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<h2 style="margin-top:6.0pt">Knowledge and support key to drought adaptation for Kenyan households<o:p></o:p></h2>
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2020 to 2023, the Horn of Africa experienced one of the worst droughts in decades. This kind of severe droughts are expected to happen more often due to climate change and put pressure on the traditional way of living in rural communities. Research led by
Teun Schrieks of our Environmental Economics section, has analysed what kind of support can help Kenyan households to adapt to these drought conditions, based on 502 survey interviews. The results indicate that knowledge is a barrier to adaptation and that
target training and information can be effective to increase adaptation uptake. Training is, however, only valued by households that are already positive towards adaptation. The most vulnerable households, with high drought risk perceptions and limited access
to financial resources, need more fundamental support, such as water supply and emergency aid before they can start thinking about implementing adaptation measures. The research was published in Ecological Economics.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108425"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#7AB53E">Link to paper</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:#7AB53E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<h2><a name="_Hlk160201006">Integrated Model Assesses Curaçao’s Development <br>
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Impact<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk160201006"><span style="color:#212121">Constrained by limited land and mounting pressures, small island states face complex challenges in charting sustainable
futures. Research led by Rex Steward presents an integrated modelling framework to assess how different development pathways and zoning policies influence land use, environmental outcomes, and economic trade-offs in Curaçao. By combining stakeholder-informed
Bayesian networks with spatial impact modelling, the study evaluates nine scenarios – including tourism-focused, agriculture-driven, and business-as-usual strategies – under varying zoning regimes. Results show that enforcing existing zoning plans helps curb
environmental degradation, such as rare habitat loss and nitrogen runoff. Unregulated and modified zoning scenarios offer limited economic gains but lead to significantly greater ecological degradation. The study highlights the critical role of spatial planning
in small island contexts and offers practical tools for navigating land use decisions under conditions of uncertainty, competing interests, and limited resources. The research was published in Environmental Science & Policy.
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</span></span></span></span><![endif]></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622825000992"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk160201006"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#7AB53E">Link to paper</span></b></span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:#7AB53E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<h2>One-third of the global soybean production failure in 2012 is attributable to climate change<o:p></o:p></h2>
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2012, hot and dry weather caused soybean crop failure in the United States, Brazil, and Argen<span lang="EN-US">tina, which together account for approximately 75 % of the global soybean supply</span>. Combining a statistical crop model with climate model simulations
of 2012 conditions under pre-industrial, present-day, and future conditions, IVM researcher Raed Hamed and others estimate that one-third of the 2012 production deficit is attributable to anthropogenic climate change. They also show that future warming (+2°C
above pre-industrial levels) could further exacerbate production deficits by 50% compared to the 2012 crop failure. This highlights the rising intensity of global soybean production shocks as global warming increases and emphasises the urgent need for adaptation
strategies. The research was published in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02171-x">
Communications Earth and Environment</a> and featured in the <a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/one-third-of-2012-soya-crop-failure-in-the-americas-was-due-to-climate-change/?utm_content=buffer4fc65&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">
Carbon Brief</a> and in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02319-9">
Nature Climate Change</a>.<span style="color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<h2><a name="_Hlk160200783">Art installation on virtual water selected for the 19th Venice Biennale of Architecture<o:p></o:p></a></h2>
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immersive art installation titled “<b>The Architecture of Virtual Water</b>” by Jampel Dell’Angelo and Miralles Tagliabue (EMBT Architects)
</span>“makes visible the invisible” and raises awareness on the value and crisis of global water resources
</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk160200783"><span lang="EN-US">at the </span>
</span><a href="https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk160200783">19th Venice Biennale of Architecture</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk160200783"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk160200783"><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span>
The Architecture of Virtual Water pavilion consists of a wooden skeleton, shaping the word AQUA (Latin for Water). Its paper walls are made of dismissed filter paper worked by hand to achieve the shaped walls. The interactive installation on the inside included
