Soil Geography and Landscape Group

Our mission is to improve and share understanding of soil patterns and landscape dynamics. We take an integrative approach that combines biophysical and human elements to gain insight in past, present and future system dynamics, and to support sustainable land management.

Chair holder

prof.dr. J (Jakob) Wallinga
Professor, group leader

Featured

Dutch soil field campaign successfully finished
21 July 2022
The five dimensions of soil security
01 December 2021
More natural, healthier, sandy soils, it can be done!
08 March 2022
Two new PhDs to strengthen Soil Science cluster research lines
03 November 2021
$500,000 for research on Mississippi Delta subsidence
05 October 2021

Our courses

SGL is a major contributor to the WU Engineering degree (BSc level) programmes in Soil, Water & Atmosphere (also BLP, BMW, BIL). At the MSc level SGL is involved in programs such as MEE. See for more information our BSc and MSc Courses, Topics for Student Research (BSc and MSc) and our MSc Thesis Students.

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