Strijker, Prof. Dirk
Dirk Strijker is em. professor in Rural Development at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences. He studied Economics in Groningen and was awarded a PhD in 2000 by the University of Amsterdam for a study of regional differences in European agriculture.
Strijker is an expert in the field of rural development and European agricultural policy. He published on various subjects, especially on the economic and spatial aspects of agriculture and agricultural policy, and the relations between agriculture, nature and rural development, and on topics related to sense of place. He has professional relations with many researchers and research related institutions all over the world. He writes not only for other scientists, but also for the general public as a (former) columnist for the Dagblad van het Noorden and De Boerderij.
Previously in the news
2024
Zhang,
B., Strijker, D., Cai, X., & Zhu, H. (2024).
Introduction to mobility China.
Cities, 152, Article 105240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105240
2021
Abokyi,
E., Strijker, D., Asiedu, K. F., &
Daams, M. N. (2022). Buffer Stock Operations and
Well-Being: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Ghana.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 23(1),
125–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00391-4
Thissen,
F., Loopmans, M., Strijker, D., & Haartsen,
T. (2021). Guest editorial: Changing villages; what
about people? Journal of Rural
Studies, 87, 423-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.06.001
2020
Rundel,
C., Salemink, K., & Strijker,
D. (2020). Exploring rural digital hubs and their
possible contribution to communities in Europe.
The Journal of Rural and Community
Development, 15(3), 21-44.
Peng,
J., Strijker, D., & Wu, Q. (2020). Place
Identity: How Far Have We Come in Exploring Its Meanings?
Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article
294. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00294
Strijker,
D., Bosworth, G., & Bouter, G. (2020). Research
methods in rural studies: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed
methods. Journal of Rural Studies,
78, 262-270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.06.007
Haartsen,
T., & Strijker, D. (2020). Teilhabe
in ländlichen Räumen der Niederlande: Perspektiven auf
Erfolg und Risikos von Bürgerinitiativen und ehrenamtlicher
Partizipation. In S. Meier, & K. Schlenker (Eds.),
Teilhabe und Raum: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven
(pp. 155-168). (Beiträge zur Sozialraumforschung; Vol. 21).
Verlag Barbara Budrich. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15d7zd9.13
Abokyi,
E., Strijker, D., Asiedu, K. F., &
Daams, M. N. (2020). The impact of output price
support on smallholder farmers' income: evidence from maize farmers
in Ghana. Heliyon, 6(9),
Article e05013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05013
Peng,
J., Yan, S., Strijker, D., Wu, Q., Chen, W., & Ma,
Z. (2020). The influence of place identity on perceptions of
landscape change: Exploring evidence from rural land consolidation
projects in Eastern China. Land Use
Policy, 99, Article 104891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104891
2019
Meerstra-de
Haan, E., Haartsen, T., Meier, S., &
Strijker, D. (2020). An Initiators' Perspective on the
Continuity of Citizens' Initiatives in Rural Areas.
Rural Sociology, 85(1), 213-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12288
Edzes,
A., Visser, S., Strijker,
D., & Rijnks, R. (2019). De arme
bestaat niet. Sociaal Bestek,
81(5-6), 17-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41196-019-0059-5
Strijker,
D., & Rijnks, R. (2019). Het Friese
platteland in 2030. In De Friese Utopie (pp.
106-119). Uitgeverij Noordboek.
