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Ron Cörvers (R.J.M.)

Research profile

  1. smallholder farmers and global value networks
  2. governance and sustainable development
  3. urban, local and regional sustainable development
  4. (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:

  • 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.

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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
R​.​Corvers​@​​maastricht​university​.​nl
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