Staff members with discipline Geography
Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.
Complex networks | Machine learning | Innovation policy | Geography of Innovation | Geography of Sustainability Transitions
I have been conducting research on combining the notions of technological change, the evolution of knowledge networks and... read more
I have been conducting research on combining the notions of technological change, the evolution of knowledge networks and... read more
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m.abbasiharofteh rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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Migration, Demography, Climate/Environmental Change, Remittances, Rural Development, Migration Governance
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s.a.adaawen rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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Economic Geography, Spatial Economics, Regional Science, Social and Spatial Inequalities, Happiness and Well-being, Migration, Spatial Microsimulation, Geoinformatics
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d.ballas rug.nl
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Professor of Economic Geography
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Especially interested in perception, when spaces becomes places and how such processes are influenced by the strategy and governance of the marketing and branding of cities, regions and countries.In addition, interested in every aspect of the historical... read more
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m.boisen rug.nl
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Lecturer
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Dr. Leonieke Bolderman is Assistant Professor Geographies of Media and Culture at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Her research concerns the role of music, heritage and tourism in urban and regional development, as well as qualitative... lees meer
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Assistant Professor Geographies of Media and Culture
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Economic Geography; Broader Wellfare, (sustainable) entrepreneurship, regional development and resilience, ageing in place, vulnerable groups; quality of life and subjective wellbeing; living environment; digital inclusion, mixed methods.
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Professor by special appointment
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My PhD research focuses on participatory art projects in the Dutch province of Fryslân. Central notions are art, rural communities, participation and 'mienskip'.
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c.h.d.van.bruggen rug.nl
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Globalization, Economics of agglomeration, Economic Geography, Productivity Analysis, International business
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j.canello rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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Dr. Arjan Conijn has an interest in the interaction of people and water. He mainly studies this interaction from a landscape perspective he developed during his interdisciplinary studies Landscape Architecture (BSc at Wageningen University) and Landscape... read more
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a.m.conijn rug.nl
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Postdoc researcher Living dikes
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The geography of real estate investments and land use in cities and regions.
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m.n.daams rug.nl
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Assistant Professor and Theme Director
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Sustainable development, Energy, Arctic, Canada, Nunavut, place identities
Student Exchange, Double Degrees Programmes, Secundary Education, Fieldwork, Quality Assurance in Education, Employability
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International Office at Faculty of Spatial Sciences, You can make an appointment via calendly.com/h-c-diederiks
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cultural consequences of climate change; Indigenous experiences; Indigenous ways of knowing
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i.c.van.dijk rug.nl
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PhD researcher
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My research is about how groups of people share their dreams and ideas with the prospect of collaborating in making places that work. Who talks with whom about what at what moment in what way? These questions determine whether they succeed in forging a... lees meer
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t.van.dijk rug.nl
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Associate Professor Planning and Design
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Everyday places and experiences of in- and exclusion; senses of belonging; memory work; postcolonialism; diaspora and forced migration. Aside from these themes, I am interested in ethics, reflexivity, positionality and participatory/decolonizing... read more
Subjective Wellbeing, Ageing, Qualitative research, In-depth interviewing, Participatory research
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PhD researcher
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Human Geography, Tourism Studies, Post-Disaster Recovery, Political Economy, Urban Studies, Qualitative Research
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n.el.alam rug.nl
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PhD student
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Go to https://spatial-panels.com/?page_id=2 for Matlab software of spatial panels and spatial econometric model.