Visser,
S., Strijker, D., Edzes, A.,
& Rijnks, R. (2019). Onderzoek
Intergenerationele Armoede: Voortgangsrapportage
2017-2019. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit
Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Gabella,
J. I., & Strijker, D. (2019). Sustainability
or resilience? A case study in the semi-arid Pampean region of
Argentina. Resilience: International Policies,
Practices and Discourses, 7(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/21693293.2018.1446298
2018
Zhang,
B., Druijven, P., & Strijker, D. (2019). Hui
family migration in Northwest China: patterns, experiences and
social capital. Ethnic And Racial
Studies, 42(12), 2008–2026. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2018.1515442
Gieling,
J., Haartsen, T., Vermeij, L., & Strijker,
D. (2019). Out of love for the village? How general
and selective forms of attachment to the village explain
volunteering in Dutch community life. Journal of
Rural Studies, 71, 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.06.008
Zhang,
B., Druijven, P., & Strijker, D. (2018). A
tale of three cities: negotiating ethnic identity and acculturation
in northwest China. Journal of cultural
geography, 35(1), 44-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873631.2017.1375779
Rundel,
C., Salemink, K., & Strijker,
D. (2018). CORA Diagnostic survey results: Results
and guiding measures. Rijksuniversiteit
Groningen.
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2018).
Digitaal Platteland: White paper over digitale
ontsluiting van het Nederlandse platteland. Urban and
Regional Studies Institute / University of Groningen.
Gao,
J., Strijker, D., Song, G., & Li, S. (2018).
Drivers Behind Farmers' Willingness to Terminate Arable Land
Use Contracts. Tijdschrift voor Economische en
Sociale Geografie, 109(1), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12261
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2018). The
participation society and its inability to correct the failure of
market players to deliver inadequate service levels in rural
areas. Telecommunications Policy,
42(9), 757-765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2018.03.013
2017
de
Haan, E., Haartsen, T., Meier, S., &
Strijker, D. (2019). Understanding the success of
rural citizens' initiatives: Perspectives of founders.
Journal of Rural Studies, 70,
207-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.11.001
de
Haan, E., Meier, S., Haartsen, T., &
Strijker, D. (2018). Defining ‘Success’ of
Local Citizens’ Initiatives in Maintaining Public Services in
Rural Areas: A Professional's Perspective.
Sociologia Ruralis, 58(2), 312-330.
https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12173
Dekker,
L. H., Rijnks, R. H., Strijker,
D., & Navis, G. J. (2017). A spatial
analysis of dietary patterns in a large representative population
in the north of The Netherlands - the Lifelines cohort
study. International journal of behavioral
nutrition and physical activity, 14, Article
166. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0622-8
Zhang,
B., Druijven, P., & Strijker, D. (2017).
Does ethnic identity influence migrants' settlement
intentions? Evidence from three cities in Gansu Province, Northwest
China. Habitat International,
69, 94-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2017.09.003
Edzes,
A., & Strijker, D. (2017).
Overerfbare armoede in de Veenkoloniën.
Sociaal Bestek, 79(6), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41196-017-0550-9
Salemink,
K., Strijker, D., & Bosworth, G. (2017).
Rural development in the digital age: A systematic literature
review on unequal ICT availability, adoption, and use in rural
areas. Journal of Rural Studies,
54, 360-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.09.001
Salemink,
K., Strijker, D., & Bosworth, G. (2017).
The Community Reclaims Control? Learning Experiences from
Rural Broadband Initiatives in the Netherlands.
Sociologia Ruralis, 57(S1), 555-575.
https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12150
2016
Zwiers,
S., Markantoni, M., & Strijker, D.
(2018). The role of change- and stability-oriented place
attachment in rural community resilience: A case study in
south-west Scotland . Community development
journal, 53(2), 281–300. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsw020,
https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsw020
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2016).
Breedband in buitengebieden: Succes- en faalfactoren bij
breedbandinitiatieven. (URSI research reports; Vol.
358). Urban and Regional Studies Institute / University of
Groningen.
Rosegaar,
A. M., Salemink, K., & Strijker, D.
(2016). Het Overijsselse breedbandlandschap: Het
samenspel tussen overheden, marktpartijen en
bewonersinitiatieven. Urban and Regional Studies
Institute / University of Groningen. http://www.rug.nl/staff/k.salemink/rug-frw_final_overijssel.pdf
Bosworth,
G., Rizzo, F., Marquardt, D., Strijker, D.,
Haartsen, T., & Aagaard Thuesen, A. (2016).
