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20 March 2023
Table of contents
Editorial
SENSE News
• Long-term measurements show: air quality models need revision ››
PhD blog
• Where should hydrology go? - by Harro Jongen and Tessa van Hateren ››
Upcoming courses and discussion groups
• A1 SENSE Introduction Course, 28-29 March 2023 ››
• Climate Information for Adaptation, 3-7 July 2023 ››
• Overview of PhD / postdoc courses March - May 2023 ››
• Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses ››
Upcoming Events
• Pathways to Sustainability Conference 2023: See the future, 4 April 2023 ››
• SENSE event “Results UN Water Conference”, 20 April 2023 ››
• Pint of Science Festival, 22-24 May 2023 ››
• 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 ››
• Overview of upcoming events March - May 2023 ››
• Overview of recently announced events ››
Upcoming PhD graduations
• Overview of PhD graduations March and April 2023 ››
Calls
• 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) ››
• Call SENSE Course Development (deadline: 31 May 2022) ››
• Other calls ››
Job vacancies
• Overview job vacancies ››
SENSE highlights
• BLOG: Where should hydrology go? - by Harro Jongen and Tessa van Hateren 
• COURSE: Climate Information for Adaptation, 3-7 July 2023 
• EVENT: SENSE event “Results UN Water Conference”, 20 April 2023 
• EVENT: 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 
• CALL: 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) 
Editorial
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
SENSE News
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.
Read more ››
PhD blog
Where should hydrology go? - by Harro Jongen and Tessa van Hateren
Harro JongenIn 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. 

Tessa van HaterenTo 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.
Go to blogpost to read mor ››
Upcoming courses and discussion groups
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.
Read more ››

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.
Read more ››

Overview of PhD / postdoc courses March - May 2023
Overview of recently announced PhD / postdoc courses 

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.
More upcoming courses ››

Discussion groups
Upcoming Events
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?
Read more ››

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.
Read more ››

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.
Read more ››

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.
Read more ››

Overview of upcoming events March - May 2023

Overview of recently announced events 
Upcoming PhD graduations
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
More upcoming graduations ››
Calls
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
Read more ››

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.
Read more ››

Other calls
Job vacancies
Overview of vacancies at SENSE partners
Other vacancies in the SENSE field
More vacancies
During the month new vacancies are regularly posted on the SENSE vacancy page.

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