July 5, 2023: Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods pdf with motivation
July 5, 2023: Jean Paelinck Award for Distinguished Sustained Scholarship in Regional Science Methods pdf with motivation
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Professor of Spatial Econometrics
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How can entrepreneurs and business contribute to solving complex social problems? The answer to this question becomes more pressing in a world where existing solutions are not delivering enough impact. Traditionally, we have looked at governments,... read more
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e.c.folmer rug.nl
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Assistant professor sustainable entrepreneurship
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Regional identities; film industries
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s.k.glimmerveen rug.nl
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PhD candidate
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b.groenewoudt rug.nl
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Professor of ecological landscape history
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Cultural heritage
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Associate Professor
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Rural Geography
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t.haartsen rug.nl
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Professor of Rural Geography
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Sexuality education; fertility desires; reproductive autonomy and decision-making; sexual and reproductive health and rights; qualitative research; participatory action research
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Assistant Professor
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Qualitative Methods
Anthropology
Social Impact Assessment
Environment, Social and Governance
International Development
Ethnography
Indigenous Ethnology
Project Management
Anthropology
Social Impact Assessment
Environment, Social and Governance
International Development
Ethnography
Indigenous Ethnology
Project Management
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Assistant Professor in Spatial Planning and Impact Assessment
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Ecological and environmental economics
Agricultural economics
Economics and policy
Rural development
Nature inclusivity
Agricultural economics
Economics and policy
Rural development
Nature inclusivity
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c.m.van.der.heide rug.nl
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Professor by Special Appointment in Nature-inclusive Rural Development
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Sustainability, Place-based development, Climate change and adaptation, Socio-Spatial Planning and Spatial Transformation, (Inter-)subjective aspects of planning, Citizen initiatives and resourceful communities, Sense of Place, Values, Leadership,... read more
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l.g.horlings rug.nl
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Full Prof. Dr. Socio-Spatial Planning
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Cultural Geography, qualitative research, participatory and visual methodologies, inclusion and exclusion, youth, older adults, disability and impairment, wellbeing, urban context, science-meets-arts
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b.van.hoven rug.nl
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Aletta Jacobs Chair 'Place, Social Change and Collaborative Research for Wellbeing and Justice'
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r.a.howison-fraser rug.nl
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Environmental and Infrastructure Planning, Design Methods, Quality Assurance in Education.
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental and Infrastructure Planning
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Angelo Jonas Imperiale focusses on the resilience and wellbeing of local communities living in vulnerable regions. He explores the knowledge and governance strategies, planning frameworks (i.e. Social Impact Assessment) and community engagement approaches... read more
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Lecturer and Researcher
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Youth geographies, identity negotiation, lived religion, everyday experiences of inclusion and exclusion, qualitative research methods and positionality and reflexivity.
Economic Geography, Regional labour markets, Data Science, Natural language processing (NLP), Machine learning
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i.p.s.kema rug.nl
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PhD student
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Political Geography, Economic Geography, Regional Science, Social and Spatial Inequalities, Happiness and Well-being, Migration
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m.l.c.koeppen rug.nl
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PhD Candidate/ Lecturer
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Regional Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
Regional Labour Markets and Skills
Regional Socio-economic Disparities
Regional Labour Markets and Skills
Regional Socio-economic Disparities
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Adjunct Professor in Economic Geography and Labour Market Dynamics
Field / Discipline
Development of medieval and early modern land surveying in Western Europe
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d.e.krikken rug.nl
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PhD student
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I research the geography of inequality, poverty, and social exclusion, especially in cities. My expertise is in the following domains and their interactions;
- experiences of poverty and social exclusion
- coming of age in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
-... read more
- experiences of poverty and social exclusion
- coming of age in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
-... read more
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Assistant professor urban poverty & inequality
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Geographies of discontent; populism; place and politics; qualitative research methods
conservation social sciences, protected area management, landscape planning, participatory GIS, political ecology
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rural governance, rural gender, rural geography, qualitative research methods
Qualitative research methods
Health Geography
Older adult mobility experiences
Health Geography
Older adult mobility experiences
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t.a.lowe rug.nl
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Field / Discipline
My research focuses on how people and computers can collaborate to solve complex problems. I design systems that blend human insight with advanced computer simulations and AI to better understand and manage challenges in nature, urban spaces, and cultural environments—achieving outcomes that neither could achieve alone.
Human-machine collaboration
Spatial Artificial Intelligence
Dynamic Landscapes
Environmental Science
Peatland Palaeoecology
More about my Arctic research:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QDnQS37dgU] and
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih5w7si5cQw]
Human-machine collaboration
Spatial Artificial Intelligence
Dynamic Landscapes
Environmental Science
Peatland Palaeoecology
More about my Arctic research:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QDnQS37dgU] and
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih5w7si5cQw]
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Assistant Professor in Physical Geography
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Survey Methodology for the Social Sciences,
Qualitative Data Analysis (Atlas.ti) ,
Social Network Analysis (including basics of statistical modelling via ERGM and SAOM)
Qualitative Data Analysis (Atlas.ti) ,
Social Network Analysis (including basics of statistical modelling via ERGM and SAOM)
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m.mallow rug.nl
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PhD candidate and Early Stage Researcher (ESR) in i-CONN ITN
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Public Spaces; Spatial Analysis; Public Participation GIS (PPGIS); Vulnerable Groups; Marginilsed Communities; Kurdish Cities; Urban Geopolitics
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s.mansournia rug.nl
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PhD student
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Regional Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economic and Political Geography, Social and Spatial Inequalities, Digital Divides
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Assistant Professor
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Death Studies, Ritual Studies, Geography of Religion, Psychology of Religion. I am available to supervise PhD students in these fields.
