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Newsletter January 2018
11 January 2018 |
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Sharing a SENSE of Community ›› |
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Dr. Brenden Jongman (IVM/VU, Worldbank) receives SENSE PhD Award 2017 ›› |
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Re-imagininganticipatory climate governance in the world's vulnerable regions ›› |
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Overview of PhD graduations upcoming period ›› |
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New cooperation between SENSE and ECOS (Ecology and Society) Sweden ›› |
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Grasping Sustainability, 12-16 March 2018 ›› |
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A1 SENSE Introductory Course, 28-30 March 2018 ›› |
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Overview of PhD / postdoc courses January - March 2018 ›› |
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Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses ›› |
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R Users Discussion Group Meeting, 16 January ›› |
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QGIS user group meeting, 31 January ›› |
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Overview of upcoming events ›› |
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Vacancies at SENSE Partners ›› |
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Other vacancies in the SENSE field ›› |
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| Sharing a SENSE of Community |
A New Year has started and we wish all SENSE researchers an insightful and rewarding 2018!
One of the showcase examples of how PhD research can have both scientific and societal impact, can be found in the SENSE PhD Award 2017 that was decided by members of the SENSE Research Committee: we congratulate dr. Brenden Jongman on receiving the bi-annual SENSE PhD Award of 2017 for his PhD dissertation on Unravelling the Drivers of Flood Risk across Spatial Scales (2015). Brenden now works at the Worldbank in Washington and will be doing research in Madagascar in the next six months, thus carrying the impact of his research across the globe and to places where it matters most. More information on dr. Brenden Jongman and his excellent research can be found HERE.
Another excellent development of 2017 lies in the fact that the SENSE PhD Council (SPC) has further expanded its membership. We gratefully thank SENSE PhD candidates Dona Barirani and Yasmina Loozen (both Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University) for taking the lead in the past two years. And we welcome SENSE PhD candidates Lars de Ruig and Erick Velazquez (both Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit) as they are now taking the SPC leadership and coordination. For any questions or feedback, pls go the the SPC pages in the SENSE portal. If you are thinking about becoming an active member in SPC too, just send your email to: spcsense@gmail.com
Let’s make SENSE together!
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| Dr. Brenden Jongman (IVM/VU, Worldbank) receives SENSE PhD Award 2017 |
 It is a pleasure to announce to you that the bi-annual SENSE PhD Award for best SENSE dissertation in previous two years, has been awarded to dr. Brenden Jongman for his PhD research on Unravelling the Drivers of Flood Risk across Spatial Scales (2015) at IVM, VU (with Prof. Jeroen Aerts, IVM as promotor and Dr. Philip Ward, IVM as co-promotor).
The awarding jury was Chaired by SENSE Director of Research, Prof. Max Rietkerk (Copernicus Institute, UU). Together with committee members Prof. Jacob de Boer (Head of Environment and Health, VU) and Dr. Maarten Krol (Dept. Water Engineering and Management, Twente University), the awarding jury’s choice was unanimous – even though the other nominated candidates have also produced excellent PhD dissertations. |
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| Re-imagining anticipatory climate governance in the world's vulnerable regions |
Faced with the realities of climate change, adaptation has become a key global focus. How do we deal with the changes that are already taking place and pre-empt those to come? What actions should be taken on a national and international level?
Led by Joost Vervoort (Utrecht University) and Aarti Gupta (Wageningen University & Research), the RE-IMAGINE project investigates ways in which various foresight approaches can play a role in appropriate and effective modes of anticipatory climate governance in the world's most vulnerable regions.
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| Upcoming PhD Graduations |
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| Overview of PhD graduations upcoming period |
- Yasemin Atalay
Energy Transitions in the Arab Gulf: Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities
16 January 2018, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Environmental Policy Analysis
- Didi van Doren
Accelerating the transition to low-carbon cities
17 January 2018, Utrecht University, Environmental Governance
- Guido Schmidt-Traub
On metrics and financing for the Sustainable Development Goals
17 January 2018, Wageningen University, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources
- Saad Khan
Is there a safe spot? Modelling seismic amplification with spectral element method and DEM based topography
18 January 2018, University of Twente, Department of Earth Systems Analysis
- Islam Elsayed Abdelaziz Mohamed Fadel
Crustal and upper mantle structure of Botswana: is Botswana rifting?
18 January 2018, University of Twente, Department of Earth Systems Analysis
- Wanda van Enst
Science-policy interfaces for enriched environmental decision-making. A research into the strategies of boundary work, illustrated by case-studies in the Wadden Sea
24 January 2018, Utrecht University, Environmental Governance
- Martijn Broeren
Sustainable bio-based materials - Evaluation and application of environmental impact assessment methods
26 January 2018, Utrecht University, Energy and Resources
- Liu Wenbo
Anaerobic manganese- or iron-mediated pharmaceutical degradation in water
26 January 2018, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
- Beatriz Ramírez Correal
Hydro-meteorological functioning of tropical montane cloud forests in the Orinoco River basin
30 January 2018, Wageningen University, Earth System Science
- Arnoud de Wilt
Pharmaceutical Removal: Synergy between Biological and Chemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment
2 February 2018, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
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| New cooperation between SENSE and ECOS (Ecology and Society) Sweden |
 Recently SENSE started a collaboration with the research school Ecology and Society (ECOS), which is part of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. This implies that SENSE PhD candidates are invited to participate in ECOS courses.
