Dr J.G. van den Born (Riyan)
Associate professor - Institute for Science in Society
Heyendaalseweg 135
6525 AJ NIJMEGEN
Internal postal code: 77
Postbus 9010
6500 GL NIJMEGEN
Riyan van den Born is associate professor Socio-Ecological interactions and studies human-nature relationships and societal aspects of nature conservation. Despite many efforts, biodiversity is still declining. Successful nature conservation needs public support and connectivity to nature and motivations to act for nature are crucial components for that. Riyan has been working on an EU projects investigating motivations to act for nature (FP7 BIOMOT), citizen science and environmental citizenship (H2020 EnviroCitizen) and was coordinator of H2020 FLOW on youth perspectives on oceans. Other work focusses on citizen science, and the role of (relational) values in sustainable transformations.
Characteristic publications:
- Carbo, Van den Born, Tonnaer (2025) Sensing Absence: Everyday Experiences of Ecological Love and Loss. Conservation & Society
-Van den Born, Arts, B., Admiraal, J., et al (2017). The missing pillar in the justification of nature conservation. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, special issue
- Admiraal J.F., Van den Born, R.J.G., Beringer, A., et al (2017) Motivations for committed nature conservation action in Europe. Environmental Conservation 44(2) 148-157.
- Ganzevoort, W., Van den Born, R.J.G., Halffman, W., Turnhout, S. (2017) Sharing biodiversity data: citizen scientists’ concerns and motivations. Biodiversity & Conservation Volume 26, Issue 12, pp 2821–2837.