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Newsletter October 2022
06 October 2022 |
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Is the rainforest a sink or a source of CO2? - Read the CloudRoots Amazonia blog ›› |
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A1 SENSE Introductory Course, 27-28 October 2022 ›› |
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Overview of PhD / postdoc courses October-November 2022 ›› |
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Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses ›› |
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Annual IHE PhD symposium 2022: “Realising the SDGs: Innovative water solutions to achieve resilience in an uncertain world” – all SENSE PhD candidates invited, 13-14 October 2022 ›› |
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Symposium: Satellite Imagery Classification of man-made structures using Deep Learning/Machine Learning, 28 October 2022 ›› |
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Water-Energy-Food Nexus symposium, 7 November 2022 ›› |
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Overview of upcoming events October-November ›› |
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Overview of recently announced events ›› |
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Overview of PhD graduations October 2022 ›› |
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Call SENSE Course Development (deadline: 31 October 2022) ›› |
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Biodiversa+ Call on "Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society" (deadline: early November 2022) ›› |
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GAIA Masters Student Paper Award (deadline: 28 November 2022) ›› |
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Call for participation: Spark (deadline: not yet finalised, but not earlier than March 2023) ›› |
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Open Competition Domain Science - M (deadline: 31 July 2023) ›› |
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Dutch Research Agenda - Theme: Climate and Nature (deadline pre-proposals: 20 October 2022) ›› |
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Overview job vacancies ›› |
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| Unusual times call for unusual collaborations |
We are living in times with many crises in our world. As private persons, the crises may worry us and affect our personal lives to a lesser or larger extent. From a scientific perspective, this period in history is also interesting. The call from society for solutions is strong, but the issues we are facing are complex and intertwined.
At WIMEK, the Wageningen partner within the SENSE network, the focus on transdisciplinary research is growing. WIMEK tries to play an active role in furthering this kind of research: involving not only several scientific disciplines, but also societal partners, preferable from an early state of scientific research. The Transdisciplinary Research hub-under-development is not only aimed at WIMEK, but also at other parts of Wageningen UR and at the SENSE network. For anyone interested: check the hub-page for an overview of courses, events, calls and other interesting information about Transdisciplinary Research.
Another player in the field of transdisciplinary cooperation is the Centre for Unusual Collaborations (CUCo). As they cite: "Some current problems are too complex to be solved by 'research as usual' and require a radically different approach."
A number of events on transdisciplinarity, both by CUCo and others, you can find under the events section of this newsletter, marked as [TD].
For any PhD candidate it may be challenging to find the proper balance between obtaining a sound disciplinary basis and searching for opportunities to step out of the disciplinary box and explore new pathways with a strong connection with society. Please keep in mind that the tailor-made SENSE education programme offers you the opportunity to strengthen your transdisciplinary skills, both by taking relevant courses (see the courses page of the SENSE website and/or the afore mentioned Transdisciplinary Research page of WIMEK) and in your A2 project. For a truly transdisciplinary approach in part of your research, you might want to explore your options for the A2 project in an early stage of your research.
I wish all of us the courage and optimism to find opportunities to contribute to a positive response of today's crises, and a lot of fun and inspiration doing so.
Marjolijn Dannenburg, Communication officer
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| Is the rainforest a sink or a source of CO2? - Read the CloudRoots Amazonia blog |
| Clouds talk to leaves and the leaves talk back. Scientists from Wageningen and Utrecht spent three weeks in the Amazon listening to that conversation. The image of a dialogue comes from professor of Meteorology and Air Quality Jordi Vilà. He uses it in one of the blogs written during the expedition to the Brazilian rainforest. Trees don’t talk, of course, but the image gets the point across. Speech is communication; in this case the interaction of leaves and passing clouds through the play of light. |
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| Upcoming courses and discussion groups |
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| A1 SENSE Introductory Course, 27-28 October 2022 |
 This course brings together PhD candidates that have the ambition to work on environmental issues, and who have just started their journey within SENSE.During the course, you will discuss the need for interdisciplinary research and start to think about what role you would like to play as a scientist in solving environmental issues. The course will also be part introduction to personal leadership, exploring what is important to you, and hence talking about how to tackle any potential challenges you may face along the way. And you will meet other PhD candidates with which you will share a lot of the same experiences with. |
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| Overview of PhD / postdoc courses October-November 2022 |
- Advanced Organic Chemistry (NEW)
7 October 2022 - 17 April 2023, Wageningen
- Theoretical Ecology: Bifurcations in dynamical systems
10-14 October 2022, Ede
- Risk Assessment
10-14 October 2022, Wageningen
- BCF Grant Application Course
12-13 October 2022, online
- Ethics for Social Sciences Research
13 October 2022, Wageningen
- Genome Assembly
13-14 October 2022, Wageningen
- Life Sciences Data Integration Challenge
24-28 October 2022, Wageningen
- Advanced Biofilm Course (NEW)
24-29 October 2022
- Towards FAIR Data Management (NEW)
- RMarkdown
31 October - 3 November 2022, Wageningen
- Advanced Short Course on "Where there is little data: how to estimate design variables in poorly gauged basins"
31 October - 11 November 2022, Delft
- Advanced Course Bioprocess Design
31 October - 4 November 2022, Delft
- Embodiment, Food & Environment (NEW)
31 October - 8 December 2022, Wageningen
- Python course for PhD and Postdocs
3-17 November 2022, Wageningen
- Ethics in Plant and Environmental Sciences
7 November 2022, online
- Introduction to R and R Studio
15-25 November 2022, online
- Modelling and Computation for Micro-organisms in Bioprocesses
28 November - 2 December 2022
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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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| Annual IHE PhD symposium 2022: “Realising the SDGs: Innovative water solutions to achieve resilience in an uncertain world” – all SENSE PhD candidates invited, 13-14 October 2022 |
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| Symposium: Satellite Imagery Classification of man-made structures using Deep Learning/Machine Learning, 28 October 2022 |
 A symposium on man-made structures classification from satellite imagery using Deep Learning/Machine Learning.
