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Newsletter March/April 2023 20 March 2023 |
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Long-term measurements show: air quality models need revision ›› |
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Where should hydrology go? - by Harro Jongen and Tessa van Hateren ›› |
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A1 SENSE Introduction Course, 28-29 March 2023 ›› |
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Climate Information for Adaptation, 3-7 July 2023 ›› |
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Overview of PhD / postdoc courses March - May 2023 ›› |
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Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses ›› |
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Pathways to Sustainability Conference 2023: See the future, 4 April 2023 ›› |
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SENSE event “Results UN Water Conference”, 20 April 2023 ›› |
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Pint of Science Festival, 22-24 May 2023 ›› |
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TRED conference 2023: Co-creating space for collaborative research and learning to inspire, interact and integrate, 12-14 June 2023, Wageningen and (12 June) online ›› |
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Overview of upcoming events March - May 2023 ›› |
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Overview of recently announced events ›› |
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Overview of PhD graduations March and April 2023 ›› |
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Call for session organisors for the TRED conference 2023: "Co-creating space for collaborative research and learning to inspire, interact and integrate" (deadline: 24 April 2023) ›› |
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Call SENSE Course Development (deadline: 31 May 2022) ›› |
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Overview job vacancies ›› |
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Editorial |
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About farmers, citizens, and the climate |
“This can really make me sad… we are going to reach the 1.5 degree temperature rise already by 2034… and then all of us vote for BBB?!?” The words of one of my beloved ones after she read an article with the heading “The 1.5 degree is dead” in the national news. This afternoon, March 20th, at 14.00 CET, the IPCC will present its Summary for Policymakers of “Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report”. For those of you who would like to follow it: the press conference will be live streamed: https://bit.ly/SYRPRcfe. The announcement about the 1.5 degree will not come as a surprise to people involved and/or interested in climate research. And we see to our abhorrence how adequate measures are endlessly being delayed. Also undeniable: the overwhelming success of BBB, the “BoerenBurgerBeweging” (FarmerCitizenMovement) at last week’s Dutch elections. A new political party that all at once became the largest in all of our provinces. Most analyses I read and heard about that, point to the inability of the current Dutch government to tackle pressing crises in society, leaving people, be it farmers or citizens, in uncertainty for too long. Our administration seems paralysed by crisis situations and its aim for consensus and detailed procedures. The climate crisis is one of these crises, and I am very curious how the influence of BBB will work out. But next to my shared concern about the rapid global warming and the BBB, I felt a little ambiguous about this text on my phone by someone who is both very smart and educated at an academic level, but also loves holidays to far-away countries and seems not to relate her own behaviour to the issue she is concerned about. My today’s newspaper contains an article about the possibly too optimistic climate models that do not take human behaviour into account, which is why solutions that technically work out on paper, are not being implemented. "For many challenges, scientific perspectives alone are not enough. Societal knowledge is needed to understand and define problems, identify alternatives, evaluate strategies, and design and implement processes." You can read these words again, later in this e-News, with the announcement of the TRED conference SENSE partner WIMEK is currently organising, from 12-14 June. I really hope that this conference can contribute to solutions that work. If you want to be involved, you are very much invited to participate or to host one of the interactive sessions. Marjolijn Dannenburg, Communication officer |
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SENSE News |
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Long-term measurements show: air quality models need revision |
