Myrna van Leeuwen

Myrna van Leeuwen serves as a Researcher in the International Policy department at Wageningen University & Research's School of Social Sciences, where she specializes in bioeconomy policy analysis and agricultural modeling for European Union decision-making. With 124 research outputs including 17 peer-reviewed articles and 77 professional reports, her work bridges academic research and practical policy implementation through extensive collaboration with EU institutions.

Her research focuses on bioeconomy development, value chain analysis, and sustainability modeling, particularly examining how agricultural systems can operate within planetary boundaries while maintaining economic viability. Recent work analyzes the implications of Ukrainian EU accession, grassland regulations on Dutch dairy chains, and methodological approaches for measuring bioeconomy value creation across European sectors.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a consistent trajectory toward increasingly sophisticated modeling frameworks that integrate environmental constraints with economic decision-making, particularly through the BIOMONITOR project which developed comprehensive tools for tracking EU bioeconomy progress against policy targets.

• Project leader for 12 EU-funded research initiatives including BIOMONITOR (2019-2023)
• Principal contributor to EU Bioeconomy Conference sessions since 2018
• Regular presenter at international policy forums including ICABR in Bologna

Van Leeuwen directs collaborative research teams spanning multiple Wageningen research groups and European institutions, with recent work emphasizing the integration of circular economy principles into agricultural policy frameworks. Her methodological contributions focus on developing robust measurement systems for bioeconomy value creation and creating modeling approaches that better represent environmental constraints in agricultural decision-making.