The program (see attachment) will consist of two parts. In the first part, there are two main keynote presentations on Scaling-up challenges and Explainable AI for machine learning-based remote sensing activities. Each main presentation will be followed by a 20-minutes period for discussion/questions.
During the second part, you are invited to present your PhD/Postdoc research. It will be followed by time for discussions and some drinks.
The main goal of the symposium will be to share ideas and broaden the network of early-career researchers working on the combination of satellite data and deep learning/machine learning in an inspiring blend of interactive presentations and discussions. |
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| Water-Energy-Food Nexus symposium, 7 November 2022 |
 The OECD predicts there will be 9 billion people on Earth by 2050. At the same time, it is anticipated that global water needs will rise by 55%, energy consumption by 80%, and food production by 60%, all of which could have an impact on land use patterns. In light of these forecasts, the importance of the Water Energy Food Nexus(WEF) thinking is needed more than ever.
In this symposium, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art, gaps and advances in WEF research. We invited well-known keynotes and prominent early-career scientists to cover a wide range of topics including water and energy footprints, the role of forests and food waste, governance, and many more. Sounds interesting? Then see you in November! |
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| Overview of upcoming events October-November 2022 |
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| Overview of recently announced events |
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| Upcoming PhD graduations |
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| Overview of PhD graduations October 2022 |
- Floris Leijten
Assessing the effectiveness of zero-deforestation commitments
3 October 2022, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM)
- Mariana Rodrigues
Modeling and application of electrochemical ammonia recovery
7 October 2022, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
- Yujia Luo
Influence of organic amendments on soil microbiomes
7 October 2022, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
- Maria van Schaik
Resource recovery from urban wastewater -Model-based evaluation and design-
12 October 2022, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
- Rosa Aguilar Bolivar
Planning Support tools for stakeholders' engagement in collaborative spatial planning processes considering different space and time settings
13 October 2022, University of Twente, Urban and regional and Geo-Information Management
- Goraw Yemer
Analysing water quality and its impact towards sustainable basin management: Modelling and experimental approaches in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia
18 October 2022, Wageningen University, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management
- Kingsley Kumah
Near-Real-Time Rainfall Detection and Estimation from Commercial Microwave Links and Meteosat Second Generation Data
26 October 2022, University of Twente, Water Resources
- Auke Visser
Advancing process understanding of ozone dry deposition across scales
31 October 2022, Wageningen University, Meteorology and Air Quality
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| Calls |
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| Call SENSE Course Development (deadline: 31 October 2022) |
| To support the development of new courses and the collaboration between members, SENSE allocated an annual fund of 20.000 euros to support course development. Each proposal can apply for a maximum of 4.500 euro. Applications are open to all SENSE member institutes. |
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| Biodiversa+ Call on "Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society" (deadline: early November 2022) |
This call will cover the following three non-exclusive research themes:
1) Innovation and harmonisation of methods and tools for collection and management of biodiversity monitoring data
2) Addressing knowledge gaps on biodiversity status, dynamics, and trends to reverse biodiversity loss
3) Making use of available biodiversity monitoring data
All environments (i.e. terrestrial, inland freshwater including wetlands, and marine) will be eligible. |
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| GAIA Masters Student Paper Award (deadline: 28 November 2022) |
| The international journal GAIA – Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society invites Masters students to participate in the GAIA Masters Student Paper Award. Masters students are encouraged to submit their results from research-based courses or Masters theses in the field of transdisciplinary environmental and sustainability science. Every year, one article will be selected by a jury as the winner of the GAIA Masters Student Paper Award. |
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| Call for participation: Spark (deadline: not yet finalised, but not earlier than March 2023) |
