Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies, MA (cum laude), PhD

Environmental Policy and Management, Postdoctoral

Specializing at environmental management, adaptation to effects of climate change, poverty and development, intercultural interaction, and human ontogeny and phylogeny.

Facilitating the application of participatory methodologies and indicators of cultural difference to reinforce project cycles, future scenario structuring, multi-criteria analysis and cost-benefit accounting.

Worked in 16 states of India and 25 other countries in all continents.

Languages: Dutch, English, German, Italian, French, Malayalam, Greek, Latin.

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'This child is unfit for school.'
~ Nursery teacher

'He was an indigo child two generations avant la lettre.'
~ Ilse Oehlenschlager

'He is a failure.'
~ Dick de Boer, Head of Secondary School

'You are extremely intelligent.'
~ Air Force Psychologists

'You cannot remain a crown prince forever.'
Dr Klaas van der Veen, University of Amsterdam