Mariska Heijs

Mariska Heijs serves as a Lecturer at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences within the Climate and Water research group. Her academic role combines teaching in Water Management with applied research on environmental governance challenges.

Her research focuses on critical sustainability issues:

• Equity dimensions of climate adaptation policies
• Plastic pollution mitigation strategies
• Integrated resource governance in the Water-Energy-Food nexus

She actively contributes to the Interreg Treasure project and shares methodological expertise in literature research, stakeholder analysis, and qualitative interviewing techniques with students and colleagues, bridging academic inquiry with practical environmental solutions.