Rob Haren
1987 …2024

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Rob van Haren is Professor “Transition Bioeconomy” at the Institute for life Sciences and Technology of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. His chair has three transition themes: transition green entrepreneurship, transition green process technology, product development with green ingredients. Green process technology is with supercritical CO2 technologies for extraction and fractionation respectively. Rob van Haren combines these three themes within “green circular new product development”.

Rob van Haren was interim Professor Art&Sustainability at Minerva Art Academy. There his artistic research is focused on "Fair circular Transition" with the research lines: "Transformative change by Panarchy" and "Circular Biobased Design".

Rob has a doctorate in theoretical biology at the VU University Amsterdam. In addition to his professorship he guides SMEs to 'private label innovations' and develops new food- and lifestyle products. Rob was previously employed as director of Kiemkracht, an alliance of Agriculture and the InnovationNetwork of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In addition, he was professor of Innovation and Knowledge transfer Agribusiness at the University of Groningen. Before he worked as innovation manager sustainable supply chains at AVEBE, a Dutch potato processing industry and as senior scientist agro-ecology at Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Research Focus Areas Research Centre or Centre of Expertise * (mandatory by Hanze)

  • Art & Wellbeing
  • Transition Bio Economy
  • Art
  • Healthy Ageing
  • Art & Sustainability
  • Art, Learning and Participation

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