immersive music and digital visuals that complete a narrative based on years of scientific research. It thus combines architectural design, environmental awareness, musical composition and interactive technology. It will be exhibited at Corderie in Arsenale,
Venice from 10 May to 23 November 2025, before moving to Barcelona in December.</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> Education news<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h2>VARM Simulator – Virtual reality game translates project results into innovative teaching tool
<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MlQVVZe-7i2X9xQGS5nwh7GqkppO59n/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MlQVVZe-7i2X9xQGS5nwh7GqkppO59n/view?usp=sharing"><span lang="en-NL">VARM
Simulator</span></a>, a VR serious <span lang="en-NL">game co-created by VU Amsterdam and the University of Twente (UT), conveys cutting-edge research on sustainable agriculture and salinity issues exacerbated by climate change in an engaging and accessible
format. It allows players such as students, farmers, and policymakers to experiment with crop management, soil treatment, and salinity challenges under climate change scenarios. Building on insights from the research projects
</span><a href="https://www.saline-agriculture.com/" target="_blank" title="https://www.saline-agriculture.com/"><span lang="en-NL">SALAD</span></a>
<span lang="en-NL">and </span><a href="https://www.trustfarm.eu/" target="_blank" title="https://www.trustfarm.eu/"><span lang="en-NL">Trustfarm</span></a>, the game concept was developed during a
<span lang="en-NL">hackathon co-organised by partners of FOSC projects, including Katarzyna Negacz, and the
</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/ivm-vr-lab" target="_blank" title="https://sites.google.com/view/ivm-vr-lab"><span lang="en-NL">IVM VU VR Lab</span></a>, including
<span lang="en-NL">Ana Clara Cassanti and Sanchayan Banerjee. The winning student team
</span>– <a href="http://linktr.ee/andreslot" target="_blank"><span lang="en-NL">Andres Lot Camarena</span></a><span lang="en-NL">, Javier Cepeda Batiz, Li Pan, and Tim But
</span>– <span lang="en-NL">developed the simulator under SALAD and IVM VR Lab’s guidance. The VARM simulator has been featured in the </span><a href="https://partnersforwater.nl/news/waterproof-podcast-launch-21-november-2024/" target="_blank" title="https://partnersforwater.nl/news/waterproof-podcast-launch-21-november-2024/"><span lang="en-NL">Partners
for Water podcast, <i>The Salty Intruder</i></span></a><span lang="en-NL">, and the upcoming </span><a href="https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/research-institutes/amsterdam-sustainability-institute/more-about/cec-climate-breakdown" target="_blank" title="https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/research-institutes/amsterdam-sustainability-institute/more-about/cec-climate-breakdown"><i><span lang="en-NL">Climate
Breakdown Podcast</span></i></a><span lang="en-NL"> series. It will be showcased at the
</span><a href="https://vu.nl/en/events/2025/eduxr-amsterdam-using-extended-reality-in-higher-education" target="_blank" title="https://vu.nl/en/events/2025/eduxr-amsterdam-using-extended-reality-in-higher-education"><span lang="en-NL">eduXR Amsterdam workshop</span></a><span lang="en-NL"> and
then made publicly available.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Prizes, awards and grants<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm">EAERE Visiting Programme 2025<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/marta-buso"><span style="color:#7AB53E">Marta Buso</span></a> has won this grant with the project The project “Offsetting or reducing? An experimental
evaluation of willingness to offset dietary emissions”<span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm">VU BETA Faculty Impact Award<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-NL">Alicja Grudnowska, </span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/anne-van-loon"><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#7AB53E">Anne van Loon</span></a><span lang="en-NL">,
</span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/anne-sophie-sabino-siemons"><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#7AB53E">Anne-Sophie Sabino Siemons</span></a><span lang="en-NL">,
</span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/hans-de-moel"><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#7AB53E">Hans de Moel</span></a><span lang="en-NL"> and
</span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/marthe-wens"><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#7AB53E">Marthe Wens</span></a><span lang="en-NL"> won this award for their work on the
</span><a href="https://vu.nl/en/news/2024/new-atlas-maps-drought-worldwide"><span lang="en-NL">World Drought Atlas</span></a><span lang="en-NL">, published by UNCCD and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC). The Atlas is the most comprehensive
global publication on drought risks and measures. It aims to raise awareness around drought as a global challenge and to act as a wake-up call for world leaders.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm">VU Master’s Thesis Award 24-25<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/clara-luxardo"><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#7AB53E">Clara Luxardo</span></a><b>
</b><span lang="en-NL">won the “</span><a href="https://vu.nl/en/news/2025/vu-education-awards-2024-2025-winners-announced"><span lang="en-NL">VU Scriptieprijs</span></a><span lang="EN-US">”</span><span lang="en-NL">, awarded yearly for the best final thesis,
