Ester Van Der Voet
Leiden University
LEIDEN, Netherlands
Member ID 0014
Member since Mar 19, 2001
Status Active
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Ester van der Voet is a Professor with Leiden University at the Department Industrial Ecology of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML). She holds the chair of Sustainable Resource Use. Within the field of Industrial Ecology, she specialises in methodology development: material flow analysis, substance flow analysis, natural resource accounting, life cycle assessment, and indicator development. These methodologies she applies to different topical areas, specifically resource use and resource management, resource efficiency, metals and the circular economy, agriculture and the biobased economy. She has initiated three MSc programs: the MSc Industrial Ecology, now a joint degree between Leiden University and TU Delft, and two international programs of Leiden, Delft, Graz University and Chalmers University in Sweden: MIND and CIRCLE. She has acted as head of CML’s Department Industrial Ecology for 4 years. She has conducted and led many research projects for the EU and in other international consortia. She is a member of the UN International Resource Panel.

Research Interests

Sustainable Resource Use
Circular Economy
Scenario Analysis
Material Flow Analysis

Website contributions from this member

24 Feb 2020 Save the date for the ISIE2021 conference in Leiden
26 Jan 2018 New Book on the Resource Nexus
26 Jan 2018 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Industrial Ecology of the journal Ecosystem Health & Sustainability
26 Jan 2018 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Industrial Ecology of the journal Ecosystem Health & Sustainability