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Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS) CSDS

Dr. ir. C.F. (Crelis) Rammelt

Associate Professor (UD1) Environmental Geography and International Development Studies
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
GPIO : Governance and Inclusive Development
Area of expertise: Political Ecology, Degrowth, Post-Development, Ecological Economics
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
  • Room number: B4.15
Postal address
  • Postbus 15629
    1001 NC Amsterdam
Contact details
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  • Profile

    Dr Crelis Rammelt is an Associate Professor (UD1) in environmental geography and development studies at the Department of Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. He is also teaching at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, at the UvA Faculty of Science His research and teaching  focus on forging links across disciplinary divides—mostly in the areas of political ecology, post-development, degrowth and systems science. Crelis has also been involved in establising the Dutch degrowth plaform Ontgroei and leading an action research and social justice programme with practitioners in Bangladesh.

    Expertise and research fields

    • Political Ecology
    • Degrowth
    • Post-Development
    • Ecological Economics

    Administrative role

    • Member of management team Future Planet Studies
    • Coordinator Future Society Track for Future Planet Studies

    Relevant links 

    The Governance and Inclusive Development research group at the AISSR.

  • Research

    Research methods

    • Systems thinking
    • System dynamics
    • Action research
    • Mixed methods

    Current research projects

    • A Safe and Just Earth System (Earth Commission): How do we avoid crossing safe planetary boundaries in a just way?
    • The Short End of the Stick (UvA Stimulation Grant): Book project on (Ecological) Unequal Exchange—the global North's net appropriation or resources and labour from the global South
    • Minimal and Maximal Thresholds for a Just Transition (ENLENS)
    • A Dignified Life for all Within Planetary Boundaries (EPICUR)

    Research grants & honours

    Received the UNSW University International Postgraduate Award (PhD). Collaborated on various successful grant applications, including for European University Alliance (EPICUR), Energy transition through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals (ENLENS), Earth Commission, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Queensland Department of Community Safety, UNSW International Research Collaboration, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, public and private funding partners (including Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, JICA, WaterAid).

    Current cooperations 

  • Teaching & PhD supervision
    • BA courses: System Dynamics (Toekomstige Uitdagingen en Innovatieve Oplossingen course); Degrowth (UvA-wide elective); Quality of Life Research; Bachelor Project Future Planet Studies Future Society Track thesis supervision (on Unequal Exchange, Metabolic Rift, Degrowth)
    • MA courses: Spatial Sustainability: Advanced Environmental Geography and Planning,; GEO-track thesis supervision (on Unequal Exchange, Metabolic Rift, Degrowth); The Capitalocene: Understanding Unequal Exchange and Environmental Conflict.

    PhD projects that you supervise

    • Eric Vaughan: Post-growth inclusive development perspectives for reconciling biodiversity conservation and development challenges in the Global South
    • Augusto Heras: Climate change, fossil fuels and the energy transition in the Global South
    • Frank de Morrée: The role of philanthropy in climate change, fossil fuels and the energy transition
    • Felix van Hoften: Degrowth economic measurement informing alternative pathways for transformative urban governance
    • Armstrong Mudzengerere: The Political Economy of Foreign Lithium Mining Investments in Zimbabwe
  • Publications

    2025

    2024

    2023

    • Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Prodani, K., Aldunce, P., Bai, X., Broadgate, W., Ciobanu, D., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Kanie, N., Lade, S. J., Lenton, T. M., Obura, D., Okereke, C., Otto, I. M., Pereira, L., ... Verburg, P. H. (2023). Earth system justice needed to identify and live within Earth system boundaries. Nature Sustainability, 6(6), 630-638. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01064-1 [details]
    • Rammelt, C. F. (2023). Inequity. In B. M. Haddad, & B. D. Solomon (Eds.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium (pp. 293–294). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.I.28 [details]
    • Rammelt, C. F. (2023). Living standards. In B. M. Haddad, & B. D. Solomon (Eds.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium (pp. 327). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.L.29 [details]
    • Rammelt, C. F., Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Scholtens, J., Ciobanu, D., Abrams, J. F., Bai, X., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Lade, S. J., Lenton, T. M., Armstrong McKay, D. I., Nakicenovic, N., Okereke, C., Otto, I. M., Pereira, L. M., ... Zimm, C. (2023). Impacts of meeting minimum access on critical earth systems amidst the Great Inequality. Nature Sustainability, 6, 212-221. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00995-5 [details]
    • Rockström, J., Gupta, J., Qin, D., Lade, S. J., Abrams, J. F., Andersen, L. S., Armstrong McKay, D. I., Bai, X., Bala, G., Bunn, S. E., Ciobanu, D., DeClerck, F., Ebi, K., Gifford, L., Gordon, C., Hasan, S., Kanie, N., Lenton, T. M., Loriani, S., ... Zhang, X. (2023). Safe and just Earth system boundaries. Nature, 619(7968), 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06083-8 [details]

