{"id":1434,"date":"2025-10-02T04:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/nigten-vanessa-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:07:56","slug":"nigten-vanessa-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigten Vanessa"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left author content view\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"share\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n\t<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\" addthis:title=\"Nigten Vanessa\">\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_twitter\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_facebook\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_share\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = data_track_addressbar;<\/script><br \/>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n\t<!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/another-perspective\/world-development-report-2015-calls-for-knowledge-of-human-mindsets-in-development-policies\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/images\/804563-1-eng-gb\/world-development-report-2015-calls-for-knowledge-of-human-mindsets-in-development-policies_column.jpg\" alt=\"World Development Report 2015 calls for knowledge of human mindsets in development policies\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/another-perspective\/world-development-report-2015-calls-for-knowledge-of-human-mindsets-in-development-policies\/\">World Development Report 2015 calls for knowledge of human mindsets in development policies<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\">Vanessa Nigten<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/ates-babs\/\">Babs Ates<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t15 June 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOn Wednesday June 10, 2025 a presentation was given at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the World Development report 2015 \u201cMind, Society and Behavior\u201d (WDR2015).\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/another-perspective\/world-development-report-2015-calls-for-knowledge-of-human-mindsets-in-development-policies\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/reinforcing-battle-lines-or-facilitating-cooperation\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/reinforcing-battle-lines-or-facilitating-cooperation\/773118-2-eng-gb\/reinforcing-battle-lines-or-facilitating-cooperation_column.jpg\" alt=\"Reinforcing battle lines or facilitating cooperation? \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/reinforcing-battle-lines-or-facilitating-cooperation\/\">Reinforcing battle lines or facilitating cooperation? <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/ulbrich-josefine\/\">Josefine Ulbrich<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\">Vanessa Nigten<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t16 October 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tHilal Elver is the third UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. Will she have sufficient clout to contribute to the transition towards a more sustainable food system?\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/reinforcing-battle-lines-or-facilitating-cooperation\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/initiatives-to-combat-food-wastage-a-waste-of-time\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/articles\/initiatives-to-combat-food-wastage-a-waste-of-time\/760314-1-eng-gb\/initiatives-to-combat-food-wastage-a-waste-of-time_column.jpg\" alt=\"Initiatives to combat food wastage: a waste of time?\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/initiatives-to-combat-food-wastage-a-waste-of-time\/\">Initiatives to combat food wastage: a waste of time?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\">Vanessa Nigten<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJuly 18, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe recently published F&#038;BKP report on food wastage shows that a significant decline in food wastage will not automatically improve food security.&nbsp;There may be a positive impact on resource efficiency and general food availability in the&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/initiatives-to-combat-food-wastage-a-waste-of-time\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/launch-of-website-of-the-food-business-knowledge-platform\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/articles\/launch-of-website-of-the-food-business-knowledge-platform\/755443-1-eng-gb\/launch-of-website-of-the-food-business-knowledge-platform_column.jpg\" alt=\"Launch of website of The Food &amp; Business Knowledge Platform\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/launch-of-website-of-the-food-business-knowledge-platform\/\">Launch of website of The Food &#038; Business Knowledge Platform<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\">Vanessa Nigten<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 28, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tThe website of the Food &#038; Business Knowledge Platform has been launched. In the Platform, an open and independent initiative, representatives from international networks and organizations of businesses, science, civil society and policy come t&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/launch-of-website-of-the-food-business-knowledge-platform\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/fragile-employment\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/articles\/fragile-employment\/753902-11-eng-gb\/fragile-employment_column.jpg\" alt=\"Fragile employment\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/fragile-employment\/\">Fragile employment<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/van-de-vijsel-annemarie\/\">Annemarie  van de Vijsel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\">Vanessa Nigten<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 12, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tOver 200 million people worldwide are officially unemployed and looking for work. A much larger number of people, however, has a job, but one that is uncertain, unstable and precarious and does not help them out of poverty. Rising economic growth&#8230;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/articles\/fragile-employment\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/segmented-laud-of-partnerships\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/segmented-laud-of-partnerships\/670627-1-eng-gb\/segmented-laud-of-partnerships_column.jpg\" alt=\"Segmented laud of partnerships\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3 class=\"blog_post\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/segmented-laud-of-partnerships\/\">Segmented laud of partnerships<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\">Vanessa Nigten<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03 December 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">\n\t\t\tIf one message should be taken from the European Development Days it is that the world will not be able to tackle its many future economic, social and ecological challenges without sustainable development partnerships.\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/food-security-blog\/segmented-laud-of-partnerships\/\">&#x25b6;<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"navigator\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Development Report 2015 calls for knowledge of human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_2.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1434","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nigten Vanessa \/ Experts and authors - The Broker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Knowledge broker in sustainable development\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigten Vanessa \/ Experts and authors - The Broker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Knowledge broker in sustainable development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Homepage - Broker Online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigten Vanessa \/ Experts and authors - The Broker","description":"Knowledge broker in sustainable development","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigten Vanessa \/ Experts and authors - The Broker","og_description":"Knowledge broker in sustainable development","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/experts-and-authors\/nigten-vanessa\/","og_site_name":"Homepage - Broker Online","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}