Wageningen University & Research (WUR) invites applications for the position of Full Professor and Chair of Global Nutrition. The Global Nutrition chair group is embedded within the Division of Human Nutrition and Health, an internationally renowned centre for research and education in nutrition and health, comprising five highly regarded chair groups.
The incoming chair will provide strategic and academic leadership to a vibrant, internationally oriented research group with a strong societal mission.
The mission of the Global Nutrition group is to generate the evidence base needed to eradicate all forms of malnutrition while simultaneously improving planetary health. Across low-, middle-, and high-income contexts, the group advances nutritional insights to address healthy and sustainable diets worldwide. Research ranges from individual (mal)nutrition to population diets, and from pregnancy to old age. Core areas include maternal and child nutrition, public health nutrition, and sustainable food systems, with strong expertise in dietary assessment, nutritional epidemiology, and data science.
As Chair of Global Nutrition, you will have the opportunity to further shape and expand the group’s research agenda in alignment with its mission, while developing your own scientific vision and leadership profile.
Responsibilities- Setting, steering and contributing to the strategic research direction of the chair group; including acquiring funding and leading research activities on Global Nutrition topics.
- providing academic leadership and supportive mentorship to a team of scientists, lecturers, and professional staff; diverse in backgrounds and career stages
- strengthening the group’s national and international visibility and impact;
- contributing to high-quality research and education in nutrition at BSc, MSc, and PhD levels, and driving innovation in teaching and research;
- jointly managing, together with four other chair holders and an operational manager, the daily operations of the Division of Human Nutrition and Health, including strategy, finances and operational-aspects of personnel and strategic management.
The Global Nutrition group currently consists of one chair holder, three part-time professors, four associate professors, two assistant professors, two teachers, one researcher, four postdoctoral researchers, research dietitians, project managers, secretarial staff, and approximately 40 PhD candidates, many of whom are based abroad in so-called “sandwich PhD” trajectories.
The group collaborates extensively within the nutrition cluster and across all Science Groups within WUR, and maintains strong international partnerships. More information can be found on the group’s website: Global Nutrition | WUR.
The Division of Human Nutrition and Health comprises approximately 240 staff members (full-time and part-time), including 125 PhD candidates and 20 postdoctoral researchers, supported by a shared team of professionals such as research dietitians, technicians, nurses, a data steward, and administrative staff and more information is available at the website: Human Nutrition and Health | WUR.
The Division includes five chair groups:
- Global Nutrition
- Nutritional Biology
- Nutrition and Disease
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Genomics
- Sensory Science and Eating Behaviour
The Division integrates nutrition research across cellular, individual, and population levels, supported by state‑of‑the‑art facilities including a dedicated human metabolic research unit, a research kitchen, advanced dietary assessment technologies, and modern analytical and in vitro laboratories.
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