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brenda.mathijssen rug.nl
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Associate Professor Geography and Psychology of Religion; Vice Dean and Director of Education
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Climate Adaptation
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e.j.mayhew rug.nl
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Junior Officer, Global Centre on Adaptation
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Urban & Rural Inequality, Ethnography, Qualitative Methods
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e.meij rug.nl
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Phd researcher
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Themes: place attachment, home-making, well-being, mobility, health literacy
Target groups: older adults, stroke survivors
Methodology: qualitative research, participatory approach, geographical analyses (GIS)
Target groups: older adults, stroke survivors
Methodology: qualitative research, participatory approach, geographical analyses (GIS)
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l.b.meijering rug.nl
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Professor in Health Geography
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Landscape geography, earth & environmental sciences, soil science, hydrology, historical geography, GIS
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Director of Education and Associate Professor Landscape Geography
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Junior researcher
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Geography, GIS, Smart Buildings
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Programme manager Smart Buildings & IT Consultant
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My research expertise is on the history of international thought (1800s-on), with special interest on concepts of geopolitics, territory, political spatiality, and global environment governance. In my present work I am interested in tracing how... read more
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a.m.ferraz.de.oliveira rug.nl
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Assistant Professor in History and Theory of International Relations
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Everyday places and experiences of in- and exclusion; urban studies; disability studies. Using qualitative methodologies (e.g. interviews, go-along interviews and ethnographic methods) and participatory methods (e.g. participatory game design,... read more
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j.munuera.garcia rug.nl
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PhD candidate
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Expert in the field of Real Estate Development including financial, legal, spatial and managerial aspects
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Professor Economic Geography (Faculty of Spatial Sciences)
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Embodiment, mobilities, technology, digital geographies, methods.
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t.osborne rug.nl
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Researcher & Lecturer
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My research examines how evolving governance structures shape urban planning and property markets. I analyze planning regulations and property market dynamics to uncover the forces influencing residential property investment and development. Additionally,... read more
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s.ozogul rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Urban Planning
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Migration; Migrant Wellbeing & Integration; Population Growth; Rural & Urban development; Sequence Analysis; Spatial Analysis;
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x.pan rug.nl
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PhD student
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Rural-urban resettlement, aging in place, perspectives and practices of death and dying, social contact
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h.pang rug.nl
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PhD student
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p.h.pellenbarg rug.nl
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Professor Economic Geography (Faculty of Spatial Sciences). Formally retired at June 1st, 2012
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Mobility and infrastructure
Transport geography
Active and sustainable mobility
Cycling and e-bike mobility
Sustainble city logistics
Research and consulting
Transport geography
Active and sustainable mobility
Cycling and e-bike mobility
Sustainble city logistics
Research and consulting
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p.a.plazier rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher transport geography
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Creative City; Gentrification; Housing; Right to the City; Social Justice; Walking Interviews
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b.f.popken rug.nl
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Lecturer Human Geography & Planning
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Transport & mobility
Regional development
Eurovision Song Contest
Regional development
Eurovision Song Contest
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f.j.pot rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher Transport Geography
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Research expertise: Multi-scale social networks as drivers of climate change impacts & socio-environmental inequalities; stakeholder networks as supportive mechanisms for improving environmental governance outcomes (e.g. social learning,... read more
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Associate Professor in Networks, Sustainability, and Human Dimensions of Environmental Change
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GIS, Geospatial modeling and analysis, Context-aware spatial computation, Urban informatics, Volunteered geographic information, Location-based social networks, Geosocial analysis, Network analysis
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mahdi.rahimi rug.nl
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Arctic bird ecology, human geography, science and technology studies, nature conservation policy, post-humanism
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d.u.b.rakotonirina-hess rug.nl
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PhD student
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r.h.rijnks rug.nl
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Assistent Professor GIS, Spatial Analysis, and Planning Methods - Room 328
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Mobility hubs; multimodal integration; rural accessibility
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PhD Candidate
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- Obtained PhD at the department of Cultural Geography, researching digitalisation initiatives in rural areas
- Project researcher for the INTERREG VB project CORA, the follow-up project COM3 and the ERASMUS+ project iSHRINK until June 2023
- Project researcher for the INTERREG VB project CORA, the follow-up project COM3 and the ERASMUS+ project iSHRINK until June 2023
Rural Development
Community Development
Cultural Geography
Social Exclusion
Community Development
Cultural Geography
Social Exclusion
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Assistant Professor
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Data management
Mobility
Health geography
Mobility
Health geography
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z.sattari rug.nl
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Data steward
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place attachment, spiritual and cultural tourism, well-being, spiritualities and sacred sites in Japan, critical research methods
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j.schmidt rug.nl
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Research Officer Manual Publishing; PhD Student
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Leading Strategic Innovation in Organizations.