A fundamental assumption for the scientific prediction of air quality needs to be adjusted. This follows from the analysis of long-term measurements in the urban area of Inssbruck, Austria. Near-Earth air there contained up to 50 per cent less ozone than predicted values. According to Wageningen scientists who contributed to the study lead by Prof. Thomas Karl (University of Innsbruck, Austria), this is related to high nitrogen monoxide levels in the area, emitted by diesel engines. The study's conclusion may have an impact on future air quality policy. |
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PhD blog |
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Where should hydrology go? - by Harro Jongen and Tessa van Hateren |
In 1965, UNESCO launched the first International Hydrological Decade to promote hydrology as an independent scientific discipline. This initiative has since grown into a global movement boosting hydrological research around a changing theme: the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Scientific Decades. The last two decades have shown that community efforts can shape the field of hydrology and increase collaboration between different groups. To promote the involvement of early-career scientists (ECS) in the discussion on the next theme, we decided to become active and to organise discussion sessions specifically for ECS. We – this is a group of PhD candidates of Wageningen University & Research – who gathered in spring 2022 to go on a trip through Europe. The perfect occasion to organize ECS discussion sessions on the next IAHS scientific decade. After the trip, together with the co-authors, we combined the discussions in an opinion paper (link). In this paper, we present how we see hydrological threats due to climate change and population growth to be the central problem for hydrology in the coming decade. |
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Upcoming courses and discussion groups |
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A1 SENSE Introduction Course, 28-29 March 2023 |
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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Climate Information for Adaptation, 3-7 July 2023 |
Are you a PhD or postdoc dealing with complex climate change adaptation challenges in water management, agriculture or are you specialized in climate change adaptation? And do you want to understand and learn how to use climate information, models and scenario’s in a demand driven instead of a data driven way? In this summer school professionals and PhD students will learn together and from each other in a mixed classroom, across multiple areas in climate change and its adaptation.This summer school is a co-creation space for better understanding collaboration in (cross-boundary) learning among researchers and professionals. You will work in a multidisciplinary team to develop a specific case study proposed by one of the team members. |
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Overview of PhD / postdoc courses March - May 2023 |
- Intermediate Research Software Development with Python
21-22 March 2023, Amsterdam
- What's Bugging You? How bugs support sustainable crop production and biodiversity
26-31 March 2023, Ede
- Geocomputation & Machine Learning for environmental application (intermediate level)
28 March - 16 June 2023, online and Italy
- The Natures of Life and Death: Political Ecologies of Collapse, Transformation and Revival
3-7 April 2023, Wageningen
- Visual research methods
4-25 April 2023, Wageningen
- Science journalism: A new career perspective (NEW)
6-28 April 2023, Wageningen
- Gentle hands-on introduction to Python programming
12-26 April 2023, Ghent (Belgium) and online
- Biocatalysis and Protein Engineering
17-21 April 2023, Delft
- Introduction to R and R Studio (NEW)
18-28 April 2023, online
- Genome Assembly
20-21 2023, Wageningen
- Consumer behaviour: Theory and applications in health and sustainability of food choices (NEW)
8 May - 30 June 2023
- Introduction to R (NEW)
8-9 May 2023, Wageningen
- WaterCampas Business Challenge
8-12 May 2023, Leeuwarden
- Merging Measurements and Modeling in Soil Physics
8-13 May 2023, Denmark
- Citizen Science for Water Management and Sustainable Development
15-26 May 2023, Delft
- Basic Statistics (NEW)
16-24 May 2023
- Advanced Course on Economic Regulation
17 May - 22 June 2023
- The protein transition: Diverse perspectives (NEW)
21-26 May 2023, Ede
- Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Environmental Sciences (NEW)
22-26 May 2023, Wageningen
- Integrated Multi-Omics approaches for Improvement of Industrial Microbes
22-26 May 2023, Delft
- Navigating Brussels with ELLS - How can the EU help you to develop your scientific career?
23-25 May 2023, Brussels, Belgium
- Water Policy and Politics (NEW)
24-26 May 2023, Wageningen (hybrid)
- Design of Experiments (NEW)
31 May - 2 June 2023, Wageningen
