Personal page: Arjan Wardekker

Drs. J.A. Wardekker Department of Science, Technology and Society Utrecht University Budapestlaan 6 3584 CD Utrecht The Netherlands Telephone: +31-30-253 36 18 Fax: +31-30-253 76 01 Email: J.A.Wardekker@uu.nl

Short CV

Arjan Wardekker (1981) studied Chemistry at Utrecht University (BSc. (equiv.) 2003, MSc. 2005) and graduated within the MSc. programme of Natural Resources Management. His main focus was on risks (environment, health, and safety), risk management/policy, and risk perception and communication. During 2003-2004 he worked on his MSc. thesis on risk perception and communication on climate change, at the Department of Science, Technology and Society (UU - STS)

Working experience was obtained during three internships. His final internship was performed at the Dutch Nature's Calendar (De Natuurkalender), based at the Foundation for Sustainable Development and Wageningen University, on the issue of climate change, air quality and human health, focussing on hay fever.
Two earlier internships focussed on science communication and education: one at Utrecht University Museum, supervising school children in the Youth Lab and developing new educational material, and one at the CUtrecht University's Chemical Education section at Utrecht University, designing and developing a concept website on the risks of chemicals.

During the past few years he has been working as a junior researcher in the Environmental Risk Management cluster at STS and as a methodology advisor at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. A list of his main projects can be found below. Earlier jobs - during his study - included working as a research assistant at STS on the International Expert Meeting Uncertainty Communication and as a science editor/journalist on environmental issues for "Magazijn" magazine (Utrecht Science Shops).

Projects
My current projects at UU - STS include:

• Case-studies Uncertainty and Climate Change Adaptation (see also nusap.net/adaptation)
• Contribution to the WHO-PBL workshop 'Policy Options for Climate Change and Health'
• Contribution to the PBL report on effects of climate change in The Netherlands
• Contribution to PBL study 'Climate-proof Netherlands 2'
• Uncertainty communication RIVM-CMM: evaluation and advice
• Revision of the [RIVM/MNP] PBL 'Guidance for Uncertainty Assessment and Communication'
• Consensus and dissensus in the climate debate (UU & Rathenau Institute)
• Uncertainties in risk estimations of electromagnetic fields of overhead power lines
• Communicating climate change: tools for framing climate risks and benefits (UU, VU-IVM, UT) in the national research programme "Climate changes Spatial Planning" .

Past projects to which I have contributed at UU - STS and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP):

• Uncertainty Communication (UU & MNP)
• Worldviews and Controversies on sustainability (UU & MNP)
• Uncertainty, Transparency and Communication (MNP & UU)
• Methodology for Sustainability Assessment (MNP)
• Worldviews, Technology and Behavior (MNP) in the project "Technology and Religion" by the Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT)
• Integrated Assessment of Health Risks of Environmental stressors in Europe (INTARESE) (MNP and many others)

Articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals:

• Wardekker, J.A., A. de Jong, J.M. Knoop, J.P. van der Sluijs (in press). "Operationalising a resilience approach to adapting an urban delta to uncertain climate changes". Technological Forecasting and Social Change. doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2009.11.005
• Wardekker, J.A., A.C. Petersen, J.P. van der Sluijs (2009). "Ethics and public perception of climate change: Exploring the Christian voices in the US public debate. Global Environmental Change, 19 (4), pp. 512-521.
• Knol, A.B., J.J. de Hartog, H. Boogaard, P. Slottje, J.P. van der Sluijs, E. Lebret, F.R. Cassee, J.A. Wardekker, J.G. Ayres, P.J. Borm, B. Brunekreef, K. Donaldson, F. Forastiere, S.T. Holgate, W.G. Kreyling, B. Nemery, J. Pekkanen, V. Stone, H.E. Wichmann, G. Hoek (2009). "Expert elicitation on ultrafine particles: likelihood of health effects and causal pathways". Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 6, art. no. 19.
• Wardekker, J.A., J.P. van der Sluijs, P.H.M. Janssen, P. Kloprogge, A.C. Petersen (2008). "Uncertainty communication in environmental assessments: Views from the Dutch science-policy interface". Environmental Science & Policy, 11 (7), pp. 627-641.

  Short communications:

• De Hartog, J., A. Knol, et al. (2009). "Expert elicitation on health effects related to exposure to ultrafine particles: likelihood of causality and causal pathways". Epidemiology, 20 (6), pp. S68-S69.
• De Jong, A., J.P. van der Sluijs, J.A. Wardekker (2009). "Uncertainties in risk estimations of electromagnetic fields of overhead power lines". Epidemiology, 20 (6), p. S220.

• Scientific reports:

