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Pjotr van WeertPjotr van Weert

Doctoral Researcher

Department of agricultural economics
Agro-food marketing and consumer behavior
Ghent University
Coupure links 653
9000 Ghent, Belgium

Research
  • Human Behavier
  • Food Security
  • Communication and Policy
  • Opinion mining
Eduction
  • 09/2024 – Present Doctoral studies in Economics of New Food Trends, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 10/2022 – 07/2024Msc Nutrition and Food Systems, Ghent University, Belgium
  • Thesis: The Determinants of Human Milk Composition In Rural Burkina Faso.
  • 10/2018 – 08/2022 Bsc Food Technology, HAS, s’-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
  • Protein shift
Practical Experience
  • 04/2024 – 06/2024 Internship, Assessing food security in informal food markets through Household Dietary Diversity Score, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Blantyre, Malawi.
  • 05/2024 – 07/2024 Internship, Developing Valorization Strategies for Residue Streams in the Tropical Food Industry, Rikolto CREA project, Quito, Ecuador.
  • 09/2024 – 02/2023 Internship, Fermentative Production of Erythritol from Apple and Pear Waste Streams, Food Technology Brainport, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Pjotr van Weert

Pjotr van Weert
Doctoral Researcher

Department of agricultural economics
Agro-food marketing and consumer behavior
Ghent University
Coupure links 653
9000 Ghent, Belgium

Research Interests

  • Human Behavier
  • Food Security
  • Communication and Policy
  • Opinion mining

Education

  • 09/2024 - Present Doctoral studies in Economics of New Food Trends, University of Göttingen, Germany
  • 10/2022 - 07//2024Msc Nutrition and Food Systems, Ghent University, Belgium
  • Thesis: The Determinants of Human Milk Composition In Rural Burkina Faso.
  • 10/2018 - 08/2022 Bsc Food Technology, HAS, s’-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
  • Protein shift

Practical Experience

  • 04/2024 - 06/2024 Internship, Assessing food security in informal food markets through Household Dietary Diversity Score, Malawi University of Science and Technology, Blantyre, Malawi.
  • 05/2024 - 07/2024 Internship, Developing Valorization Strategies for Residue Streams in the Tropical Food Industry, Rikolto CREA project, Quito, Ecuador.
  • 09/2024 - 02/2023 Internship, Fermentative Production of Erythritol from Apple and Pear Waste Streams, Food Technology Brainport, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.