Marieke Evelien Meesters

• Doctor of Philosophy
• PhD researcher at Wageningen University & Research

This paper explores the consequences of a shift in Dutch coastal management. The management approach transitioned from aiming to keep the sea at bay toward the stimulation of dynamic sea-land relations. This shift toward “dynamic management” can be seen as part of wider trends in both ecological and science, technology, and society thinking on coas...

In noordwest Friesland wint Frisia sinds 1995 zuiver zout rondom het dorpje Wijnaldum. Als gevolg van de mijnbouw is in de afgelopen vijfentwintig jaar de grondoppervlakte tientallen centimeters gedaald. Dit soort bodemdaling is niet zonder risico's: het kan leiden tot nattere akkers door relatief hoger grondwater, en tot schade aan gebouwen en inf...

In this article, we analyze the role of measurements practices in a public dispute about the impacts of t mining in the Netherlands. Drawing on studies of material participation and agential realism, we analyze how measurement practices shape he boundaries of subsurface objects . We detail how these boundaries become relevant for assessing mining i...

What does it mean to be an inclusive, diverse, decolonized and intersectional university research centre specialized in sustainability governance? What are the biases that we have when researching and teaching about sustainability governance? How do we create safe spaces to reflect on these biases and experiences of discrimination at the Wageningen...

The Social Licence to Operate (SLO) has emerged as a leading concept to assess the legitimacy of extractive operations. This article examines recent SLO literature to discuss how the SLO is conceptualized and enacted. Our discussion focuses on three main themes: (1) who are considered to be relevant stakeholders; (2) the ways in which these stakeho...

Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, a group of Forest and Nature Conservation and Policy (FNP) group researchers came together to discuss whether and how we need to explore and fight discriminatory practices in our own institutional context. This document reports on our findings from a survey that ran over the summer 2020 (n = 44 responses...

The changes and growth of the Second Book of the Criminal Code. A historical analysis of its external structure in the period 1886-2017 Recently a project was started that aims to systematically describe and explain the developments in the Criminal Code for the period 1886 - 2017. This article presents the first results of this new project, called...

The Social Licence to Operate (SLO) is increasingly used in extractive industries both as a response to calls for greater community engagement and as a corporate sustainability strategy. Given its current popularity as a policy instrument, critiques on the SLO deserve attention. Critiques mainly focus on ambiguities that surround the processes of g...