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Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses |
- R and Big Data
1-2 June 2023, Wageningen
- Linear Models
5-7 June 2023, Wageningen
- Multivariate Analysis
7-13 June 2023, Wageningen
- Mixed Linear Models
19-20 June 2023, Wageningen
- Generalized Linear Models
22-26 June 2023, Wageningen
- Bayesian Statistics
29 June – 4 July 2023, Wageningen
- Resilience of living systems
2-7 July 2023, Ede
- Foundations of Data Analysis and Machine Learning in Python
3-7 July 2023, Amsterdam
- Sustainable Futures summer school: Politics, Democracy, and Futuring
3-7 July 2023, Utrecht
- Meta-Analysis
6-7 July 2023, Wageningen
- Deep Learning
24-28 July 2023, Amsterdam
- Assessing Economic Policies Using the Real Options Methodology
21-25 August 2023, Wageningen
- Behavioral Macro and Complexity
21-25 August 2023, online
- Climate Change
21-25 August 2023, Amsterdam
- Econometrics and Data Science Methods for Business and Economics and Finance
21-25 August 2023, Amsterdam
- Applied statistics
22-29 August 2023, Wageningen
- ESA RN12 Environment and Society Summer School: “Research Horizons for Energy and Society” Social sciences’ role in energy research
4-5 September 2023, Italy
- Forest Management and Biodiversity across Europe
10-17 September 2023, Poland
- The Choice: Un-box your PhD process & take charge of your performance
14 September – 7 November 2023, Wageningen
- Tidy data transformation and visualization with R
7-17 November 2023, online
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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Pathways to Sustainability Conference 2023: See the future, 4 April 2023 |
Taking the year 2060 as our point of arrival, we get new insights into the challenges of transformation, the big shifts that we must consider if we think about sustainability in terms of forty years or more. Together we look back, piece together and learn. What do the changes that we were able to bring about look like? What/who were the crucial triggers for this transformation? And did we (or better: who did) see them coming in 2023? |
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SENSE event “Results UN Water Conference”, 20 April 2023 |
On 20 April SENSE will organise a post-conference event to wrap up the results of the 2023 UN Water Conference in New York. We will summarise the main messages from the conference and discuss the ways the research community can respond and engage. |
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Pint of Science Festival, 22-24 May 2023 |
We maken ons klaar voor #pint23! Wil je meedoen? Het Pint of Science festival vindt jaarlijks plaats in mei. Het brengt onderzoekers naar de kroeg bij jou om de hoek, waar ze je vertellen over het laatste nieuws uit hun wetenschappelijke wereld. Het Pint of Science festival is een internationaal festival wat dit jaar in 25+ landen tegelijkertijd wordt georganiseerd. Dit festival is de perfecte kans om de onderzoekers te ontmoeten die bezig zijn met de wetenschap van morgen. |
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TRED conference 2023: Co-creating space for collaborative research and learning to inspire, interact and integrate, 12-14 June 2023, Wageningen and (12 June) online |
Climate change, the transition to a circular economy, and issues concerning human health, are examples of challenges we need to address in our society these days. These issues are both urgent and complex and require the integration of different (scientific) knowledge. However, for many challenges, scientific perspectives alone are not enough. Societal knowledge is needed to understand and define problems, identify alternatives, evaluate strategies, and design and implement processes. But when, how, with whom, and even why we should integrate knowledge are not always clear. Moreover, although transdisciplinarity requires (new forms of) collaboration, many researchers and societal members feel alone in their endeavours. The Transdisciplinary Research, Education and Dialogue initiative (TRED) seeks to further transdisciplinary science through creating a safe space for dialogue, unpacking theories, practices and essentials of knowledge integrations. We look forward to co-creating space for collaborative research and learning with you. |
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Overview of upcoming events March - May 2023 |
- UN 2023 Water Conference
22-24 March 2023, New York, US
- AI in Sustainable Cities
23 March 2023, Utrecht
- Inaugural Lecture prof.dr.ir. Markus Berger: Carbon Neutral, Water Positive, and Free Ice Cream for All
24 March 2023, Enschede
- Presentatie nieuwe Ruimtelijk Scenario's voor Nederland in 2050
29 March 2023, Den Haag
- NCK Days 2023 (Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research)
29-31 March 2023, nearby Delft
- AIWW Webinar: Dealing with Drought
6 April 2023, online
- KNM-WIMEK symposium "Nature-based Solutions het nieuwe panacee?"