for her Master’s thesis on “</span><span lang="EN-US">Pastoral Socio-Ecological Systems in Transition”, based on a case study she conducted in Mustang, Nepal, supervised by Jampel Dell’Angelo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm">ASI Starter Grant and the Connected Worlds grant<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Moné Vasquez Ladron de Guevara, </span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/mirja-schoderer"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Mirja Schoderer</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/mario-torralba-viorreta"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Mario Torralba</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> have won these grants for their research into diverging understandings of and approaches to territory.
Titled “</span><a href="https://vu.nl/en/news/2025/seed-money-decolonizing-perspectives"><span lang="EN-US">Decolonizing perspectives on land</span></a><span lang="EN-US">”, the project focuses on participatory counter-mapping in and of Mapuche territory.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm">ASI Starter Grant<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/natalie-davis"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Natalie Davis</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and
</span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/nynke-schulp"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Nynke Schulp</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, in collaboration with VU colleagues at the Department of Health Sciences, have won this grant for their project
“</span><a href="https://vu.nl/en/news/2025/seed-money-landscape-and-diet-biodiversity"><span lang="EN-US">Landscape & Diet Biodiversity</span></a><span lang="EN-US">” This project will explore how landscape and diet biodiversity are interconnected in high-income
settings, contributing to an understanding of the ecological and health dimensions of food systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom:0cm"><a href="https://vu.nl/en/news/2025/seven-vu-researchers-receive-sgw-xs-grant-for-innovative-projects"><span style="color:#0055A5">SGW XS grant for innovative projects</span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/miguel-poblete-cazenave"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Miguel Poblete Cazenave</span></a><b>
</b><span lang="EN-US">received the grant for his project “Towards a High-Resolution Integrated Assessment Model for Assessing Inequalities in Climate Change Impacts and Risks”. In the project he will develop a hybrid Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) that
combines the strengths of both approaches, integrating detailed economic models, climate risk assessments, and downscaled energy and emissions data.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> IVM in the spotlight<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/wouter-botzen"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Wouter Botzen</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> visited the House of Representatives as part of
a </span><span lang="en-NL">discussion focused on the economic consequences of climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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video </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#7AB53E">(in Dutch at 10.03)</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:#7AB53E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/juan-antonio-hern%C3%A1ndez-ag%C3%BCero"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Juan Antonio Hernández-Agüero</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> was
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more</span></b></a><b><span style="color:#7AB53E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/tamara-happ%C3%A9"><span style="color:#7AB53E">Tamara Happé</span></a> and
<a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/nadia-bloemendaal"><span style="color:#7AB53E">Nadia Bloemendaa</span>l</a> were featured in an in-depth interview about extreme weather in the Netherlands on NPO Radio 1’s “5 Dagen” programme:
<a href="https://www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen/5-dagen/9bca413c-7cac-4c80-ad72-91e9dbd4fbb1/2024-10-21-5-dagen">
https://www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen/5-dagen/9bca413c-7cac-4c80-ad72-91e9dbd4fbb1/2024-10-21-5-dagen</a><span lang="en-NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/katarzyna-kate-negacz"><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#7AB53E">Kate Negacz</span></a><span lang="en-NL"> joined hosts
</span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/mathieu-blondeel" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Mathieu Blondeel</span></a><span lang="en-NL"> and
</span><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/paulina-raniecka" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#7AB53E">Paulina Raniecka</span></a><span lang="en-NL"> for a new episode of their Podcast
</span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ytH80rVYc5ZQL3jvXUMzi"><span lang="en-NL">Climate Breakdown</span></a><span lang="en-NL"> to talk about saline agriculture and the challenges and opportunities associated with it.</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="color:#7AB53E"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#7AB53E">AI in Weather & Climate: Forecasting, Process Understanding & Real-World Applications
