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Prof. Coen Teulings is a Professor of Economics at Utrecht University's Department of Economics, part of the Law, Economics, Governance and Organisation faculty. He holds concurrent roles as a Fellow at CEPR, IZA, and CES-Ifo. Previously, he served as Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge (2013–2017) and part-time Professor at the University of Amsterdam (2004–2017). His professional history includes seven years as President of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB), CEO of SEO Economic Research (2004–2006), and Director of the Tinbergen Institute (1998–2004). Teulings earned a Master's degree in Economics (cum laude, 1985) and a PhD (1990) from the University of Amsterdam. He has advised governmental and international bodies, including the Dutch House of Commons Economic Advisors and the UK's Office for Budget Responsibility. His research focuses on labor economics, macroeconomics, urban economics, and policy analysis, with notable work on minimum wages, income inequality, and secular stagnation. He co-edited the 2014 E-book on Secular Stagnation with Richard Baldwin. Teulings' recent publications address topics like agglomeration effects, urban retail dynamics, and wealth distribution. He contributes to policy debates through roles on the AFM Capital Markets Committee and supervisory boards of institutions like the Boekmanstichting. His ancillary activities include a biweekly column in the Financial Daily (FD) and academic governance roles in the Netherlands and Europe.

• Labor Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Urban Economics
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Prof. Miranda Meuwissen is a Professor of Risk Management and Resilience in Agri-Food Systems at Wageningen University, Netherlands. She specializes in financial management, agricultural insurance, and resilience frameworks for farming systems. Her work focuses on sustainable transitions, climate resilience, and policy design for agricultural systems across Europe and beyond. Education: PhD in 'Insurance as a risk management tool for European Agriculture' (1995-2000). Previous roles include Associate/Assistant Professor positions at Wageningen (2005-2017), and senior researcher roles in agricultural risk management. She coordinates major initiatives such as the EU-funded SURE-Farm project (2017-2021), exploring sustainable and resilient farming systems, and the 4TU-Redesign initiative designing future food systems. Research Interests: Development of resilience assessment frameworks, risk management strategies in agriculture, financing sustainable transitions, and exploring synergies between production efficiency, environmental sustainability, and socio-economic resilience. Notable contributions include frameworks for resilience measurement in farming systems and analysis of pandemic impacts on agricultural resilience. Grants & Leadership: Coordinator of H2020 SURE-Farm (€6.5M+), 4TU-Redesign (2023-2028), and WUR-SSG system transition team (2022-2024). Organizes international seminars on sustainable transitions and annually coordinates the PhD Summer School on Risk Management in Agriculture. Key Projects: Participatory impact assessments of farming systems resilience, analysis of soil quality economic value, and innovative financing models for aquaculture. Her work bridges academic research with policy through collaborations with institutions like IAMO and 4TU Alliance.

• Risk Management
• Resilience in Agri-Food Systems
• Agricultural Insurance
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Marko Lovric is an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research's Department of Forest and Nature Conservation Policy. He holds a PhD in forest policy from the University of Freiburg, Germany. His expertise spans forest policy, environmental governance, data analysis, and AI applications in forestry. He has 17 years of research experience, focusing on European ecosystem services, bioeconomy transitions, forest certification, and international forest policy formulation. Education: PhD in Forest Policy (University of Freiburg), prior roles include senior researcher at the European Forest Institute and assistant at the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Forestry. Research Interests: Marko’s work addresses forest policy implementation, ecosystem service valuation, bioeconomy modeling, and international trade dynamics. He employs quantitative methods, big data, and network analysis to explore governance innovations and sustainable forest management strategies. Projects: He coordinated the H2020 SINCERE project on forest ecosystem services and the Horizon Europe project on forest research ecosystems. Current projects include INTERCEDE, focusing on future forest incomes and ecosystem services. Teaching: Involves MSc courses in forest policy, including internships and thesis supervision in forest conservation policy. Labs/Teams: Active in Wageningen’s Forest and Nature Conservation Policy group, contributing to interdisciplinary projects on governance and bioeconomy transitions.