The research school Ecology & Society (ECOS) is offering new PhD courses in spring 2018
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Use - The basics (1.5 ECTS), 15-19 January 2018
- Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Use - Belief systems (1.5 ECTS), 29 January - 2 February 2018
- Conservation conflicts and stakeholders (1.5 ECTS), 5-9 March 2018
- Communication for effective management of social-ecological systems (1.5 ECTS), 19-23 February 2018
If you are interested to take part in one of the ECOS courses, then pls contact SENSE Director of Education, dr Ad van Dommelen, by email at: ad.van.dommelen@vu.nl |
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| Grasping Sustainability, 12-16 March 2018 |
To date, many different scientific concepts and approaches of sustainability exist. What are the differences and what do they entail? What is your role as a scientist in achieving sustainable develop-ment? How can you apply sustainability in your own research? And in doing so, how can you deal with facts, uncertainty, values and opinions?
This on-site course will enable you to think about the ‘bigger picture’, grasp sustainability and to apply concepts and approaches to your own research, in a collaborative learning environment, away from ‘office’.
To ensure that the content of the course is aligned to your own research, the content of the course will also be determined by the research topics of the participants. |
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| A1 SENSE Introductory Course, 28-30 March 2018 |
What is my work good for? Even the most nerdish PhD student asks himself or herself this question once in a while. Is it just for the sake of science or does it relate to other research or even to environmental policy? What are my SENSE colleagues working on in other departments and other universities? How does their research relate to mine?
In the SENSE course 'Environmental Research in Context' several perspectives and approaches to analyse and to solve environmental problems are discussed. You will find out how your own research project fits within other (multi-) disciplinary approaches and you will discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of your approach compared to these alternatives.
In addition, you will evaluate some examples where questions from society were translated into scientific research projects in terms of relevance and scientific validity with experienced researchers and other PhD students. |
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| Overview of PhD / postdoc courses January - March 2018 |
- Legal clinic for your PhD (NEW)
19 January - 2 February 2018, Wageningen
- Structural Equation Modelling
22-26 January 2018, Wageningen
- PCDI course Employability Outside Academia (NEW)
26 January, 16 February and 23 March 2018 (spare date 20 April; all Fridays), Utrecht
- Masterclass Git, GitHub and Markdown in a R-environment
26 January 2018, De Bilt
- World Food System Summer School 2018: Food Systems in Transition
27 January - 10 February 2018
- Introduction to Zero Inflated Models with R - Frequentist and Bayesian approaches
29 January - 2 February 2018, Wageningen
- Geostatistics
5-9 February 2018, Wageningen (every two years)
- Biotechnology of Conversion: Fundamentals of (Bio)Electrochemistry
8 February 2018, UFZ Leipzig, Germany
- Critical perspectives on social theory (NEW)
19 February - 15 March 2018, Wageningen
- Academic Publication and Presentation in the Social Sciences
19 February - 16 March 2018, Wageningen
- Institutions and Societal Transformation
20 February - 13 March 2018, Wageningen
- Survival Analysis
22-23 February 2018, Wageningen
- Design and Analyses of Ecological Experiments (NEW)
22-23 February 2018, UFZ Leipzig, Germany
- Social orders, Institutions and Long-Term Economic Development
23 February - 16 March 2018, Wageningen
- Practical Modelling for Marine Biologists
26 February - 17 March 2018, Groningen
- Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (NEW)
28 February - 11 April 2018, Wageningen
- Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
5-9 March 2018, Delft
- Modern Methods and Applications for Isotope Analysis of Light Elements
12-15 March 2018, UFZ Leipzig, Germany
- Grasping Sustainability
12-16 March 2018, Lunteren
- Aquatic Ecology: Robustness of aquatic ecosystems in the face of global change (NEW)
18-23 March 2018, Ede
- Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution
19 March - 30 June 2018, Groningen
- Visual research methods (NEW)
22 March - 12 April 2018, Wageningen
- A1 SENSE Introductory Course
28-30 March 2018, Apeldoorn
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In case you are interested in either participating or teaching a course that is currently not in the programme, please do not hesitate and contact us with your suggestions. |
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| Discussion Groups |
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| R Users Discussion Group Meeting, 16 January |
| The R Users Meeting is a monthly meeting for people working with R. PhD and MSc students, as well as staff members, both beginners as well as advanced R users are welcome. The meeting offers an opportunity to help each other with specific questions and exchange ideas. In each meeting a specific topic is discussed by demonstrating and discussing examples of R functions and example data. The second part of each meeting is reserved for short questions on R codes and offers opportunity to get advice on your R code and how to fix or improve it. |
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| QGIS user group meeting, 31 January |
On the 31st of January, IHE Delft will be hosting the first ever QGIS user group meeting in the Netherlands, with Geo Academie as co-organizer.
The programme is currently under construction and will include a wide range of QGIS user cases from the Netherlands and abroad. On top of the presentations, there will also be a QGIS doctor’s office where you can get assistance with all your QGIS aches and pains. |
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| During the month new vacancies are regularly posted on the SENSE vacancy page. |
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