</span></b>–<b> </b>Workshop organised by VU Amsterdam & eScience Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="en-NL">The </span><a href="https://danaiscosmographics.com/blog/woven-waters-an-interplay-of-art-and-science"><b><span lang="en-NL" style="color:#7AB53E">drought-to-flood exhibition</span></b></a><span lang="en-NL">
is currently on a tour that started in Amsterdam at the Anthropocene conference, went to Kenya, and will go on to Peru, Japan and Canada before coming back to Amsterdam</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Wednesday 24 September, 15.45h,
</b>Auditorium VU Amsterdam: <br>
<b><span style="color:#7AB53E">PhD defence Eric Mortensen</span></b>. Thesis title:
<i>Preparing for future flood risk now: An expanded understanding of forward-looking disaster risk reduction in the face of increasing coastal and riverine flood ris</i>k<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b>Wednesday 29 October, 11.45h,
</b>Auditorium VU Amsterdam: <br>
<b><span style="color:#7AB53E">PhD defence Thijs Endendijk</span></b>. <i>Thesis title: Homes under water: From physical to financial flood risk for real estate<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:white">Featured recent publications</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h3 style="margin-top:0cm;line-height:110%">Dissertations: <o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Mirja Schoderer (3 April 2024):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/negotiating-the-nature-of-water-and-miningscapes-institutions-dis"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Negotiating the nature of water- and
miningscapes: institutions, discourses and practices of governing natural resources</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sem Duijndam (5 June 2024):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/floods-of-movement-drivers-of-human-migration-under-sea-level-ris"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Floods of movement: drivers of human
migration under sea-level rise and flood risk</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Shutong He (6 June 2024):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/energy-conservation-at-home-understanding-heterogeneous-effects-o"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Energy conservation at home: understanding
heterogeneous effects of information-based behavioural interventions with experimental evidence</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lize Borms (18 June 2024):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/out-with-jobs-and-in-with-skills-measuring-current-circular-jobs-"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Out with jobs and in with skills: measuring
current circular jobs and analyzing future necessary skills</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sophie de Bruin (3 July 2024):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/futures-of-conflict-risk-migration-and-equity-implications-comple"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Futures of conflict risk, migration and
equity implications: complexity and irregularity in scenario projections</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tim Busker (7 November 2024):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/anticipating-weather-and-climate-extremes-the-value-of-early-acti"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Anticipating weather and climate extremes:
the value of early action to reduce disaster impacts</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Raed Hamed (10 January 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/crop-impacts-from-compound-weather-extremes-in-major-breadbaskets"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Crop impacts from compound weather extremes
in major breadbaskets under climate change</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dona Geagea (17 January 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/recommoning-water-emerging-water-governance-practices-as-a-respon"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Recommoning water: Emerging water governance
practices as a response to the austerity crisis</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Teun Schrieks (17 January 2025):</span><span style="color:white">
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/living-with-drought-understanding-adaptation-decisions-in-african"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Living with drought: Understanding adaptation
decisions in African pastoral communities</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Henrique Moreno Dumont Goulart (27 January 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/narratives-of-an-uncertain-future-storylines-to-connect-extreme-w"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Narratives of an uncertain future: Storylines
to connect extreme weather events to impacts and decision making</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Nina Valin (26 February 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/deciding-and-knowing-for-radical-environmental-policy-change-the-"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Deciding and knowing for radical environmental
policy change: the formulation, evaluation and implementation of the European Water Framework Directive</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Job Rosier (22 April 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/characterization-of-urban-land-use-and-urban-land-dynamics-in-dat"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Characterization of urban land use and
urban land dynamics in data scarce regions</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Albert Moerkerken (22 April 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/on-the-way-to-climate-friendly-farming-attitude-and-behaviour-of-"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">On the way to climate-friendly farming:
