AGM (Anke) de Vrieze, MSc

Anke de Vrieze is an anthropologist by training. After her studies, she ventured into organic agriculture and ambitioned becoming a farmer, but landed on studying and supporting urban farming instead. This interest brought her to the Rural Sociology Group at Wageningen University, where she coordinated a European research and training network around sustainable-placing (SUSPLACE) and discovered a passion for designing and enabling meaningful research collaborations. She’s co-founder of Re.imaginary and the WUR Transformative Learning Hub, and now works for one day per week as engagement coordinator at the Centre for Space Place and Society.  In September 2022, she joined the Centre for Unusual Collaborations as Knowledge and Learning Officer. In this capacity, she seeks to support teams in effectively collaborating across disciplines and fostering learning across projects.