Identifying social innovations in European local rural
development initiatives. Innovation: The European
Journal of Social Science Research, 29(4),
442-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2016.1176555
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2016). Rural
broadband initiatives in the Netherlands as a training ground for
neo-endogenous development. Local
Economy, 31(7), 778-794. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094216670940
2015
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2015).
Breedbandcoöperaties op het platteland: Leerscholen voor
Next Generation Plattelandsontwikkeling.
Bestuurskunde, 24(2), 40-50. https://doi.org/10.5553/Bk/092733872015024002004
Strijker,
D., & Salemink, K. (2015). De straf
van het platteland. Geografie,
24(1), 7-9.
Xu,
M., de Bakker, M., Strijker, D., & Wu, H. (2015).
Effects of distance from home to campus on undergraduate
place attachment and university experience in China.
Journal of Environmental Psychology,
43, 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.05.013
Terres,
J. M., Scacchiafichi, L. N., Wania, A., Ambar, M., Anguiano, E.,
Buckwell, A., Coppola, A., Gocht, A., Källström, H. N.,
Pointereau, P., Strijker, D., Visek, L., Vranken, L.,
& Zobena, A. (2015). Farmland abandonment in Europe:
Identification of drivers and indicators, and development of a
composite indicator of risk. Land Use
Policy, 49, 20-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.06.009
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2015). How people move to rural areas: Insights in the
residential search process from a diary approach.
Journal of Rural Studies, 38, 77-88.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2015.01.002
Strijker,
D., Voerman, G., & Terluin, I. (2015).
Introduction. In D. Strijker, G. Voerman, & I.
Terluin (Eds.), Rural protest groups and populist political
parties (pp. 15-34). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-807-0_1
Salemink,
K., Strijker, D., & Kasten, S. (2015).
Next Generation Access voor heel Groningen:
Toekomstperspectief voor breedband op het Groningse
platteland. Urban and Regional Studies Institute /
University of Groningen.
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2015). Policy
Briefing - Sustaining accessibility and connectivity in remote
rural areas: transnational issues from ITRACT.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit Ruimtelijke
Wetenschappen.
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2015).
Regional Development and Connectivity: A Digital
Perspective. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit
Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Strijker,
D., Voerman, G., & Terluin, I. (Eds.)
(2015). Rural protest groups and populist political
parties. Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-807-0
Strijker,
D., & Terluin, I. (2015). Rural protest groups in
the Netherlands. In D. Strijker, G. Voerman, & I.
Terluin (Eds.), Rural protest groups and populist political
parties (pp. 63-78). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-807-0_3
Thissen,
F., & Strijker, D. (2015). Veranderend
Platteland. Geografie, 24(1),
6.
Strijker,
D. (2015, Mar 5). Vrijwillig 2: Column voor
Nijsblad.
2014
Strijker,
D., & Kock, H. (2014).
Boerenverstand. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Strijker,
D. (2014, Nov 27). Het dorp als
hulpverlener.
Markantoni,
M., Strijker, D., & Koster, S.
(2014). Motives for starting up a side activity in rural
areas in the Netherlands. Local
Economy, 29(6-7), 723-739. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094214552947
Markantoni,
M., Koster, S., & Strijker, D.
(2014). Side-activity entrepreneur: Lifestyle or economically
oriented? In C. Karlsson, B. Johansson, & R. R. Stough
(Eds.), Agglomeration, Clusters and Entrepreneurship: Studies
in Regional Economic Development (pp. 132-156). Edward Elgar
Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783472635.00013
Markantoni,
M., Koster, S., & Strijker, D.
(2014). Side activity Entrepreneur: Lifestyle or Economic
Oriented. In Agglomeration, Clusters and
Entrepreneurship: Studies in Regional Economic Development
Edward Elgar Publishing.
