Ron Cörvers (R.J.M.)
Research profile
- smallholder farmers and global value networks
- governance and sustainable development
- urban, local and regional sustainable development
- (social) learning for sustainable development
Research projects
- Fair and Smart Data spearhead, since 2021
- Environmental Vision LIJN-50 municipalities (Vaals, Gulpen-Wittem, Eijsden-Margraten), 2019-2020
- Meerssen Centre: Participatory, Integrated, Foresight, 2019-2020
- GLOCULL project, Globally and Locally-sustainable Food-Water-Energy Innovation in Urban Living Labs, 2018-2021, JPI Urban Europe & Belmont Forum, http://glocull.boku.ac.at/
- NIRAS project 2018-2020
- SmarterLabs project, Improving Anticipation and Social Inclusion in Living Labs for Smart City Governance, 2016-2019, JPI Urban Europe http://smarterlabs.uni-graz.at/en/
- URB@Exp project, Towards new forms of urban governance and city development: learning from URBan Experiments with Living Labs & City Labs, 2014-2017, JPI Urban Europe http://www.urbanexp.eu/
- SPIN-project ‘Social and economic effects of partnering for sustainable change in agricultural commodity chains - A Southern perspective”; an international research programme of the University of Lampung (Indonesia) and Maastricht University (5 PhDs and 1 postdoc), 2013-2017 http://www.munpop.nl
Publications
Most recent publications:
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Rijkens - Klomp, N., & Cörvers, R. (2018). De betekenis van participatieve toekomstverkenningen voor strategisch beleid: lessen uit de lokale praktijk. Bestuurswetenschappen, 72(4), 28-46. https://doi.org/10.5553/Bw/016571942018072004003
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Offermans, A., Cörvers, R., & de Kraker, J. (2016). Diversity of student perspectives on sustainable development as a feature of a competence-based learning environment. In R. Cörvers, J. de Kraker, R. Kemp, P. Martens, & H. van Lente (Eds.), Sustainable Development Research at ICIS: Taking stock and looking ahead (pp. 249-260). Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht.
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Cörvers, R., Wiek, A., de Kraker, J., Lang, D., & Martens, P. (2016). Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning for Sustainable Development. In H. Heinrichs, P. Martens, G. Michelsen, & A. W. (Eds.), Sustainability Science: An Introduction (pp. 349-358). Springer.
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Cörvers, R., & de Kraker, J. (2016). Research for sustainable development at ICIS: Taking stock and looking ahead. In R. Cörvers, J. de Kraker, R. Kemp, P. Martens, & H. van Lente (Eds.), Sustainable Development Research at ICIS: Taking stock and looking ahead (pp. 409-416). Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht.
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Cörvers, R., de Kraker, J., Kemp, R., Martens, P., & van Lente, H. (2016). Sustainable development research at ICIS. In R. Cörvers, J. de Kraker, R. Kemp, P. Martens, & H. van Lente (Eds.), Sustainable Development Research at ICIS: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead (pp. 11-20). Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht.
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Cörvers, R., de Kraker, J., Kemp, R., Martens, P., & van Lente, H. (Eds.) (2016). Sustainable Development Research at ICIS: Taking stock and looking ahaed. Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht. https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/research/institutes/icis/sustainable-development-research-icis-%E2%80%93-taking-stock-and-looking-ahead
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de Kraker, J., Cörvers, R., Scholl, C., & van Wanroij, T. (2016). Urban labs - a new approach in the governance of sustainable urban development. In R. Cörvers, J. de Kraker, R. Kemp, P. Martens, & H. van Lente (Eds.), Sustainable Development Research at ICIS: Taking stock and looking ahead (pp. 335-346). Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht.
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Pekdemir, C., Glasbergen, P., & Cörvers, R. (2015). On the transformative capacity of private fair labour arrangements. In Global Governance of Labour Rights: Assessing the Effectiveness of Transnational Public and Private Policy Initiatives (pp. 209-229). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784711467.00016
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Astuti, E, S., Offermans, A., Kemp, R., & Cörvers, R. (2015). The Impact of Coffee Certification on the Economic Performance of Indonesian Actors. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 12(2), 1-16.
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De Kraker, J., Cörvers, R. J. M., & Lansu, A. (2014). E-learning for sustainable development: linking virtual mobility and transboundary competence. In U. M. Azeiteiro, W. Leal Filho, & S. Caeiro (Eds.), E-learning and sustainability Peter Lang GmbH.

R.J.M. Cörvers
- Programme lead Fair and Smart Data - the Currency for Global Sustainability (since 2021)
- Scientific director Maastricht Sustainability Institute/formerly ICIS (2013-2021)
- Project owner Education in Sustainable UM2030 programme (since 2018)
- Programme director MSc. programme Sustainability Science, Policy and Society (2011-2019)
- Associate professor Governance and Sustainable Development
Maastricht Sustainability Institute, School of Business and Economics