    2022

    2021

    • Gebru, K. M., Rammelt, C., Leung, M., Zoomers, A., & van Westen, G. (2021). The commodification of social relationships in agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia. Geoforum, 126, 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.07.026 [details]
    • Gupta, J., Bavinck, M., Ros-Tonen, M., Asubonteng, K., Bosch, H., van Ewijk, E., Hordijk, M., Van Leynseele, Y., Lopes Cardozo, M., Miedema, E., Pouw, N., Rammelt, C., Scholtens, J., Vegelin, C., & Verrest, H. (2021). COVID-19, poverty and inclusive development. World Development, 145, Article 105527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105527 [details]
    • Gupta, J., Liverman, D., Bai, X., Gordon, C., Hurlbert, M., Inoue, C. Y. A., Jacobson, L., Kanie, N., Lenton, T. M., Obura, D., Otto, I. M., Okereke, C., Pereira, L., Prodani, K., Rammelt, C., Scholtens, J., Tàbara, J. D., Verburg, P. H., Gifford, L., & Ciobanu, D. (2021). Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets? Earth System Governance, 10, Article 100122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100122 [details]
    • Rammelt, C. F. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on the eradication of poverty: an incorrect diagnosis. Third World Quarterly, 42(2), 441-447. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2020.1860745 [details]
    • Rammelt, C. F., & Gupta, J. (2021). Inclusive is not an adjective, it transforms development: A post-growth interpretation of Inclusive Development. Environmental Science & Policy, 124, 144-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.012 [details]

    2020

    2019

    2018

    2017

    2016

    2014

    • Rammelt, C. F. (2014). Participatory Action Research in Marginalised Communities: Safe Drinking Water in Rural Bangladesh. Systemic practice and action research, 27(3), 195-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-013-9280-1
    • Rammelt, C. F., & Crisp, P. (2014). A systems and thermodynamics perspective on technology in the circular economy. Real-World Economics Review, 68, 25-40. [details]
    • Rammelt, C., Masud, Z., Boes, J., & Masud, F. (2014). Toxic injustice in the Bangladesh water sector: A social inequities perspective on arsenic contamination. Water Policy, 16(S2), 121-136. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.103

    2013

    2012

    2011

    2008

    • Rammelt, C., & Boes, J. (2008). The autonomy of local drinking water institutions in rural Bangladesh. In Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges (pp. 399-407). CRC Press.

    2006

    • Quist, J., Rammelt, C., Overschie, M., & de Werk, G. (2006). Backcasting for sustainability in engineering education: The case of Delft University of Technology. Journal of cleaner production, 14(9-11), 868-876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.11.032

    2005

    • Rammelt, C. F., & Boes, J. (2005). Implementation of safe drinking water supplies in Bangladesh. In Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrence, Remediation and Management - Proceedings of the Pre-Congress Workshop "Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (BWO 06)", 32nd International Geological Congress (pp. 307-317)

    2004

    • Rammelt, C. F., & Boes, J. (2004). Arsenic Mitigation and Social Mobilisation in Bangladesh. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 5(3), 308-319. https://doi.org/10.1108/14676370410546457

    2023

    2004

    • De Werk, G., Rammelt, C. F., & Mulder, K. F. (2004). Interdisciplinary education as a way of shaping real sustainable engineers? In D. Ferrer-Balas, K. F. Mulder, J. Bruno, & R. Sans (Eds.), International Conference on Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD2004) CIMNE and UPC. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321145799_Interdisciplinary_education_as_a_way_of_shaping_real_sustainable_engineers
    • Rammelt, C. F., & Boes, J. (2004). Technological Education and Projects in Developing Countries: Possibilities and Constraints. In D. Ferrer-Balas, K. F. Mulder, J. Bruno, & R. Sans (Eds.), International Conference on Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD2004) CIMNE and UPC.

    2012

    • Baumber, A., Rammelt, C. F., Ampt, P., & Merson, J. (2012). Bioenergy from Native Agroforestry: planning for a Regional Industry in the NSW Central Tablelands. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/downloads/12-021
    • Brown, P. F., Arvanitakis, J., Chapple, R., Merson, J., & Rammelt, C. F. (2012). Disaster Management Community Engagement and Education: Environmental Scan and Options Analysis. Research Findings. A report for Emergency Management Queensland. Queensland Department of Community Safety.

    2011

    • Merson, J., Ampt, P., Rammelt, C. F., & Baumber, A. (2011). Bioenergy from Native Agroforestry: an assessment of its potential in the NSW Central Tablelands. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/11-065

    Prize / grant

    Media appearance

    2009

    • Rammelt, C. F. (2009). Development and Infrastructure in Marginalised Communities, Safe Drinking Water in Rural Bangladesh. University of New South Wales.
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  • Ancillary activities
    • Ontgroei
      Chair
    • Stichting Aarde
      Member
    • AMRF
      Chair, Arsenic Mitigation and Research Foundation, Bangladesh
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