Katie Minderhoud

Katie Minderhoud has a Master’s degree in International Development Studies from the University of Utrecht and a postgraduate diploma in International Affairs and Diplomacy from the Clingendael Institute for International Relations in The Hague. She currently works as part of the knowledge management and learning team in the Solidaridad Europe office. Her particular expertise is on the landscape approach, with a thematic focus on landgovernance and food security. In this capacity she looks beyond the commodity supply chain to explore opportunities and design interventions at landscape level that optimize land and resource use in a sustainable way.

Solidaridad is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to sustainable agricultural development. Feeding a growing world population in a way that protects the rights and well-being of people and the environment is its primary concern. 

Prior to working with Solidaridad, Katie carried out various research assignments for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WWF and the Dutch Science Board (NWO) on the topic of land governance, agri-commodity expansion and global food systems.