14 April 2023, Renkum
- Conference crossing boundaries for a healthy and sustainable future
19 April 2023, Wageningen
- NCK-WA De economie van kust en zee
10 May 2023, Den Helder
- NWO Life 2023: Diversity of Life
Egmond aan Zee
- BCF Career Event NL
24 May 2023, Utrecht
- Green Crimes and Ecojustice Conference
25-26 May 2023, Utrecht
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Overview of recently announced events |
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Upcoming PhD graduations |
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Overview of PhD graduations March and April 2023 |
- Mengmeng Li
Advancing large-scale analysis of human settlements and their dynamics 15 March 2023, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Environmental Geography
- Yun Xu
Adsorption of Natural Organic Matter to Metal (hydr)oxides: Multiple Levels of Heterogeneity 21 March 2023, Wageningen University, Soil Chemistry and Chemical Soil Quality
- Ruben Schulte
On the diurnal and field-scale variability of atmospheric ammonia over Dutch grasslands 24 March 2023, Wageningen University, Meteorology and Air Quality
- Perrine Laroche
Impacts of Western lifestyles in a telecoupled world: Mapping and specifying current and future demand for ecosystem services 27 March 2023, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Environmental Geography
- Anaïs Couasnon
The role of (in)dependence in flood risk assessments 30 March 2023, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Water and Climate Risk
- Jessica Sara Salcedo Borda
Silica export and its relation to nitrogen and phosphorus in the Danube River Basin 3 April 2023, IHE Delft, Water Resources and Ecosystems
- Andreas Coester
Economics of sustainable electricity supply: The German electricity market 5 April 2023, VU University Amsterdam, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Environmental Economics
- Frank Kreuwel
Every Ray Counts! Enabling large-scale solar PV integration by smart-grid applications combining fine-resolution meteorology and grid management 11 April 2023, Wageningen University, Meteorology and Air Quality
- Le Minh Truong
Sustaining Industrial Water Provision in Vietnam: Strategies and Technologies 14 April 2023, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology
- Muhammad Nasir Mangal
Controlling scaling and minimizing antiscalant consumption in groundwater reverse osmosis (RO) systems 19 April 2023, IHE Delft, Membrane Science and Technology
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Calls |
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Call for session organisors for the TRED conference 2023: "Co-creating space for collaborative research and learning to inspire, interact and integrate" (deadline: 24 April 2023) |
We are happy to announce the first TRED (Transdisciplinary Research, Education and Dialogue) conference will take place on June 12-14th, 2023 in Wageningen (the 12th is online). During these three interactive days, we will co-create a space to discuss, experience, and reflect on collaborative research and learning.
- Monday: an online afternoon inspiring discussion and community building on the hot topics related to collaborative learning and research.
- Tuesday: provides researchers and educators the opportunity to discuss and explore different inter- and transdisciplinary questions and approaches.
- Wednesday: welcomes societal actors and provides space for shared learning on integrating knowledge. Mini-hackathons will create opportunities for experiencing and reflecting on transdisciplinary collaborative approaches.
Calls open for interactive sessions We invite you to submit a proposal for one of the in-person interactive sessions on the Tuesday or Wednesday. You can:
- lead one of our interactive discussions
- convene a hands-on exploration
- submit a case for our mini-hackathons
The deadline for submission is April 24th, 12:00 Read more on the conference website. For questions, please contact wimek@wur.nl  |
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Call SENSE Course Development (deadline: 31 May 2023) |
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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Job vacancies |
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Overview of vacancies at SENSE partners |
- Researcher (Postdoc) on crop boundary mapping and stress monitoring, University of Twente
Apply before 24 March 2023
- PhD on the Footprint of Colonialism: Attributing Biodiversity Loss and GHG Emissions from Colonial Land Change Processes, Utrecht University
Apply before 31 March 2023
- PhD position in co-governance for heat stress adaptation, Utrecht University
Apply before 31 March 2023
- PhD position on Quantifying the Role of Vegetation on Drought Duration, Propagation and Recovery for Multi-year Droughts, Utrecht University
Apply before 31 March 2023
- PhD position on Atmospheric, Oceanic and Land Drivers of Multi-year Droughts Under Climate Change, Utrecht University
Apply before 31 March 2023
- Postdoc on inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability education, Utrecht University
Apply before 31 March 2023
- PhD positon TRansforming towars OPen and Inclusive Climate Sciences (TROPICS), Utrecht University
Apply before 31 March 2023
- Postdoc in Data processing for open global environmental monitoring, Wageningen University
Apply before 1 April 2023
- PhD Researcher Atmospheric Reactive Nitrogen Chemistry, Wageningen University
Apply before 1 April 2023
- PhD biodiversity modelling, Wageningen University
Apply before 4 April 2023
- Postdoctoral Researcher on Decision Support for Flood Risk Reduction, University of Twente
Apply before 5 April 2023
- PhD Position: Joint Research on the Common Meuse! Improving Fluvial Morphodynamics to Meet Ecological Standards, Utrecht University
Apply before 7 April 2023
- Assistant or Associate Professor in Geo-information Science, Wageningen University
Apply before 15 April 2023
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Global Volcanic Risk, University of Twente
Apply before 15 April 2023
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Other vacancies in the SENSE field |
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More vacancies |
During the month new vacancies are regularly posted on the SENSE vacancy page. |
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