• Forest Policy
• Ecosystem Services
• Bioeconomy
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Dr. Asier Moneva is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) and The Hague University of Applied Sciences , specializing in cybercrime , environmental criminology , and situational crime prevention . His work focuses on offender decision-making in cyberspace, cybercrime victimization patterns, and the application of data science to crime analysis. Education : PhD in Criminology (2020), Master in Crime Analysis and Prevention (cum laude, 2017) from Miguel Hernández University. Current Role : Analyzing cybercrime patterns through environmental criminology frameworks and data science methodologies. Moneva's research examines longitudinal offending patterns in cybercrime, particularly through analyses of web defacement archives ( Zone-H data) and hacker behavior. His studies reveal extreme concentration of cybercrime among chronic offenders, with 2.9% of hackers responsible for 68.5% of defacements. He also investigates repeat victimization dynamics in digital environments and the effectiveness of warning banners as deterrents. Recent publications focus on ransomware payment decisions by SMEs, stolen data markets on Telegram, and the intersection of familial relationships with cybercrime involvement. His work combines quasi-experimental designs , crime scripting , and conjunctive analysis to develop prevention strategies.

• Criminology
• Cybercrime
• Environmental Criminology
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Marie-Colette van Lieshout is a Professor of Spatial Stochastics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, and a Scientific Staff Member in the Stochastics group at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam. She has been active in research since 1997 and is a leading expert in stochastic geometry, spatial statistics, and image analysis. Her educational and professional background includes positions at the University of Warwick and the Free University Amsterdam. She is currently engaged in advanced research on point processes, random fields, and tessellation models, with applications in seismic hazard, fire risk, and machine learning. Her research interests include: Stochastic Geometry Spatial Statistics Image Analysis Point Process Modeling Seismic Risk Assessment Machine Learning for Spatial Data Her recent publications (2023–2025) focus on spatial intensity estimation, marked point processes, and data-driven risk modeling, showing a strong integration of classical spatial statistics with modern computational and machine learning techniques. Key themes include adaptive kernel smoothing, infill asymptotics, and applications in environmental and public safety domains. She has received significant recognition, including: Elected Fellow, International Statistical Institute (ISI) She has been awarded multiple research grants from NWO and other agencies, including the KLEIN grant for fire risk management and the DeepNL grant for seismicity prediction in Groningen. She has supervised or collaborated with researchers such as C. Lu, Z. Baki, and R. Markwitz. She is also active in academic service, serving on editorial boards (e.g., Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability), advisory boards (InHolland University), and councils of learned societies (Bernoulli Society, KWG). She leads and participates in research clusters such as STAR and contributes to outreach and education through courses and public lectures on earthquake modeling and spatial statistics.

• Stochastic Geometry
• Spatial Statistics
• Image Analysis
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Michel Mandjes is a Professor at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Science and holds a Visiting Professor position at the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB). His research focuses on stochastic processes, queueing theory, and probability theory, with applications in risk modeling, network analysis, and operations research. Recent publications highlight his contributions to multivariate Hawkes processes , Lévy-driven systems , and dynamic random graphs , emphasizing large deviations, rare event simulation, and statistical inference. His work bridges theoretical probability with practical challenges in traffic flow, financial risk, and social network modeling. The trends in his research include the development of stochastic models for network stability, appointment scheduling optimization, and inference techniques for non-stationary processes. His methodological innovations often leverage advanced probability theory and queueing frameworks to address real-world problems in transportation, healthcare, and finance.

• Stochastic Processes
• Queueing Theory
• Probability Theory
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Nina Schwarz is Assistant Professor of human-environment interactions in cities at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, ITC—University of Twente. Holding a Diploma in Environmental Sciences (University of Lüneburg, 2003) and a PhD in Social and Economic Sciences (University of Kassel, 2007), she spent a decade as senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ before joining ITC. Her interdisciplinary research integrates urban land-use science, ecosystem-service evaluation and advanced modelling techniques—especially agent-based models—to explore sustainable urban development under global change. Research interests revolve around three interconnected themes: (i) urban land-use change —understanding how residential, commercial and green-space dynamics co-evolve; (ii) urban ecosystem services —quantifying both supply and demand of services such as local climate regulation, recreation and biodiversity; and (iii) behavioural modelling —formalising human decision-making to simulate policy scenarios ranging from slum-upgrading to vineyard management. She actively links these themes to UN Sustainable Development Goals, notably SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities) and SDG 15 (Life on Land). Recent publications (2022-2025) reveal a methodological breadth spanning citizen-science impact assessment in Suriname, cooling effects of urban water bodies in Chinese mega-cities, European wine-growers’ adaptive behaviour, and methodological advances in upscaling and validating agent-based land-use models. Across these studies, Schwarz consistently combines empirical field data, geospatial analytics and participatory approaches to produce policy-relevant insights for cities in both the Global North and South. She has (co-)authored >80 peer-reviewed works, accumulating c. 5 900 citations and an h-index of 28 (Scopus). While specific honours are not itemised in the supplied text, her sustained citation impact and invited contributions to major conferences (e.g., iEMSs 2020, IAHR 2025) underscore scientific recognition. Schwarz frequently engages with societal stakeholders: her projects have generated open datasets on urban green-space monitoring in Paramaribo, e-learning modules for Latin-American universities, and interactive dashboards for sustainable water management. Within ITC she contributes to capacity-building programmes for emerging economies, supervises graduate researchers and maintains active collaborations across Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. No explicit lists of PhD students or personal grants are provided in the current corpus, but her leadership of externally funded projects (e.g., citizen-science evaluation, vineyard decision-making database) indicates ongoing acquisition of research funding.

