Uta Wehn

Uta Wehn is a Professor at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education holding a joint professorship with Leiden University's Centre for Science and Technological Studies (CWTS). She joined IHE Delft in 2011 and leads Action Research on citizen science and open science at the interface of science, society, and policy for sustainability. Her work focuses on leveraging societal engagement for transformative change in environmental governance.

Her research interests include:

• Citizen Science and Community-Based Environmental Monitoring
• Open Science and Data Sharing Frameworks
• Participatory Governance in Water Management
• LivingLabs and Co-Design Methodologies
• Sustainable Ecosystem Conservation
• Behavioral Dynamics in Stakeholder Collaborations

Professor Wehn coordinates major international projects including Horizon Europe's more4nature (2024-2027) as Coordinator, CitiObs (2023-2026) as Social Sciences & Humanities lead, and MAR2PROTECT (2022-2026) for groundwater protection. Her funding portfolio spans EU Framework Programmes, ESA, Mistra, and the Coca Cola Foundation.

She co-chairs the Citizen Science & Open Science Community of Practice under the Citizen Science Global Partnership and contributed to UNESCO's Open Science Recommendation. Her advisory roles include the OECD Water Governance Initiative (2013-2022) and editorial boards for Sustainability Science and Prometheus. She emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches while cautioning against overestimating citizen science as a sustainability panacea.