Research Manager at Wageningen Economic Research
Krijn J. Poppe is educated as a business economist and works as research manager at Wageningen Economic Research (previously known as the LEI), where he works with customers to translate societal issues into research programmes. He is involved with several major, multidisciplinary research projects in the EU. He is also active as a council member of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure, where he is currently working on an advice for food policy. He also serves in several (international) executive functions and is often asked to speak at events.
A platform for common research on food policy can be a solution for the obesity crisis in Europe. In concrete terms, this means research that gathers reliable data on nutrition, consumer behaviour and health before, during and after interventions in order to assess the effectiveness of a policy instrument.