Attitude and behaviour of Dutch farmers towards greenhouse gas emission reduction on their farms</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tim Leijnse (24 April 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/riding-the-wave-enabling-large-scale-wave-resolving-probabilistic"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Riding the wave: Enabling large-scale
wave-resolving probabilistic coastal compound flood modeling</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:10.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Camille Venier-Cambron (9 May 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/justice-in-conservation-a-global-land-use-perspective"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Justice in conservation: a global land use perspective</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Nikki Funke (26 May 2025):
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/three-perspectives-one-problem-a-multi-theoretical-approach-to-th"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Three perspectives, one problem: a multi-theoretical
approach to the role of expertise in the acid mine drainage policy controversy in Gauteng, South Afri</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly">
Selected journal articles:<o:p></o:p></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Appelt</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, J.L., Saphangthong, T.,
<b>Verburg</b>, P.H., <b>van Vliet</b>, J. (2025). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Climate change impacts on the suitability of lowland and upland crop systems in Lao PDR.
<i>Agricultural Systems, </i></span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">226</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, 104316.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104316" target="_blank" title="Persistent link using digital object identifier"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104316</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Bartels, L. & <b>Werthschulte</b>, M. (2025). ‘More Bang for the Buck’? Experimental Evidence on the Mechanisms of an Energy Efficiency Subsidy.
<i>Environmental and Resource Economics, 88</i>, 631–654. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00942-2"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-024-00942-2</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Claassen</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, J.N.,
<b>Koks</b>, E.E., <b>de Ruiter</b>, M.C., <b>Ward</b>, P. & <b>Jäger</b>, W.S. (2024).
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">VineCopulas: an open-source Python package for vine copula modelling. </span><i><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Journal of Open Source Software</span></i><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, <i>9</i>(101),
6728. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06728"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06728</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">
</span><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Enechi</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, O. &
<b>Pattberg</b>, P.H. (2025). What determines participation in multi-stakeholder partnerships? Assessing sustainability awareness and knowledge. <i>Discover Sustainability, 6</i>(1), 104.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-00884-9"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-00884-9</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Enechi</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, O. &
<b>Pattberg</b>, P. (2025). Stakeholder motivations for participation in partnerships for the SDGS: the case of Nigeria. International Environmental Agreements<i>: Politics, Law and Economics, 25</i>(1), 107–126.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-025-09663-3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-025-09663-3</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Grafton, R.Q., Fanaian, S., Horne, J., Katic, P., Nguyen, N.-M., Ringler, C., Robin, L., Talbot-Jones, J., Wheeler, S. A., Wyrwoll, P.R., Avarado, F., Biswas, A.K., Borgomeo, E.,
<b>Brouwer</b>, R., Coombes, P., Costanza, R., Hope, R., Kompas, T., Kubiszewski, I. & Manero, A. & 11 others. (2025). Rethinking responses to the world’s water crises.
<i>Nature Sustainability, 8</i>, 11–21. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01470-z"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01470-z</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Hackbarth</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, T.X., May, J.D.,
<b>Magaya</b>, S., <b>Verburg</b>, P.H. (2025). Food systems modelling to evaluate interventions for food and nutrition security in an African urban context.
<i>Food Security, 17</i>, 145–160. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-024-01502-8"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-024-01502-8</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Happé</span></b><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, T., Wijnands, J., Fernández-Torres, M.-A., Muntjewerf, L.,
<b>Scussolini</b>, P. & <b>Coumou</b>, D.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"> (</span><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">2024). Detecting Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Western European Heatwaves Using Deep Learning</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">.
</span><i><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 3</span></i><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">(4).
