As lecturer and PhD candidate at FNP I study and teach on the relational being of humans in the world and the implications of that for nature conservation and care-full co-existence on the planet. My work departs from a post-humanist, eco-feminist lens, decentring the human and reflecting upon our conceptualizations of (the rest of) nature, our position in this complex web of interrelations and the agency of non-human beings in the web. I am currently working on a PhD around relational, transformative learning practices in 'wild' learning spaces, situated in a liquid modern world facing climate change and biodiversity loss.

Publications & news

• My work with students on Wild pedagogy appeared in Resource and Trouw.
• Van Tol, R. S., Elands, B. H., Buijs, A. E., & Schouten, M. G. (2022). " Nature Is Where There Is No Electricity and Wifi": Understanding Children's Connectedness with Nature through Their Images of Nature and Emotional Affinity towards Nature. Children, Youth and Environments, 32(2), 35-58.  * Please contact me when you want a copy of the article

FNP-24806 Together with Dr. Arjen Buijs I teach the course People in Forest & Nature conservation, in which students get acquainted with theory around human-nature relationships and conceptualizations thereof, recreational management and active citizenship for conservation.

FNP-51803 As part of my research I developed and coordinate the summer course Wild Perspectives, a course that reflects on our role as human beings in the world and allows students to step into non-human perspectives through storytelling, theatre play and landscape design. The whole course is situated outside to provide a relational multi-species learning setting.

Find here two news articles on the Wild perspectives course in the Resource and national newspaper Trouw. If you are  a student and interested to join the course, please send me an email.