CURRICULUM VITAE PROFESSOR DR JAAP LENGKEEK Personal details Name Jaap Lengkeek, emeritus professor Birth date December 6, 1943 E-mail jaap.lengkeek@wur.nl; jaaplengkeek@gmail.com Business address Jaap Lengkeek Scientific Research and Advice on Tourism, Heritage and Landscape Molenstraat 4 4011 EL Zoelen The Netherlands Telephone 00 31 344 682053 Mobile phone 0654914378 Education High School Academic degrees Marnix Gymnasium Rotterdam University of Amsterdam: BSc Cultural Anthropology 1968 BSc Non-Western Sociology 1969 MSc Sociology, Cum Laude 1973 Agricultural University Wageningen: PhD Sociology, Cum Laude 1994
Profile Professor Dr. Jaap Lengkeek (1943) was head of the Socio-spatial Analysis Group at the University of Wageningen from 2000 until his retirement in December 2008. He studied cultural anthropology and sociology at the University of Amsterdam. He graduated with distinction in 1973 with a master thesis on the identity of a small rural village. He was successively employed at the Faculty of Planning of the Free University of Amsterdam, the Institute for Preventive Medicine (TNO) in Leiden, where he was involved in research on the relationship between housing and wellbeing, and as staff member of the Foundation for Recreation in The Hague. Since 1985 he worked at the University of Wageningen, first as scientific research coordinator of the interdisciplinary Working Group Outdoor Recreation. This Working Group included sociologists, planners, landscape architects, economists and others. He was coordinator and lecturer in the interdisciplinary specialisation Outdoor Recreation. In 1987 he joined the department of sociology, where he introduced the study of international tourism into the existing curriculum. In 1994 he completed a PhD at Wageningen University, with distinction, with a thesis about the different meanings of recreation and tourism. For the last ten years he was responsible for the MSc Leisure, Tourism and Environment and a part of the BSc Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning at Wageningen University. In 2002 he was appointed full professor in Socio-spatial Analysis and in this capacity he supervised many PhD students in the field of tourism, landscape experience and cultural heritage. From 2002 till 2005 he was academic head of the Landscape Centre Wageningen University and Research Centre. In 2006 he became President of the Research Committee International Tourism (RC50) of the International Sociological Association.
After his retirement in 2008 he started his own office Jaap Lengkeek Scientific Research and Advice on Tourism, Heritage and Landscape. Some of the projects in 2009/2014 were: o Advising Wageningen University and NHTV Professional University Breda on a new joint scientific Bachelor program on the subject of Tourism and preparation of a joint research framework Sustainable and Innovative Tourism and Recreation Development; o A perspective on green areas in cities; o Participation in master classes on heritage; o Preparation of an international program on health tourism; o A post-doctoral course on recreation landscapes in Europe; o The reconstruction of Livingstone s travels through Malawi and local oral narratives; o Participation in cooperation between the Netherlands and Tatarstan on heritage preservation; o A replication of his research on local identity in Dutch rural community, the same as 37 years ago; o The accreditation of Les Roches-Gruyère University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland o The accreditation of Flemish Universities of Applied Sciences, Tourism and Recreation Management: Thomas More, Erasmus Hogeschool, Vives, Howest and PXL. o Development of an App to guide tourists in the footsteps of explorers through Africa, combined with locally and internationally relevant histories. o Higher education courses on explorers in Africa for seniors (Hoger Onderwijs voor Ouderen) at the universities of Utrecht, Leiden and Amsterdam. In 2010 he was appointed Rector Magnificus of NHTV University of Applied Sciences, Breda. In this position he developed an encompassing and innovative concept for integrated knowledge development (education and research) for universities of applied sciences.
Professional career 1973 Researcher on the Project `Perception and Use of Monument Buildings', Boekman Foundation, Amsterdam. 1973-1974 Lecturer, Free University Amsterdam, Department of Physical Planning. 1974-1979 Researcher, the Netherlands Institute of Preventive Medicine TNO, Leiden (housing and health, evaluation of experimental housing, local population participation). 1980-1985 Staff Member of the Recreation Foundation, The Hague (secretary of deliberative bodies, member of guidance committees for research, policy memoranda, congresses). 1985-1987 Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Recreation and Tourism Studies/Agricultural University Wageningen (training, research, internal and external contacts). 1987-1992 Coordinator, Protected Research Program `Recreation in a changing society', Agricultural University Wageningen. 1987-1994 Lecturer in the Department of Sociology of Western Countries, Agricultural University Wageningen. 1994-2008 Senior Researcher, Mansholt Institute, Agricultural University Wageningen. 1995-1997 Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Agricultural University Wageningen. 1997-2002 Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Agricultural University Wageningen. 2002 2008 Full Professor in Socio-spatial Analysis, head of department. 2008 present Director of Jaap Lengkeek Scientific Research and Advice on Tourism, Heritage and Landscape. 2010 2012 Rector Magnificus (Vice-Chancellor) of NHTV International University of Applied Sciences Breda, Netherlands
Additonal functions 1973-1975 Member of thesis evaluation committee, Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam 1975-1977 Lecturer, Course in Social Medicine, Catholic University Nijmegen. 1978-1983 Lecturer, Refresher Course in Urban Planning, Polytechnic Amsterdam. 1980-1983 Member of the Board, Dutch Centre for Recreation Work, Amersfoort. 1980-1985 Editor Professional Journal `Recreatie' 1980-1986 Editor Scientific Journal `Vrijetijd en Samenleving' (Leisure and Society) 1985-1986 Guest Editor Handbook Well-being, Samsom Publishers, Alphen a/d Rijn. 1985-1998 Member of the Board, Centre for Recreation and Tourism Studies. Agricultural University Wageningen. 1990-1992 Replacement Professor, University of Ghent (Leisure and Tourism Studies) 1992 to 2001 Member of Faculty, WICE (World Leisure and Recreation Association Centre of Excellence), Wageningen 1994 to 2001 Editor in chief `Vrijetijdstudies' (Leisure Studies) 1994-1995 Secretary of the Department of Sociology, Agricultural University Wageningen 1995-1997 Member of the Board, Department of Sociology, Agricultural University Wageningen. 1995-1997 Member of the University Council, Agricultural University Wageningen. 1996-1998 Member of the College of Advice for Employment Committees, Agricultural University Wageningen, LUW (vice-president) 1996 to 2005 Member of the Examination Committee of WICE (World Leisure and Recreation Association Centre of Excellence), Wageningen 1997 Secretary of the Centre for Rural Development Sociology. 1999 to 2002 Interim chair of the Socio-spatial Analysis Group 2000 to present Chair of the Programme Committee of WICE (World Leisure and Recreation Association Centre of Excellence), Wageningen 2001 to 2003 Theme-coordinator 'Multiple use of green space' in Delta Research Programme Wageningen University and Research Centre. 2001 to 2004 Member of the Evaluation Committee for PhD projects, Mansholt Graduate School. 2001 Auditor Dutch National Forestry Organisation (Staatsbosbeheer).
