Bernadette van Heel is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the department of Environmental Geography at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). With an interdisciplinary background, she studies human-nature relations and socio-ecological interactions in various contexts.
She is interested in contributing insights in how we can bring together different perspectives towards a more sustainable and biodiverse future. Specifically over the last years she has studied perceptions on nature and human-nature relationships in different contexts and people, and how to collaborate from these different perspectives towards a common goal through for example stakeholder participation. She currently works in the Biodiversa+ project emBrace.
Expertise
Human-nature relationships, Relational values, Public participation, Collaboration, Socio-ecological interactions.
Education
2024: PhD in socio-ecological interactions, Radboud University, the Netherlands.
2016: MSc, Biology with Science in Society specialisation, Radboud University, the Netherlands.
2014: BSc, Biology, Radboud University, the Netherlands.
