Ilya Pijpen

Ilya Pijpen joined ARCTIK as an environmental communications intern at the end of February 2024.

He holds a BSc and MSc in Biology, focusing on Ecology and Biodiversity, from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). For his thesis he studied social-ecological resilience assessment tools and their application in support of development projects in Burundi.

He is fluent in Dutch and English and has a good command of French.