2013
Markantoni,
M., Koster, S., Strijker, D.,
& Woolvin, M. (2013). Contributing to a Vibrant
Countryside? The Impact of Side Activities on Rural
Development. Tijdschrift voor Economische en
Sociale Geografie, 104(3), 292-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00753.x
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2013). Different Areas, Different People? Migration to
Popular and Less-Popular Rural Areas in the Netherlands.
Population Space and Place, 19(5),
580-593. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1741
Mehnen,
N., Mose, I., & Strijker, D. (2013).
Governance and Sense of Place: Half a Century of a German
Nature Park. Environmental Policy and
Governance, 23(1), 46-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1592
Mehnen,
N., Mose, I., & Strijker, D. (2013).
Governance of Protected Landscapes and its Implications for
Economic Evaluation. In C. M. van der Heide, & W.
Heijman (Eds.), The economic value of landscapes (pp.
101-119). Routledge.
Markantoni,
M., Strijker, D., & Koster, S.
(2013). Growth expectations for side activities in rural
areas. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise
Development, 20(3), 584-602. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-04-2013-0060
Rijnks,
R. H., & Strijker, D. (2013). Spatial
effects on the image and identity of a rural area.
Journal of Environmental Psychology,
36, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.07.008
Mehnen,
N., Mose, I., & Strijker, D. (2013). The
Delphi Method as a Useful Tool to Study Governance and Protected
Areas? Landscape Research,
38(5), 607-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2012.690862
2012
Strijker,
D. (2012). 4 columns. Nijsbald veur
't Grunneger Plattelaand.
Strijker,
D. (2012). 51 columns. De
Boerderij.
Salemink,
K., & Strijker, D. (2012).
Breedband op het platteland. Rapportage voor Woon- en
Leefbaarheidsbasisplan Oost-Groningen.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit Ruimtelijke
Wetenschappen.
Strijker,
D. (2012). Conclusies rapport commissie-Rabbinge
bieden weinig oplossingen voor boeren. Agrarisch
Dagblad, 21.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2012). Migration to less-popular rural areas in the
Netherlands: Exploring the motivations. Journal of
Rural Studies, 28(4), 490-498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.07.003
Markantoni,
M., & Strijker, D. (2012). Side
activities of non-farmers in rural areas in the Netherlands.
Urbani Izziv, 23(2), 76-86. https://doi.org/10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2012-23-supplement-2-006
Mehnen,
N., Mose, I., & Strijker, D. (2012). The
Delphi method as a useful tool to study governance and protected
areas? Landscape Research.
2011
Strijker,
D. (2011). Agriculture in transition: A
neo-institutional analysis. Tijdschrift voor
Economische en Sociale Geografie, 102(1),
199-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2010.00639.x
Strijker,
D., & Markantoni, M. (2011). Bedrijvig
platteland. Agora, 27(4), 8 -
11.
Nonhebel,
S., & Strijker, D. (2011). Climate
change and changes in agriculture. Newsletter
Regional Science Association International, 5
June, 12 - 16.
Strijker,
D. (2011). Columns named Verrekijker (each column has
an individual title). De
Boerderij.
Rijnks,
R. H., & Strijker, D. (2011). Het
imago van de Veenkoloniën. Rijksuniversiteit
Groningen. Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2011). Onderzoek nieuwe inwoners Aa en
Hunze. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit
Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2011). Onderzoek nieuwe inwoners De Marne.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit Ruimtelijke
Wetenschappen.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2011). Onderzoek nieuwe inwoners
Ferwerderadiel. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit
Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2011). Onderzoek nieuwe inwoners
Menterwolde. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit
Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2011). Onderzoek nieuwe inwoners Reiderland.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit Ruimtelijke
Wetenschappen.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2011). Onderzoek nieuwe inwoners Westerveld.
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit Ruimtelijke
Wetenschappen.
Bijker,
R. A., Haartsen, T., & Strijker, D.
(2011). Onderzoek nieuwe inwoners
Wymbritseradiel. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Faculteit
Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen.
