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Dr. David Onnekink is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University's School of Humanities. He is a leading scholar in the history of international relations, focusing on the intersection of religion, ecology, and global power dynamics.
- Specialization: Global history of Protestant missions (1520-2020), early modern European international relations, missionary cartography, and environmentalism.
- Key Institutions: Affiliated with the Research Institute for History and Art History and co-founder of an international academic network on the history of international relations.
Onnekink's research explores how Protestant missionary activities shaped ecological and political landscapes, particularly through cartographic practices. He has authored influential works such as The Dutch in the Early Modern World (2019) and Reinterpreting the Dutch Forty Years War (2016), while co-hosting the Politics and Culture in Europe book series with Routledge.
Recent awards include the Alumni Fellow at NIAS (2019) and VENI-grant (2004). He has taught at prestigious institutions like the University of Edinburgh and UCLA, and his work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to open societies and environmental stewardship.
- Current Projects: Missionary cartography and its ecological implications (1520-2020), with a focus on Nigerian landscapes and Greenlandic climate change.
