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Newsletter November 2023
31 October 2023 |
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| Upcoming courses and discussion groups |
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Five-part course Climate Change & Colonialism | 16 November - 14 December 2023
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It has been called the biggest and most threatening crisis of our time: the climate crisis. Did you know that the choices made in the Dutch colonial past have a huge impact on our current climate policy? For a long time, the industrial revolution was mainly referred to as the historical starting point of man-made climate change.
This event will be held in Dutch. |
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System, Sustainability and Societal Aspects in the Energy Transition | 20 - 21 November 2023
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| This course is focused on PhD students and will combine lectures and workshops. This course will be provided by academic researchers and different stakeholders from industry/company, municipalities, and governmental bodies. |
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Decolonising science: course for PhD candidates | 27 November - 01 December 2023
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| The course aims to inspire PhD candidates to explore and engage with decolonial, anti-colonial and postcolonial approaches in their current research. The course is open to Netherlands-based students at higher education institutions affiliated with the SENSE network. It targets students of engineering, natural and social sciences who are engaged with research on environmental issues – involving sectors such as water, forests, agriculture, and more. We especially encourage Netherlands-based women candidates and students from post-colonial countries from Africa, Asia and Latin America to apply. The course is divided into three segments, each engaging with critical aspects of doctoral research: theory, methodology, and fieldwork (see schedule). The course also includes screenings of films and documentaries that showcase how colonialism shaped scientific knowledge traditions and how to reclaim and celebrate diverse knowledge systems and practices. |
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Modelling and Computation for Micro-organisms in Bioprocesses | 27 November - 01 December 2023
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| This course brings together contributions from different disciplines, i.e. bioprocess technology, applied physics, transport phenomena, molecular biology and biomedical sciences. They all address different elements on the coupling between several time and length scales in the simulation of different bioprocesses (e.g. bioreactor and bioprocess operation, microbial strain improvement, tissue and organ cultivation, plant design and integration). Computational methods will deepen the understanding of the connecting principles between different scales. The industrial relevance is underlined by the venue being the Biotech Campus Delft. |
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Geostatistics | 04 - 08 December 2023
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| Geostatistics is concerned with the analysis and modelling of spatial variability. It also addresses how quantified spatial variability can be used in optimal spatial interpolation and spatial stochastic simulation. Fields of application include geology, soil science, agronomy, ecology, forestry, hydrology, climatology and geography. This course aims to provide PhD candidates with a solid background in standard and more advanced geostatistical methods, such that they can apply these methods in their own research. The course is a mix of theory and practice, with case studies that are analysed using R and contributed geostatistical packages. The course material is a selection of journal papers and book chapters, which are made available at the start of the course. |
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Highlight of later 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 2023 “Science and Impact”, 15 November 2023 |
 We live in challenging times, pressing socio-environmental radical transformations and escalating hydro-climatic extreme events menace our future. Scientist and academics have a central responsibility to navigate and respond to these complex threats. The role of scientists in addressing complex “wicked” sustainability problems is not only relegated to analytical efforts, it also entails normative questions, relations of power, positionality and representation. But how can scientist produce impact, influence decisions and be societally involved, while maintaining their academic role and standards? This is the overarching question that will characterize the SENSE symposium organized around a Keynote Lecture of Prof. Lyla Mehta, three different workshops on Communication and Creativity, Activism and Career Development and a PhD student posters session.
We hope you will join and look forward to having fruitful and inspiring discussions! |
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| Rural Aotearoa New Zealand: the transition to resilient farm systems by focusing on wellbeing and the environment |
Seminar: Dr. Jorie Knook | 16 November 2023, 12.00 | Leeuwenborch room 68
Dr. Jorie Knook is a lecturer at the Department of Land Management and Systems at Lincoln University, Aotearoa New Zealand. Her research focuses on landowner behaviour in which she studies the uptake of practices, beliefs and values. She is particularly passionate about studying agro-ecological and social transitions, such as the role of interventions in establishing change around mental wellbeing and alternative land-uses such as agroforestry. More info about Dr. Knook: https://researchers.lincoln.ac.nz/jorie.knook
Join in for the seminar and discussion. For more info, contact Marijn.Poortvliet@wur.nl |
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| Overview of upcoming events November - December 2023 |
- Amsterdam International Water Week 2023 (AIWW2023): “Water in transition. Accelerate the action”
6-9 November 2023, Amsterdam
- Risk & Resilience Festival
9 November 2023, Enschede
- Water and Development Symposium
14-16 November 2023, Online
- SENSE symposium 2023 “Science and Impact”
15 November 2023, VU Amsterdam
- Symposium ‘Towards Impactful Biodiversity Research: Initiating Interdisciplinary Collaborations’
16 November 2023, Burgers' Zoo, Arnhem
- Wageningen Model and Data Day 2023
16 November 2023, Akoesticum, Ede
- International Conference on Environmental & Food Monitoring
20-24 November 2023, Novotel Hotel, Amsterdam
- And… climate action!
21 November 2023, Vrijhof-Amphi, Vrijhof 338
- The Future of Biogas Europe Summit 2023
22 - 23 November 2023, Amsterdam
- Future Food Utrecht Annual Symposium: ‘Evolution or Revolution’.
13 December 2023, Cultuur- en Congrescentrum Antropia
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| Upcoming PhD graduations |
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| Overview of PhD graduations November 2023 |
- L (Li) Kang MSc
Tackling Cyanobacterial Blooms: Evaluating compounds and techniques for effective eutrophication management across different scales
1 November, 2023, Wageningen University, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
- A (Alessandro) Montemagno MSc
Investigating Rare Earth Elements and water stable isotopes dynamics in forest ecosystems
6 November, 2023, Wageningen University, Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management
- T. Holtrop
An Ocean of Colors
8 November, 2023, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
- K (Kaiyi) Wu
Microalgae-based technology for wastewater treatment: Exploring organic micropollutants removal
10 November, 2023, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
- A (Annika) Mangold-Döring MSc
Modeling the effect of temperature and chemicals at different levels of biological organization
13 November, 2023, Wageningen University, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
- Qing Zhan
Towards climate-robust aquatic ecosystem restoration: lessons learned from controlled experiments and modelling
15 November, 2023, Wageningen University, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
- J.W. (Chiem) van Straaten
Machine Learning to improve and understand sub-seasonal forecasts of European temperature
20 November, 2023, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
- M (Markus) Hermann MSc
Interactive effects of stress posed by global climate change and chemicals on aquatic ecosystems
20 November, 2023, Wageningen University, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
- ir. TC (Tessa) van Hateren MSc
Soil moisture droughts evaluated using earth observation
22 November, 2023, Wageningen University, Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management
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There are currently no open vacancies.
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| During the month new vacancies are regularly posted on the SENSE vacancy page. |
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