WISE Horizon’s lead Rutger Hoekstra awarded National Champion of the Frontiers Planet Prize

Rutger Hoekstra, WISE Horizons lead and one of ZOE Institute's Senior Fellows, has been named the Dutch National Champion for the Frontiers Planet Prize.

The article Beyond GDP: a review and conceptual framework for measuring sustainable and inclusive wellbeing, published in The Lancet Planetary Health by Annegeke Jansen, Ranran Wang, Paul Behrens and Rutger Hoekstra was the basis for awarding the National Champion for the Netherlands. The paper builds on research conducted within WISE Horizons, a project which ZOE Institute is proudly part of.

"At a time when the urgent so often crowds out the truly important, it is encouraging that within the EU, transformational research on sustainable and inclusive wellbeing continues to be recognised for its significance and potential. We are very happy to see WISE Horizons' important work gaining visibility and traction and look forward to keep our collaboration with Leiden University in the project and beyond."

Magalí Brosio, New Economy Goals Programme Lead and part of WISE Horizons

The prestigous Frontiers Planet Prize recognises transformational research with the power to tackle our most urgent environmental challenges. As National Champion, Rutger Hoekstra is shortlisted to win the International Champion's prize: US$1 million to scale up the impact of his work. The three international winners will be announced in January 2027.