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-23-0107.1"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-23-0107.1</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Helm, L., <b>Venier-Cambron</b>, C.,
<b>Verburg</b>, P.H. (2025). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">The potential land-use impacts of bio-based plastics and plastic alternatives.
<i>Nature Sustainability, 8</i>, 190–201. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01492-7"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01492-7</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Madgulkar, S. & <b>Dell’Angelo</b>, J. (2025). Who grabs the land? Unveiling the role of domestic actors in the global land rush. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 1-33.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2025.2452373"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2025.2452373</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Nirandjan</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, S.,
<b>Koks</b>, E.E., <b>Ye</b>, M., Pant, R., van Ginkel, K.C., <b>Aerts</b>, J.C. &
<b>Ward</b>, P.J. (2024). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Physical vulnerability database for critical infrastructure hazard risk assessments–a systematic review and data collection.
<i>Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24</i>(12), 4341–4368. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-4341-2024"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-4341-2024</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Odongo</span></b><span lang="NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, R.A.,
<b>Schrieks</b>, T., <b>Streefkerk</b>, I., <b>de Moel</b>, H., <b>Busker</b>, T.,
<b>Haer</b>, T., ... </span><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">&
<b>van Loon</b>, A. F. (2025). Drought impacts and community adaptation: perspectives on the 2020-2023 drought in East Africa.
<i>International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 19</i>, 105309. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105309"><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105309</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">
</span><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Schoderer</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, M., Bittig, H., Morales, K.C., da Cunha, L.C., Faber, C., Hägele, R., ... & Hornidge, A.K. (2025). Open science for the ocean.
Recommendations from the perspective of marine carbon observations in Germany, Brazil, and beyond. Marine Policy, 178, 106736.
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106736"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;text-decoration:none">10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106736</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Schoderer</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, M., Bittig, H., Klein, B., Hägele, R., Steinhoff, T., Castro</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:white">‐</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Morales,
K., ... & Körtzinger, A. (2025). From Individual Observations to Global Assessments: Tracing the Marine Carbon Knowledge Value Chain.
<i>Ocean and Society, 2</i>. </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.17645/oas.i435"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white;text-decoration:none">https://doi.org/10.17645/oas.i435</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Schrieks</span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">, T.,
<b>Botzen</b>, W.J.W., <b>Haer</b>, T., <b>Aerts</b>, J.C.J.H. (2025). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;color:white">Preferences for drought risk adaptation support in Kenya: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment and three decision-making
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<b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Hello and goodbye<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">In the section Water and Climate Risk (WCR)
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/miltiadis-kofinas"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Miltos Kofinas</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">
started as a Postdoc.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">The section Environmental Policy Analysis (EPA) welcomed
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/clara-luxardo"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Clara Luxardo</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">
as a Junior Researcher and </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/maximilian-michael-ro%C3%9Fmann"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Maximilian Ro</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white">ß</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">mann</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">
and </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/ananya-tiwari"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Ananya Tiwari</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">
as Postdocs.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">The section Environmental Economics (EE) welcomed
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/max-tesselaar"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Max Tesselaar</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white"> as an Assistant
Professor, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/maximilian-michael-ro%C3%9Fmann"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Maximilian Ro</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white">ß</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">mann</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/floris-van-montfoort"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Floris van Montfoort</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/manh-hung-nguyen"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Hùng Nguyen</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white"> and
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/alexandra-krendelsberger"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Alexandra Krendelsberger</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">
as Postdocs and </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/bente-sophie-van-kalken"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Bente-Sophie van Kalken</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">
and </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/muhammad-yudha-pratama"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Yudha Pratama</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white"> as
PhD Candidates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/willem-hordijk"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Willem Hordijk</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white"> and
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/bernadette-van-heel"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Bernadette van Heel</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">started as Postdocs.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:110%;color:black">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:110%;color:white">Iris van den Brand joined IVM as a Management/Office Assistant</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:110%"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;color:white">This year we said goodbye to Nuno Garcia, Nicolien van der Grijp, Alicja Grudnowska, Eric Mortensen, Lena Reimann and Janina Smaoui.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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