About Centre for Development Innovation

Our mission is to create capacities for change and so promote the quality of food, the living environment and living conditions within (international) society.

Our core expertise is innovation processes and capacity development for change. This we combine with expertise from across Wageningen UR’s five Sciences Groups to offer knowledge services that link technical content with processes of innovation, learning and change.

The Centre for Development Innovation is part of Wageningen University and Research Centre. Together with the Department of Social Sciences and LEI it forms the Social Sciences Group.

SSG Management
Ir. L.C. (Laan) van Staalduinen - Managing Director, Social Sciences Group
Drs. I.T.J. (Inge) Grimm -  Director Operations a.i., Social Sciences Group

CDI Directors
                           
Dr J. (Jim) Woodhill                        W.L. (Wouter Leen) Hijweege
Director, CDI                                    Deputy Director, CDI

There is increasing demand for capacity development and advisory services that unite technical expertise and discipline-based understanding with the facilitation of multi-stakeholder and interactive learning processes.

Our staff do just this: they combine solid content-based knowledge with high-level process facilitation skills and extensive experience abroad. Working in 60 countries across four continents, our staff work in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Click on the link below for a list of all our staff.