| Spark grants aim to stimulate unusual collaborations to address societal challenges. The grants do this by offering initial financial support to start building a committed project team with whom to explore the potential of an idea and/or to test whether it can be taken further and developed into a project application, for an Unusual Collaborations grant or another funding scheme. Spark grants are thus a low-threshold stimulus to support connection with others outside one’s own disciplinary background, to initiate collaboration around a research idea, to share knowledge and best practices, and to develop something together. |
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| Open Competition Domain Science - M (deadline: 31 July 2023) |
| ENW-M grants are intended for curiosity-driven scientific research with impact. The ENW-M grants offer researchers the opportunity and freedom to start, and/or strengthen excellent, challenging and innovative lines of research, both mono disciplinary, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. For this call for proposals, your application must fit in the NWO Domain Science. Consider at an early point in time if the contents of your application meet this condition. In case of any doubts, for instance because your application is (partially) multidisciplinary, please contact one of the contact persons for this programme. This person can advise you about the substantive connection between your application and this Call for Proposals. |
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| Dutch Research Agenda - Theme: Climate and Nature (deadline pre-proposals: 20 October 2022) |
Climate change will increasingly have an effect on the quality of nature. It is important to pursue integrated and sustainable solutions and strategies that address the root causes and contribute to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as to social values such as justice, prosperity, and well-being.
The aim of the programme is to fill existing knowledge gaps on the following three sub-questions:
1. How do changes in climate and nature influence each other?;
2. What are the effects of existing measures on climate, nature and society?;
3. What social, political and institutional obstacles influence the implementation of options and strategies and how can they be removed? |
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| Overview of vacancies at SENSE partners |
- Postdoc position on Biodiversity Conservation at the Environmental Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen University
Apply before 11 October 2022
- PhD position in "Water footprint assessment and water allocation modelling", University of Twente
Apply before 15 October 2022
- PhD position in "Valuing water for sustainable, equitable, efficient, and resilient water allocation", University of Twente
Apply before 15 October 2022
- Researcher (fulltime) Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, University of Twente
Apply before 15 October 2022
- Researcher (postdoc) on heat risk, University of Twente
Apply before 16 October 2022
- Assistant Professor in Digital Twinning for multi-dimensional resilient urban development, University of Twente
Apply before 16 October 2022
- Assistant Professor in Spatial modelling for climate-smart food systems, University of Twente
Apply before 16 October 2022
- Assistant Professor in Modelling space-time dynamics of health risks using geophylogenetics, University of Twente
Apply before 16 October 2022
- PhD Position in Marine Palynology & Palaeoceanography, Utrecht University
Apply before 17 October 2022
- PhD Candidate in Desalination and Membrane Technology, IHE Delft
Apply before 17 October 2022
- PhD position in spatially explicit assessment of impacts of wind power deployment, Utrecht University
Apply before 20 October 2022
- Assistant Professor in geodata integration, interoperability and distributed analysis, University of Twente
Apply before 24 October 2022
- Researcher (Postdoc) in Transport Geography and Disaster Resilience, University of Twente
Apply before 24 October 2022
- Assistant Professor High-tech sensing for turbulent and radiant heat exchange in urban environment, University of Twente
Apply before 30 October 2022
- Assistant / associate professor in atmospheric dynamics and composition, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Apply before 31 October 2022
- PhD position in techno-economic assessment and cost optimization for underground seasonal thermal storage, Utrecht University
Apply before 31 October 2022
- Assistant Professor in Climate Risk Modelling, with a focus on majority countries, University of Twente
Apply before 31 October 2022
- Assistant professor "Urban Hydrometeorology", Wageningen University
Apply before 1 November 2022
- PhD in Spatial aspects and energy infrastructure in energy system modelling, Utrecht University
Apply before 1 November 2022
- PhD in Incorporation of behavioural aspects in energy system modelling, Utrecht University
Apply before 1 November 2022
- PhD in Developing an integrated framework for energy system modelling, Utrecht University
Apply before 1 November 2022
- PhD in Multiscale Modelling of the Energy and Material Transitions, Utrecht University
Apply before 1 Novmeber 2022
- PhD project 'Extrapolation of ecotoxicological effects in a changing climate", Wageningen University
Apply before 8 November 2022
- Assistant Professor in Nutrient enrichment and biodiversity loss, Utrecht University
Apply before 21 November 2022
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| More vacancies |
| During the month new vacancies are regularly posted on the SENSE vacancy page. |
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