Luuk Fleskens

Dr. Luuk Fleskens is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Land Management at Wageningen University, where he earned his PhD in 2007.

ABOUT Luuk Fleskens

Dr. Luuk Fleskens is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Land Management at Wageningen University, where he earned his PhD in 2007. With over 25 years of experience, his work focuses on assessing the impacts of land and water management, particularly in Africa and Southern Europe. His research considers three aspects of informing sustainable land management: unlocking spatial soil management information; assessing viability and sustainability of land management; and appreciating land management decisions. He has published over 80 papers in scientific journals and currently acts as the interim chair of the Soil Physics and Land Management group. Within ABC Futures, he is promotor of the Mozambique Gorongosa National Park case study PhD student, Filipa Oitaven.

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Filipa Oitavén, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Mozambique
Around Gorongosa National Park, Filipa Oitavén researches how conservation organizations work with local communities — and how local knowledge and leadership can shape conservation.
Astracia Warner, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working on One Health in Suriname
Astracia Warner works from a One Health perspective, researching mosquito-borne diseases and socio-ecological change with Indigenous communities in the Surinamese rainforest.
José María Casanova Celis, PhD candidate in the ABC Futures programme, working in Mexico
José María Casanova Celis expands ABC Futures to a fifth research country. His PhD applies a political ecology lens to power relations in protected area governance.