Henny van der Windt

Hendrik Johannes (Henny) van der Windt (born 22 August 1955, in Vlaardingen)[1] is a Dutch associate professor at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, specialized in the relationship between sustainability and science, in particular the relationship between nature conservation and ecology and between energy technologies, locale energy-initiatives and the energy transition.

He received his doctorate in 1995 with his PhD dissertation "En dan: wat is natuur nog in dit land?

At that time he worked as a junior scientist and lecturer at the Biology Department of the University of Groningen.

He studied science-society interactions concerning genomics, food, ecological restoration, energy and sustainability,[4] combining approaches and insights from biology, environmental science, environmental history and science and technology studies.

In addition to scientific papers, journalistic articles and policy reports [8] Van der Windt was author or editor of several books or chapters.