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Lead Geodienst
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Climate Change Adaptation
Environmental Governance
Sustainability and Energy System Transformation
Digital Innovation
FinTech Innovation and Climate Finance
Environmental Governance
Sustainability and Energy System Transformation
Digital Innovation
FinTech Innovation and Climate Finance
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k.a.schulz rug.nl
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Assistant Professor Governance & Innovation
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Innovation diffusion, Relatedness, Spatial analysis
Dr Yuli Shan is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Transitions at the University of Birmingham.
Please visit shanyuli.com and Birmingham webpage for more information.
Please visit shanyuli.com and Birmingham webpage for more information.
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y.shan rug.nl
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Affilated Associate Professor
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Value of nature and landscape; Economics and space; Real estate and green; Evaluation ecology versus economy; Cost-Benefit Analysis, Multi-Criteria Analysis.
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Director Rudolf Agricola School for Sustainable Development / Associate Professor Faculty of Spatial Sciences
Economic Geography, Mixed Methods / Multimethodology, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Clusters, Geography of Innovation, Business Networks, Institutions
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Assistant Professor Innovation Management & Strategy
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rural and agricultural development; Mansholt chair
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em. Professor Cultural Geography (Faculty of Spatial Sciences, Chairholder Mansholtchair for Rural Development)
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tang.tang rug.nl
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Within my professorship, I focus on research into the (perceived) accessibility and mobility patterns of residents of rural areas. More specifically, there are three lines of research within transport geography group: 1) perception of accessibility; 2)... read more
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t.tillema rug.nl
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Professor by special appointment in Transport Geography
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My research focuses on resilient and sustainable communities and place-making with an emphasis on the role and relevance of collective action (citizen initiatives, participatory governance but also protest movements/dissent). The themes I have recently... read more
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Associate Professor Resilient and Sustainable Communities
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I am an assistant professor of environmental planning at the Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, Faculty of Spatial Sciences. My main research and teaching interests are situated in the broadly defined field of political ecology with empirical... read more
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e.turhan rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning
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I am interested in people and places, which is why I work as an assistant professor at the Department of Spatial Planning & Environment at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences (FSS). In my position I am involved in academic research and education. My research... read more
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Assistant Professor
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Prof Frank Vanclay has a personal chair as professor of social impact assessment and management. He is highly-ranked in the Stanford University listing of the world’s top 2% of scientists and is a leading authority in the field of social practice/social... read more
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frank.vanclay rug.nl
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Professor of Social Impact Assessment and Management
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Real Estate & Urban Economics, Public Economics, Land Economics, Real Estate Development
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a.j.van.der.vlist rug.nl
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Full professor
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d.vos rug.nl
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Assistant Professor in Spatial Data Analysis
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Environmental Psychology, Group Processes, Social Identity, Socio-spatial dynamics.
Teaching: Mentor Academic Skills and Research Practicum.
Research interests: I am particularly interested in how group factors can drive collective action in response to... read more
Teaching: Mentor Academic Skills and Research Practicum.
Research interests: I am particularly interested in how group factors can drive collective action in response to... read more
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c.j.walker.clarke rug.nl
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PhD Candidate - Environmental Psychology
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Research Topic: The dynamics of territorial networks in ‘Culture-led Village Revitalisation’ in China: Towards more inclusive and collaborative Endogenous Rural Development
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s.g.weitkamp rug.nl
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Associate Professor
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As a researcher, I am Mainly interested in the social and spatial consequences of contemporary socio-economic and institutional developments. My expertise is centered around the following topics and their interaction:
- Housing- Housing Market Dynamics-... read more
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b.j.wind rug.nl
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Assistant Professor
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l.j.g.van.wissen rug.nl
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Professor Economic Demography
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Travel Behaviour, Public Transport, Transit Service Disruption, Quantitative Analysis
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i.yusfida rug.nl
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PhD Student
Field / Discipline
Social impact assessment, Conservation social sciences, Protected area governance, community management, social equity, rural tourism
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