Schoenmaeckers,
M., van Diggelen, R., Strijker, D., Meijles,
E., & Loonstra, E. (2011). Pilotstudy naar de
beste methode om het fosfaatgehalte in de bovenste bodemlaag te
bepalen. University of Antwerp.
Strijker,
D. (2011). Traditional Food Production and Rural
Sustainable Development: A European Challenge.
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale
Geografie, 102(3), 380-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2011.00656.x
2010
Strijker,
D. (2010). Crisis?
Streek, 3(maart 2010), 15.
Terluin,
., & Strijker, D. (2010). Economic dynamics
in rural regions in the EU. In A. J. Oskam, G. Meester,
& H. Silvis (Eds.), EU policy for agriculture, food and
rural areas (pp. 309 - 323). Wageningen University.
Strijker,
D., & Haartsen, T. (2010).
Jongerenketen: bier of ontmoeting?
MO/Samenlevingsopbouw, 29(225), 20 -
22.
Thissen,
F., Fortuijn, J. D., Strijker, D., &
Haartsen, T. (2010). Migration intentions of rural
youth in the Westhoek, Flanders, Belgium and the Veenkolonien, The
Netherlands. Journal of Rural Studies,
26(4), 428-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.05.001
van
Leeuwen, E. S., Terluin, ., & Strijker, D. (2010).
Regional Concentration and Specialisation in Agricultural
Activities in EU-9 Regions. European Spatial
Research & Policy, 17(1), 23 - 39.
Haartsen,
T., & Strijker, D. (2010). Rural
youth culture: Keten in the Netherlands. Journal
of Rural Studies, 26(2), 163-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.11.001
Strijker,
D. (2010). Wat Drenthe to Drenthe maakt.
N34, (oktober 2010), 27 - 28.
Mehnen,
N., Mose, I., & Strijker, D. (2010). Wer
kennt den Begriff 'Grossschutzgebiet? Deutschsprachige Fachtermini
als Gefahr für den internationalen
Wissenschaftsdiskurs. Naturschutz und
Landschaftsplanung, 42(12), 282 - 283.
2009
Strijker,
D. (2009). Agribusiness complexen en ruimtelijke
clustering. In H. Smulders, M. Gijzen, & F. Boekema
(Eds.), Agribusiness clusters: Bouwstenen van de regionale
biobased economy? (pp. 23 - 35). Shaker Publishing.
Strijker,
D. (2009). De landbouw moet af van de almaar negatieve
opstelling. Agrarisch Dagblad.
Strijker,
D. (2009). Digitaal Verslag van het symposium '100
jaar Sicco Mansholt'. Digital or Visual Products,
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Mehnen,
N., Mose, I., & Strijker, D. (2009, Jul 2).
Governance in protected areas – Current state of
research and existing research gaps.
Salemink,
K., Haartsen, T., & Strijker,
D. (2009). Keten: kratjesstapelen en
hokjesdenken? Rooilijn,
42(3), 206 - 211.
Berkhout,
P., Strijker, D., & Munch, W. (2009). Oog
voor regionale verschillen. In H. Massink, & H. Silvis
(Eds.), Rond de scheidslijn tussen landbouweconomie en
landbouwpolitiek (pp. 123 - 133). Academic Publishers.
van
Dam, K. I. M., van Wissen, L. J. G., de
Roo, G., van Dijk, J., Strijker,
D., & Veenstra, J. (2009). Regionale
bevolkingskrimp en de stad Groningen. Quick Scan
Groningen. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
Markantoni,
M., Koster, S., & Strijker, D.
(2009, Aug 17). Side-activity Entrepreneur: Lifestyle or
Economic Oriented?
Noback,
I., & Strijker, D. (2009, Aug 25). Upward
mobility of Dutch women and the spatial setting of the local labour
market.
2008
Strijker,
D. (2008). Bewegende zwaartepunten.
Vi Matrix, 16(3), 12 - 13.
Strijker,
D. (2008). Centres of gravity on the move:
agriculture. European Spatial Research and
Policy, 15(2), 55 - 66.
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