of BlueVantage, an interdisciplinary research programme funded by the Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO). BlueVantage focuses on one of the defining challenges of the coming decades: how to ensure healthy, sustainable water provision as freshwater is scarcer and more polluted.

Your job

Are you interested in the robust supply of water for society? Do you sometimes wonder whether our current institutions and policies are good enough to withstand the challenges of climate change? Would you like to engage with societal stakeholders and work with them to develop a vision for the water system of the future and study what these stakeholders learn from the process? Then please apply to the position of PhD student ‘Future visioning for the design and governance of a robust future water system in the Netherlands’ at Wageningen University. 

The Mission