Wageningen Institute for Environment and Climate Research

WIMEK aims at developing an integrated understanding of environmental change and its impact on people, society and nature.

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WIMEK PhD Council Member
The WIMEK PhD council has an important role to play within WIMEK by representing the voices and needs of PhD candidates. Therefore we are looking for PhD candidates with an interest to represent the WIMEK PhD candidates in the official boards and events, and through all the informal interactions with WIMEK staff! For more information, read this document.

PhD Carousel
A day for PhD candidates with four rounds with six parallel workshops
26 April 2024
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Moving Rivers Webinar Series: Reflections on the transformation of two Colombian river basins: navigating between river memories and an eco-ontological approach
26 April 2024, 15:00-16:30
In this webinar session, Laura Giraldo-Martínez will discuss the case study of the Bogotá River, in Colombia, showing how different socio-ecological memories and their spatialisation or materialisation in river infrastructures have historically shaped and continue to influence the river’s meaning and significance.
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WIMEK meeting: Sleep Management for WUR PhDs
1 May 2024, 16:45-17:45, Gaia 1&2
To understand and interact on the concepts like sleep rhythm, sleep pressure, sleep quantity and quality, etc. and also to socialize. Meeting outline: Guest speech by Ingi Alofs, Team leader, Coordinator Sport, Coordinator Fit & Vital, Sports Instructor & Fitness trainer, WUR.
Organisor: elackiya.sithamparanathan@wur.nl
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PhD Defence Sjoukje de Lange (HWM) + Symposium Bedform Dynamics and Hydraulic Roughness
8 May 2024
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Farewell Symposium Johan Feenstra (WIMEK): Empowering Transitions for Sustainable Futures
29 May 2024, 13-17:30 hrs, Lumen building
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Nature-Based Future Challenge
November 2023 - June 2024
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