Gert Spaargaren (born February, 1954) is a Dutch professor at the Wageningen University, author, and editor.
Spaargaren is from Aalsmeer, Netherlands, and is currently teaching Environmental Policy for sustainability and patterns of consumption in the Department of Social Sciences.
Between 1999 and 2003, Spaargaren held a professorship at Tilburg University, teaching policy of environmental education.
In 1999 he completed his dissertation on the ecological modernization of production and consumption at Wageningen University.
In 2000 Spaargaren wrote "Governing Environmental Flows: Global Challenges to Social Theory.