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Newsletter September 2019
10 September 2019 |
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Overview of PhD graduations upcoming period ›› |
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R and Big Data, 26 - 27 September 2019 ›› |
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Advanced Short Course on "Where there is little data: how to estimate design variables in poorly gauged basins", 28 October - 8 November 2019 ›› |
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Big Data in the life sciences, 21-23 October ›› |
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Overview of PhD / postdoc courses August - September 2019 ›› |
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Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses ›› |
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PhD Symposium Innovations for sustainability: Tackling water and climate change-related challenges, 10-11 October 2019 ›› |
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SENSE symposium: 'Innovative research techniques in Environmental Sciences', 11 October 2019 ›› |
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KNM-WIMEK-WUR symposium: Nederland na(ar) 2100: een ruimtelijk perspectief voor versnelde zeespiegelstijging en klimaatverandering, 18 oktober 2019, Wageningen (only in Dutch) ›› |
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ESP10th World Conference: "10 years advancing ecosystem services science, policy and practice for a sustainable future", Hannover, Germany, 21-25 October 2019 ›› |
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Overview of upcoming events ›› |
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Vacancies at SENSE Partners ›› |
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| Welcome back from your summer holidays! In the coming academic year we will organise some nice SENSE events for you. |
We start with the yearly SENSE Symposium on Friday 11 October 2019 at ITC Enschede. The idea of the yearly symposia is to bring the SENSE community together; so you are all invited to come and see what your fellow SENSE members are up to. Or better yet, present your research yourself! The focus this year will be on innovative research techniques in environmental sciences. Big data, machine learning, high speed cameras, sensors, drones, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and e-DNA, are examples of new research techniques, enabling new innovative research methods in environmental research. This symposium will present current PhD and staff research projects using these innovative techniques and will show the new horizons for environmental research. Participation is free, but registration is required. For more information and registration, click HERE.
One week later, on 18 October 2019, the WIMEK Graduate School will organise a symposium “Spatial adaptation perspectives for the Netherlands after the year 2100 in response to climate change and accelerated sea level rise” in close collaboration with the WUR environmental alumni organisation. The participants will evaluate and assess the robustness of technological scenarios and nature based solutions for one and a half and more than six meter sea level rise during “design sessions”. The target group for this symposium are researchers and Dutch professionals in this field and therefore the medium of communication is Dutch. For more information click HERE.
Last but not least, the SENSE introductory course A1 will be organised again from 23 – 25 October 2019 in Apeldoorn. All SENSE PhD candidates are strongly advised to do this course in the first two years of their PhD trajectory. So, if you didn’t do it yet, grab your chance and register HERE now for the next A1 course.
Johan Feenstra
WIMEK / SENSE Coordinator |
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| Upcoming PhD Graduations |
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| Overview of PhD graduations upcoming period |
- Astrid Hendriksen
Meaningful stakeholder involvement in decision making processes on sustainability issues
17 September 2019, Wageningen University, Environmental Policy
- Christine Ornetsmüller
Advancing the Representation of Human Dimensions in Large-scale Land Use Models – Case studies for Laos
20 September 2019, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Spatial Analysis and Decision Support / Environmental Geography
- Juan Carlos Chacon Hurtado
Optimisation of dynamic heterogeneous rainfall sensor networks in the context of citizen observatories
24 September 2019, IHE Delft, Hydroinformatics
- Yujia Zhai
Nano shapes micro: impacts of metallic nanoparticles on microbial communities
25 September 2019, University of Leiden
- Alexander Jose Kaune Schmidt
The value of using hydrological datasets for water allocation decisions: earth observations, hydrological models and seasonal forecasts
27 September 2019, IHE Delft
- Oscar Osvaldo Marquez Calvo
Advancing robust multi-objective optimisation applied to complex model-based water-related problems
1 October 2019, IHE Delft, Hydroinformatics
- Mariana Rodriguez Arredondo
(Bio)electrochemical recovery of ammonia from urine
4 October 2019, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
- Tesfay Gebretsadkan Gebremicael
Understanding the Impact of Human Interventions on the Hydrology of Nile Basin Headwaters, the Case of Upper Tekeze Catchments
