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Dr. Ingrid de Zwarte is an Assistant Professor at the Economic and Environmental History Group (RHI) at Wageningen University & Research. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Amsterdam and NIOD Institute, focusing on the Dutch Hunger Winter (1944-45), for which she received the ASH Dissertation Award. Previously, she was a Lecturer in Global History at Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Niels Stensen Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford. Her research explores food and famine in modern conflicts, including their political use, social responses, and demographic impacts. Key projects include the NWO-funded 'Heritages of Hunger' (2019-24), examining European famine legacies in education and heritage sectors, and the NWO Veni project on famine dynamics during Indonesia's decolonization. She co-edited Tien miljard monden: hoe we de wereld gaan voeden in 2050 (2020) and received the Royal Netherlands Academy's Early Career Award (2023). She teaches courses on food security, societal transitions, and colonialism's historical impacts. Affiliated with NIOD, she actively engages in public debates on food policy and historical memory.
Education:
- Bachelor's and Master's in History and Slavic Languages/Cultures, University of Amsterdam
- PhD in History, University of Amsterdam & NIOD Institute
Research Interests: Famine as a weapon, social self-organization during crises, famine's role in state formation, decolonization processes, and the intersection of food security and global history. Her work spans Europe, Indonesia, and Latin America, with a focus on transnational comparisons.
Grants/Awards:
- NWO NWA-ORC Grant (2019-24) for 'Heritages of Hunger'
- NWO Veni Grant (2020) for Indonesia famine project
- ASH Dissertation Award (2017-18)
- Early Career Award (KNAW, 2023)
Labs/Teams: Leads the 'Heritages of Hunger' project with 16 international partners, affiliated with NIOD, and collaborates on Indonesia famine studies. Engages in interdisciplinary teams combining historians, demographers, and heritage specialists.