• Wardekker, J.A., J. de Boer, M.J. Kolkman, J.P. van der Sluijs, K.S. Buchanan, A. de Jong, A. van der Veen (2009). "Tool catalogue frame-based information tools". Report NWS-E-2009-3. Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 65 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A., A. de Jong, J.P. van der Sluijs (2008). "Veerkrachtig Rotterdam: klimaatverandering als uitdaging - Workshopverslag". Report NWS-E-2008-300. Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 33 pp.
• Kloprogge, P., J.P. van der Sluijs, J.A. Wardekker (2007). "Uncertainty Communication: Issues and Good practice" . Report NWS-E-2007-199, commissioned by: MNP. Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 64 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A.; Van der Sluijs, J.P.: "Evaluatie van Onzekerheidscommunicatie in de Milieubalans 2005". Report NWS-E-2006-215, commissioned by: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP). Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006, 34 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A.; Van der Sluijs, J.P.: "Wereldbeelden en Controversen rond Duurzaamheid". Report NWS-E-2006-191, commissioned by: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP). Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006, 33 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A.; Van der Sluijs, J.P.: "Onzekerheidscommunicatie in de Milieubalans 2005: Resultaten Gebruikerspanel Stakeholders". Report NWS-E-2006-36, commissioned by: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP/RIVM). Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006, 39 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A.; Van der Sluijs, J.P.: "Onzekerheidscommunicatie in de Milieubalans 2005: Resultaten Gebruikerspanel Beleidsmakers". Report NWS-E-2006-16, commissioned by: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP/RIVM). Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2006, 35 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A.; Van der Sluijs, J.P.: "Report of the Expert Meeting Uncertainty Communication - Hotel Mitland, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 10 December 2004". Report NWS-E-2005-111, commissioned by: Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (RIVM/MNP). Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2005, 13 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A.: "Risk Communication on Climate Change". Report NWS-E-2004-120, ISBN 90-393-3934-1, MSc. Thesis, supervised by: Dr. J.P. van der Sluijs. Department of Science, Technology and Society, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2004, 200 pp.

  Conference papers and proceedings:

• De Boer, J., J.A. Wardekker, J.P. van der Sluijs (2009). "Frame-based guide to situated decision-making on climate change". Paper presented at the IARU International Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions. Copenhagen, Denmark, 10-12 March 2009, 14 pp.
• Wardekker, J.A., A.C. Petersen, J.P. van der Sluijs (2008). "Religious positions on climate change and climate policy in the United States". In: A. Carvalho (Ed.), "Communicating Climate Change: Discourses, Mediations and Perceptions". Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal, pp. 53-72.
  
• Wardekker, J.A., A.C. Petersen (2007). "Technology, worldviews and ". Short paper presented at the "STT 24-hour conference Technology and Religion", Deurne, the Netherlands, 31 January - 1 February 2007, 2pp (paper included in loose-leaf conference report).
• Wardekker, J.A.; Janssen, P.H.M.; Besseling, P.J.; Mathijssen, J.: "Interactief Experiment: Perceptie en Communicatie van Risico’s en Onzekerheden". In: J. Mathijssen, A. Petersen, P. Besseling, A. Rahman, H. Don (Eds.): "Omgaan met Onzekerheid in Beleid" [English translation, 2008, "Dealing with Uncertainty in Policymaking"]. Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB), Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP), and RAND Europe, The Hague, Bilthoven, and Leiden, The Netherlands, 2007, pp: 75-85.
  

Book, book chapters and other scientific publications:


• Wardekker, J.A., P. Kloprogge, A.C. Petersen, P.H.M. Janssen, J.P. van der Sluijs (in press). "Guidance for Uncertainty Assessment and Communication: Styleguide for Uncertainty Communication" (in English and Dutch). Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
  
• Wardekker, J.A., A.C. Petersen (2008). "Religieuze posities binnen het klimaatdebat in de VS". In: M.D.J. van Well (Ed.), "Deus et Machina, de verwevenheid van technologie en religie". STT book no. 72. Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends (STT), The Hague, pp. 350-359 (Deel 5: Wereld).
  
• Wardekker, J.A. (2007). "Group Decision Support". In: M. Hage, P. Leroy. “Leidraad Stakeholderparticipatie voor het Milieu- en Natuurplanbureau: Praktijkwijzer” [English translation, 2008, Stakeholder Participation Guidance for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency: Practice Guide]. MNP reports 550032008 (Dutch) and 550032009 (English). Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP) and Radboud University Nijmegen, Bilthoven and Nijmegen, The Netherlands, pp: 35-37.

Articles in professional journals / magazines:

• Wardekker, J.A.: "Stoffig Nederland - Normen luchtkwaliteit voorlopig nog niet gehaald". Magazijn, Volume: 16, Issue: 3 (September 2004), pp: 4-5.
  
• Wardekker, J.A.: "Radon in huis - Straling uit grond en bouwmaterialen". Magazijn, Volume: 16, Issue: 2 (June 2004), pp: 12.
• Wardekker, J.A.: "Stress door stank - Touwtrekken om geurhinder". Magazijn, Volume: 16, Issue: 1 (March 2004), pp: 12.

Other publications:

• Wardekker, J.A., J.P. van der Sluijs, L. van Bree (2010). "Findings of the Dutch expert survey on climate change, health and uncertainties". Invited presentation at the WHO-PBL workshop ‘Policy Options for Climate Change and Health’, World Health Organization, Bonn, Germany, 11-12 January 2010.
  
• Wardekker, J.A.: "Interactive webtool MNP/RIVM Guidance for Uncertainty Assessment and Communication". Presentation at: Integrated Assessment of Health Risks of Environmental Stressors in Europe (INTARESE) project WP4.1 meeting, AFSSET, Paris, France, 18-19 December 2006.
  
• Wardekker, J.A. (2005) "Risk Communication: Climate Change & Human Health". Poster presented at: Symposium Professional Application of NRM (internship symposium) Utrecht University, 24 June 2005, pp.8.
  
• Wardekker, J.A.: "Hooikoorts: invloed van omgeving en milieu". De Natuurkalender, 2005.
  
• Wardekker, J.A.; Van Vliet, A.J.H.: "Hooikoorts: Hoe en wat". De Natuurkalender, 2005.
  
• Wardekker, J.A. (2005). "Risicocommunicatie: Klimaatverandering en Gezondheid". Internship report. De Natuurkalender, Foundation for Sustainable Development, and Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 114 pp.

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Last update: 4 August 2008