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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
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
Dat kopte de NRC op 27 april over een onderzoek dat mede is uitgevoerd door SPINlab onderzoekers Jip Claassens en Bart Rijken. In dit onderzoek werd een vergelijking gemaakt tussen de bereidheid om te betalen voor binnenstedelijke appartementen en suburbane
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
Last January Ting Zou succesfully 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
SPINlab started a new research project on focussed on the transformation and expansion of formal business estates (bedrijventerreinen) with several societal partners. The new ‘ruimte voor werken’ (space for employment) project has been granted by NWO as part of the
During 2017 and 2018, the World Bank with the support from Spinlab researchers Eric Koomen and Eduardo Dias carried out the project entitled: “A National GIS-Based Cultural Landscape Database for Large Infrastructure Planning and Development in Bhutan”. This project is part of the World Bank
HERILAND is a pan-European research and training network on cultural heritage in relation to Spatial Planning and Design. The Vrije Universiteit collaborates with five other European universities in this network to devise and guide transdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and mainstreamed planning and
On Friday June 14, SPINlab’s researchers Rens de Hond, Maurice de Kleijn and Chris Lucas will attend a one-day conference at the Arcopolis Museum in Athens. The aim of this conference is to reflect on past and future applications of
A large research grant has been awarded to SPINlab in the NSFC JPI Urban Europe programme. The project focusses on SustaInable Mobility and Equality in mega-ciTy RegIons: patterns, mechanisms and governance (SIMETRI). The project consortium is led by Prof. Michael