Wageningen University & Research is one of the founding partners of AMS Institute. Together with Delft University of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology we form the academic heart of AMS Institute.

We strongly believe in finding answers together with our partners. Our strategic plan is to call upon new and existing partners, students, alumni and citizens to explore with us the potential of nature, to participate in defining and understanding the challenges facing us, to engage in discussing and navigating trade-offs, and to work with us on evidence-based and socially inclusive answers that drive transitions.

By participating in AMS Institute we enable ourselves to do so in the metropolitan living lab environment of Amsterdam.

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

Mission of Wageningen University & Research

The strength of Wageningen University & Research lies in its ability to join the forces of specialised research institutes and the university. It also lies in the combined efforts of the various fields of natural and social sciences.

The focus domains of Wageningen University & Research consists of three related core areas:

  • Food and food production
  • Living environment
  • Health, lifestyle and livelihood

Project

Urban Farming Academy

Metropolitan Food Systems

Recently, the Netherlands has experienced sharp price increases in supermarkets. The Urban Farming Academy aims to create an urban agriculture academy that will train citizens who can work as producing consumers (prosumers) in Amsterdam Southeast.

Project

Protein monitor for catering facilities

Metropolitan Food Systems

Amsterdam aims to stimulate citizens to eat more plant-based food. The focus is to develop new knowledge, stimulate awareness and improve food skills for citizens and visitors in Amsterdam.

Project

CircuLaw

Circularity in Urban Regions

CircuLaw is a legal knowledge platform dedicated to enabling the circular economy transition.

Project

CircuLaw

Circularity in Urban Regions

CircuLaw is a legal knowledge platform dedicated to enabling the circular economy transition.

Project

The Ideal(s) City

Circularity in Urban Regions

Amsterdam, just like other cities, faces several urban challenges, whereof most of these are intertwined. The Ideal(s) City project untangles these urban challenges and uses the ocean of information that is already available to gain new insights.

Project

Urban Plastic Soup

Circularity in Urban Regions

Urban plastic waste is a major source of plastic pollution in rivers and oceans.

Project

Vertical farms for urban food supply

Metropolitan Food Systems

GROWx is setting up an efficient, 100% robotized, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven vertical farm in Amsterdam.

Project

Vertical farms for urban food supply

Metropolitan Food Systems

GROWx is setting up an efficient, 100% robotized, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven vertical farm in Amsterdam.

Project

Designing informal green spaces

Climate Resilient Cities

In the condensed urban area it can be a challenge to manage urban green infrastructure. This research develops design knowledge for integrating multiple ecosystem services of small and interstitial informal green spaces (IGS) in the condensed urban area.

Project

Urban Farming Academy

Metropolitan Food Systems

Recently, the Netherlands has experienced sharp price increases in supermarkets. The Urban Farming Academy aims to create an urban agriculture academy that will train citizens who can work as producing consumers (prosumers) in Amsterdam Southeast.

Project

Urban Farming Academy

Metropolitan Food Systems

Recently, the Netherlands has experienced sharp price increases in supermarkets. The Urban Farming Academy aims to create an urban agriculture academy that will train citizens who can work as producing consumers (prosumers) in Amsterdam Southeast.

Project

Protein monitor for catering facilities

Metropolitan Food Systems

Amsterdam aims to stimulate citizens to eat more plant-based food. The focus is to develop new knowledge, stimulate awareness and improve food skills for citizens and visitors in Amsterdam.

Project

Protein monitor for catering facilities

Metropolitan Food Systems

Amsterdam aims to stimulate citizens to eat more plant-based food. The focus is to develop new knowledge, stimulate awareness and improve food skills for citizens and visitors in Amsterdam.

Project

Protein monitor for catering facilities

Metropolitan Food Systems

Amsterdam aims to stimulate citizens to eat more plant-based food. The focus is to develop new knowledge, stimulate awareness and improve food skills for citizens and visitors in Amsterdam.

Project

Protein monitor for catering facilities

Metropolitan Food Systems

Amsterdam aims to stimulate citizens to eat more plant-based food. The focus is to develop new knowledge, stimulate awareness and improve food skills for citizens and visitors in Amsterdam.

Project

CircuLaw

Circularity in Urban Regions

CircuLaw is a legal knowledge platform dedicated to enabling the circular economy transition.

Project

The Ideal(s) City

Circularity in Urban Regions

Amsterdam, just like other cities, faces several urban challenges, whereof most of these are intertwined. The Ideal(s) City project untangles these urban challenges and uses the ocean of information that is already available to gain new insights.

Project

CircuLaw

Circularity in Urban Regions

CircuLaw is a legal knowledge platform dedicated to enabling the circular economy transition.

Project

The Ideal(s) City

Circularity in Urban Regions

Amsterdam, just like other cities, faces several urban challenges, whereof most of these are intertwined. The Ideal(s) City project untangles these urban challenges and uses the ocean of information that is already available to gain new insights.

Project

Urban Plastic Soup

Circularity in Urban Regions

Urban plastic waste is a major source of plastic pollution in rivers and oceans.

Project

Urban Plastic Soup

Circularity in Urban Regions

Urban plastic waste is a major source of plastic pollution in rivers and oceans.

Project

Urban Plastic Soup

Circularity in Urban Regions

Urban plastic waste is a major source of plastic pollution in rivers and oceans.

Project

Urban Plastic Soup

Circularity in Urban Regions

Urban plastic waste is a major source of plastic pollution in rivers and oceans.

Project

Vertical farms for urban food supply

Metropolitan Food Systems

GROWx is setting up an efficient, 100% robotized, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven vertical farm in Amsterdam.

Project

Vertical farms for urban food supply

Metropolitan Food Systems

GROWx is setting up an efficient, 100% robotized, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven vertical farm in Amsterdam.

Project

Designing informal green spaces

Climate Resilient Cities

In the condensed urban area it can be a challenge to manage urban green infrastructure. This research develops design knowledge for integrating multiple ecosystem services of small and interstitial informal green spaces (IGS) in the condensed urban area.

Project

Designing informal green spaces

Climate Resilient Cities

In the condensed urban area it can be a challenge to manage urban green infrastructure. This research develops design knowledge for integrating multiple ecosystem services of small and interstitial informal green spaces (IGS) in the condensed urban area.