8 October 2019, TU Delft
- Sarahi Nuñez Ramos
Assessing biodiversity responses to changes in climate and land use
9 October 2019, Wageningen University, Environmental Systems Analysis
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| Upcoming courses and discussion groups |
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| R and Big Data, 26 - 27 September 2019 |
| The aim of the course is to help experienced R users to tackle the problems they face when analyzing big data sets. The course will consist of a mixture of lectures and computer labs (in a ratio of approximately 60/40), so there is plenty of time for hands-on exercises. |
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| Advanced Short Course on "Where there is little data: how to estimate design variables in poorly gauged basins", 28 October - 8 November 2019 |
| The aim of the course on is to provide an advanced theoretical understanding and hands-on practical methods to cope with the estimate of hydrological variables in poorly gauged basins. |
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| Big Data in the life sciences, 21-23 October |
| This course is to introduce participants to techniques for comprehensive data analysis of big data and to integrate heterogeneous data sets in order to extract relevant information for elucidating the living system. The course is modular and focuses on data generation, mining, analysis, data integration, and visualization. |
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| Overview of PhD / postdoc courses September - October 2019 |
- Critical Gender Studies in the Life Sciences domains (NEW)
10 September - 17 October 2019, Wageningen
- Advancing Predictive Capability of Northern Hemisphere Weather and Climate (NEW)
16 September - 6 December 2019, online
- Geostatistics for Water Management and Environmental Sciences
16-27 September 2019, Delft
- Electron Microscopy course – The Basics: from A to W
23-27 September 2019, Amsterdam & Wageningen
- R and Big Data
26-27 September 2019, Wageningen
- Speciation and Bioavailability of Metals, Organics and Nanoparticles
30 September - 4 October 2019, Belgium
- Introduction to ProVIS
7-11 October 2019, UFZ, Germany
- Business Development Course
15 & 29 October and 4 November 2019, Leeuwarden
- Big Data in the life sciences
21-23 October 2019, Wageningen
- Bayesian Statistics
23-24 October 2019, Wageningen
- A1 SENSE Introductory Course
23-25 October 2019, Apeldoorn
- Advanced Short Course on "Where there is little data: how to estimate design variables in poorly gauged basins"
28 October-8 November 2019, Delft
- Risk Assessment
28 October-1 November 2019, Wageningen
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| Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses |
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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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| Upcoming Events |
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| SENSE symposium: 'Innovative research techniques in Environmental Sciences', 11 October 2019 |
The SENSE research School organises the SENSE symposium: 'Innovative research techniques in Environmental Sciences' at ITC Enschede on Friday 11 October 2019. This SENSE symposium focuses on innovative research strategies and practices through cutting edge technology. Herewith, we would like to invite SENSE PhD candidates to present a pitch about your innovative research techniques and the application in environmental sciences for a broad SENSE audience.
Abstract submission deadline: 23 September |
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| PhD Symposium Innovations for sustainability: Tackling water and climate change-related challenges, 10-11 October 2019 |
 We are pleased to announce the PhD symposium 2019 scheduled for 10th & 11th October, 2019 to be held at IHE Delft, Institute for Water Education. This symposium will provide a unique opportunity for PhD fellows/students to present their research to the IHE community.
The theme for the 2019 PhD symposium is “Innovations for Sustainability”.
SDGs cannot be achieved without new ways to respond to the interrelated environmental, societal, and economic challenges we are facing today.
Overcoming these challenges requires us to think of innovative and smarter solutions that can have positive impact on sustainable development. |
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| ESP10th World Conference: "10 years advancing ecosystem services science, policy and practice for a sustainable future", Hannover, Germany, 21-25 October 2019 |
ESP is happy to announce that our 10th world conference will take place in Hannover, Germany from 21-25 October, 2019. It was in Germany that we first started our ESP conferences in 2008. Hence, we decided to celebrate our 10th world conference anniversary in Germany.
10 years advancing ecosystem services science, policy and practice for a sustainable future
The ESP10 conference locations are the Leibniz University for the opening day on Monday, and the Hannover Congress Centre for the rest of the conference. |
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| More vacancies |
| During the month new vacancies are regularly posted on the SENSE vacancy page. |
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