Arthur Mol was trained in environmental sciences (MSc) and environmental social sciences (PhD). Besides chair and professor at Wageningen University he was also professor of environmental policy at Renmin University, China, at Tsinghua University, China, and at the National University of Malaysia UKM. He was joint editor of the journal Environmental Politics, and is book series editor of New Horizons in Environmental Politics. His main fields of interest and publications are in environmental studies, globalization, social theory and the environment, informational governance, ecological modernization, China, sustainable (food) production and consumption and urban environmental governance. Currently, he is Rector Magnificus and Vice-President of Wageningen University & Research and president of the Association of European Life Science Universities (ICA). Contact at arthur.mol@wur.nl