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Katarzyna (Kate) Negacz

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dr. Katarzyna (Kate) Negacz

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6817-5259

  • Room 8A-01, NU-building

  • Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), De Boelelaan 1111

    1081 HV Amsterdam

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Katarzyna (Kate) Negacz is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), specialising in food systems and biodiversity governance. As an interdisciplinary environmental governance scholar, she brings together science and policy, focusing on how institutions and governance systems can better respond to complex environmental challenges across scales and regions. Her research focuses on the role of non-state and sub-national actors in global biodiversity governance, as well as the potential of saline and degraded lands for sustainable food production.

Dr. Negacz has led and contributed to research projects across Europe, Asia, South America and Africa, including fieldwork and stakeholder engagement in Switzerland, Spain, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Argentina and Mozambique. She actively collaborates with international partners to co-produce knowledge and support evidence-based decision-making on a variety of earth system governance issues, in particular biodiversity, salinity and sustainable consumption.

Katarzyna is currently working on the following projects:

  • SUSTAIN COST Action - Sustainable use of salt-affected lands
  • Biodiversa+ SaltyBEATS - Salty Symphonies: Bringing back Biodiversity in Marginal Saltlands
  • HE RETOUCH Nexus - Resilient Water Governance Under Climate Change within the WEFE NEXUS
  • Bio* with the PBL (Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency) - Global Biodiversity Governance beyond 2020.

Katarzyna is a coordinator for the MSc program Environment and Resource Management at the VU.

Dr. Negacz serves a Vice-chair for the FAO GSP International Network of Salt-Affected Soils.

Expertise

Environmental governance and policy integration, saline agriculture, biodiversity governance, ecosystem services, stakeholder empowerment, transnational sustainability initiatives.

Education

2019: PhD in Economics, Warsaw School of Economics.

2018: Master’s degree in Environment and Resource Management, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

2015: Master’s degree in Law, University of Warsaw

2012: Master’s degree in International Economics, Warsaw School of Economics

2009: Bachelor’s degree in International Economics, Warsaw School of Economics

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  4. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  5. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  6. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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  • VARM Simulator

    Negacz, K. (Supervisor), Banerjee, S. (Supervisor), Hogeboom , R. (Supervisor), Lot Camarena, A. (Creator), Pan, L. (Creator) & Butt, T. (Creator), IVM-VU, 1 Oct 2024

    Dataset / Software: Software