Today Bo Andrée defended his PhD dissertation in an online session that had a live stream on YouTube. The somewhat impersonal, digital setting did not inhibit a lively discussion. Bo’s thesis sets out to develop theory and methods to analyze
Relation between air pollution and confirmed COVID-19 cases researched
SPINlab doctoral candidate Bo Andree recently led a study on the relationship between air pollution and COVID-19 incidences in the Netherlands for The World Bank. With the spread of the virus several hotspots emerged around the globe, a number of which coincided
3D archeologie in Rome
Spinlab onderzoeker Maurice de Kleijn (geospatiaal archeoloog (PhD), en Rens de Hond (promovendus-archeoloog, 3D-specialist) hebben in de afgelopen maanden bijgedragen aan de tentoonstelling Via Appia Revisited. Tijdreizen over de Eeuwige Snelweg. Deze tentoonstelling is een tijdreis langs de beroemde antieke
PhD promotion Ting Zou
Last January Ting Zou successfully defended her PhD dissertation at the VU University. Her thesis Landscape service provisions and preferences on the urban–rural fringe ‘attempts to investigate changes in landscape service supply and people’s preferences towards these services over space
Vasco Diogo defends his PhD
On October 12, Vasco Diogo has successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the VU University. His thesis ‘Agricultural land systems: Explaining and simulating agricultural land-use patterns’ reveals to what extent empirical and theory-based approaches of spatial analysis and land-use modelling
Large Grant to set up Urban Mobility Observatory
NWO has awarded seven proposals for innovative research infrastructure within the programme NWO Investment Grant Large. With this programme, NWO funds large research facilities, within which researchers from throughout the Netherlands work together, often with international partners. Erik Verhoef, together
GeoBIM Europe conference 24-25th November Amsterdam
This week the GeoBIM Europe conference 2016 will take place in Amsterdam (Novotel). Registration is still possible (students 100 euro) Aimed at highlighting the critical role of geospatial technology in BIM processes within the European construction sector, Geospatial Media and Communications
Chris Jacobs-Crisioni contributes to Dutch TV-show about the invisible past
SPINlab PhD candidate Chris Jacobs-Crisioni recently contributed some of his research data to a Dutch TV-show, ‘Onzichtbaar Nederland’ (‘The invisible Netherlands’). That show takes the viewer through physical and societal changes in the country with often spectacular GIS visualizations. The
SPINlab signs Partnership Initiative for UNEP Sustainable Development Goals
The SPINlab has signed a partnership initiative for common implementation of environment-related sustainable development goals. At the conference Science, business and environment. GEO-6 Assessment for the pan-European region (15 September 2016, Warsaw), this initiative was undertaken by UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre in
SPINlab participates in large VU-project for Agribusiness Development Project in Kenya
The Centre for International Cooperation of VU Amsterdam (CIS-VU) has been awarded a grant worth €1.8 mln. to implement a project on Spatial Planning for Agribusiness and Public Policy Development in Kenya. The grant is part of the Netherlands Initiative