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Ester van der Voet

Associate professor at Institute of Environmental Sciences CML at Leiden University

Areas of expertise

  • - Resources
  • - Circular economy
  • - Urban mining
  • - Scenario development and assessment

About me

Ester van der Voet is an Associate Professor at Leiden University in the Department of Industrial Ecology of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML). Her research focuses on resource use and resource management, resource efficiency, metals, critical materials, and biobased materials.

She has initiated three MSc programs in Industrial Ecology and circular economy: a joint degree program between Leiden University and TU Delft, and two international double degree programs with partners from EU, US, China, Japan and Australia.

She is a member of UNEP’s International Resource Panel. Her present activities mainly focus on the circular economy and urban mining, specifically scenario development at different scale levels and building up information systems to support local, national and international policies on sustainable resource use.