2002 to 2005 Academic Head ( Primus inter Pares ) of Landscape Centre Wageningen University and Research Centre. 2004 to present Member of the Examination Committee Environmental Sciences WU 2006 Chair of the Advisory Committee of NVAO for the assessment of a new professional masters in Tourism Destination Management NHTV Professional University Breda 2006 2010 President of Research Committee 50 International Tourism. International Sociological Association. 2007 Chair of the Advisory Committee of NVAO for the visitation of the MSc Program in Tourism of the Katholieke Universiteit Louvain in cooperation with Universiteit Gent, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge-Oostende, Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen, Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen, Hogeschool Limburg, Erasmushogeschool Brussel and Plantijnhogeschool Brussel. 2009 to present External Fellow Mansholt Graduate School, Wageningen 2009 Member of the Verification Committee of NVAO for the assessment of BSc International Hospitality and Events Management and BSc International Hotel and Hospitality Management, EuroCollege, Rotterdam. 2011/2012 Peer leader Accreditation Panel for Les Roches-Gruyère University of Applied Sciences, Switserland, on behalf of the Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education. 2013 Member of advisory group coastal reconstruction and tourism development. 2014/2015 Member of Accreditation Committee
Memberships 1973-1983 Working Group `Theory and Research on Housing', Dutch Sociological and Anthropological Association. 1980 Working Group on Psychiatry, Foundation Architectural Research on Health Care Buildings. 1981-1986 Member Steering Committee, Development Projects/General Law Specific Well-being. 1982-1989 Member of the Provincial Council for Sport and Recreation, Province of Utrecht. 1985-1989 Member of Interuniversitair Werkverband Vrije Tijd (Interuniversity Workings Group on Leisure). 1985-1989 Member of the Editorial Board of REDOC (Recreation Documentation). 1989 to present Member of the Vereniging voor de Vrijetijds Sector (Dutch Leisure Association). 1990 to 1995 Member of the European Leisure and Recreation Association (ELRA) 1987 to present Member of the World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA) 1991 to 1997 Member of the Algemeen Nederlands Congres (General Netherlands Congress). 1999 to 2003 Member of the Board of the Vereniging voor de Vrijetijdsector (Dutch Leisure Association). 2000-2004 Member of the Editorial Board of `Vrijetijdstudies' (Leisure Studies) 2002-2005 Member of the board of Expert Network Landscape Experience (XL). 1993 to present Member of the International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee 13 `Sociology of Leisure' and Research Committee 50 `International Tourism'.
Fields of expertise Organization of academic and professional education and research. Sociology of leisure and tourism Philosophical and historical aspects of Leisure Sociology of social and cultural environments Perception and experience of the environment Public policy and participatory planning Voluntary Associations Civil society and quality of life Community involvement in (tourism) development Leisure, nature and landscape Cultural heritage and tourist meanings Tourism and rural development Early explorers of the world Evolutionary significance of play Early explorers and their historical contexts
Supervision of PhD projects: Completed: Rural Tourism in Slovenia (Alenka Verbole, 1999) Toeristische attractievorming in de Euregio Maas-Rijn (Renze Brouwer, 1999) Tourismscapes. An actor-network perspective on sustainable tourism development (René van der Duim, 2005) Understanding the Tourist Phenomenon. (Ton van Egmond 2006) Archeological heritage as an experience (Martijn Duineveld, 2006) Mindscapes (Maarten Jacobs, 2006) Civil society and its role in rural planning and transformations (Marleen Buizer 2007) Leisure Landscapes (Marlies Brinkhuijsen 2008) Cross cultural confrontations in tourism (Vincent Platenkamp, 2007) Feeling the landscape, Research methods in landscape perception and experience (Dmitri Karmanov, 2009) Public Natures, Social reprentations of nature and local practices. (Arjan Buijs, 2009) Recreation spatial behaviour in large nature areas (Ramona van Marwijk, 2010) Meaning of public spaces and leisure in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods (Karin Peters, 2011) Tourism, livelihoods and biodiversity. An assessment of tourism related policy interventions at Bwindi National Park Uganda (Wilber Ahebwa 2012) Archaeological practices and legitimation of Western institutes in developing countries (with Leiden University). Pro-poor sustainable tourism development and the role of NGO SNV. (Mansholt Graduate School)