After a successful guest lecture in 2024, I was invited by the coordinators of the course ‘Becoming Food: Cellular Agriculture beyond the Lab’ at Wageningen University to deliver a guest lecture on the future of food safety in September 2025. My talk was titled ‘Beyond lab tests and regulations: The need for a holistic understanding […]
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In June 2025, I was invited to teach at the annual summer school organised by Norway’s National Research School in Nutrition (NutriNOR) that took place in Bergen. This year’s overarching theme was ‘food processing’ and the three-day summer school included lectures and workshops on the topic by experts from a variety of fields such as […]
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From October to November 2024, I tutored for the course Managing Science and Technology in Society. An advanced introduction to the academic field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), the course allowed second year Master’s students to study the interactions of science and technology with society, and the various ways in which they mutually shape […]
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Header image credit: UNDP Climate Promise On May 30 2023, I delivered a (virtual) lecture on food waste valorisation in circular economy to graduate students of the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. I was invited by Prof. Nelson Barros Colauto who coordinates the University’s efforts towards internationalisation. The lecture can be viewed on YouTube using […]
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In April 2023, I delivered a lecture on using HACCP as a food safety management tool for students pursuing an MSc in Health Food Innovation Management at Maastricht University. The lecture was part of the course ‘Food Innovation and New Product Development’ wherein students learn about the process of bringing a an innovative food product […]
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In January 2023, I facilitated a workshop on coding and analysis qualitative data for students participating in the University College Venlo course ‘Interviewing’. I presented the relevance of coding as an analysis technique and expanded on the various approaches one can take while coding. My lecture touched upon affective, literary, and elemental methods. Students, who […]
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In December 2022, I received my Dutch University Teaching Qualification (Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs) from Maastricht University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering. The program, implemented by Dutch universities in 2017, offers didactic training to teachers in higher education institutions in the Netherlands. The University Teaching Qualification is recognised by all universities in the country and ensures that […]
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From October to December 2022, I tutored for the University College Venlo course ‘Globalisation: World Politics and Economies’. Responsible for tutoring three out of the five groups enrolled in the course, I had the opportunity to teach students about issues that are characteristic of our increasingly globalized world. Drawing from political philosophy, we discussed the […]
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From September to October 2022, I tutored for the course ‘Modelling Nature‘, a core course at Maastricht University’s University College Venlo. The course introduces students to modelling and theory development concepts such as thought experiments, grounded theory research, mathematical models, network analysis, and game theory. By introducing models used both, in academic and everyday thinking, […]
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In July 2022, I was invited to contribute to a MOOC focusing on sustainability issues in the seafood industry. The three-week long course developed by EIT Food aims to help students gain a nuanced understanding of the environmental and social problems associated with the fishing industry. Moving beyond just the impacts of fisheries, students will […]
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Madhura Rao 