Laurens Klerkx

Laurens Klerkx is a Professor at the Wageningen Academic Social Sciences, affiliated with the Department of Knowledge Technology and Innovation at Wageningen University & Research. His work bridges agricultural innovation systems, policy analysis, and digitalization in food systems.

Research interests include:

• Innovation Policy and System Transformation
• Circular Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems
• Stakeholder Engagement in Policy Processes
• Digitalization in Agri-Food Value Chains

Recent publications focus on:

• Climate change mitigation in Norwegian agriculture
• Proto-institutions in Chilean policy development
• Satellite-based governance in EU agricultural policy
• Circular agriculture mission dynamics in the Netherlands
• Organic agriculture law impacts in Chile

He supervises multiple PhD candidates across interdisciplinary projects exploring:

• Digitalization in agri-food systems
• Cross-sector innovation management
• Organizational inertia in environmental change
• Circular low trophic aquaculture governance