• Urban land-use change
• Urban ecosystem services
• Agent-based modelling
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Dr. Dave Murray-Rust is an Associate Professor in Human-Algorithm Interaction Design at TU Delft's Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. He explores the intersection of humans, data, and AI through design research, focusing on ethical AI systems and sociotechnical interactions. His work bridges computer science, design theory, and digital sociology, addressing challenges like algorithmic fairness and human-AI collaboration. He leads initiatives such as the AI Futures Lab and Data-Centric Design Lab, advancing methods for leveraging behavioral data in design processes. His research emphasizes experiential AI frameworks, metaphors for designers, and the legibility of AI systems. He has been honored with awards including Best alt.HRI 2024 and a CHI 2023 Best Paper Award for contributions to fairness perceptions in algorithmic decision-making. Murray-Rust teaches courses like the Speculative Design Studio and collaborates on projects like DCODE (Designing the Future of AI) and the BrightSky Project. His work extends to public engagement through installations like GeoPact and explorations of blockchain's societal impact. He holds an Honorary Fellowship at the University of Edinburgh.

• Human-Algorithm Interaction
• AI Ethics
• Data-Driven Design
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Dr. Assela Pathirana is a Professor at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, specializing in water infrastructure asset management (WIAM), climate resilience of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and sustainable urban water systems. His work bridges academia, policy, and practice, focusing on digitalization, data-driven decision-making, and nature-based solutions. Key roles include Chief Technical Advisor for the Maldives’ water systems and leadership of a MOOC on SIDS climate adaptation. He holds a BSc (First Class Honours) from the University of Peradeniya and advanced degrees from the University of Tokyo, specializing in hydrology and water resources engineering. Education: Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (First Class Honours), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Master’s and Doctoral Degrees in Civil Engineering (Hydrology and Water Resources), University of Tokyo, Japan Research Interests: Dr. Pathirana’s work emphasizes climate resilience, SIDS adaptation, urban flood risk management, and sustainable infrastructure. He develops decision-support tools for flood forecasting, evaluates land-use changes in Jakarta, and promotes equity in water rationing systems. His interdisciplinary approach integrates hydrological modeling, open-source software development, and policy analysis. Advising & Capacity Building: He leads training-of-trainers programs and capacity-building initiatives, enhancing postgraduate education in technical disciplines. His efforts focus on didactics and pedagogy, ensuring graduates gain both theoretical knowledge and practical expertise. Key Projects: Developed the WIAM curriculum at IHE Delft MOOC on SIDS climate adaptation and water security Consultancy for the Maldives’ Ministry of Environment and UNDP Labs & Collaborations: Engages in cross-disciplinary teams addressing urban water challenges, including sponge cities in China and flexible adaptation planning in Melbourne and Pune. His work with UNESCO-ICHARM and UNU underscores global water security and disaster risk reduction.

• Water Infrastructure Asset Management
• Climate Resilience of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
• Hydrological Modeling
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Beate Volker is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Geosciences , University of Utrecht , specializing in Human Geography and Spatial Planning . Her research focuses on Social Network Analysis , Social Capital , and Personal Network Dynamics , with particular interests in Dutch society, neighborhood effects, and urban sociology. Institutional affiliation: University of Utrecht Academic rank: Associate Professor Department: Human Geography and Spatial Planning Her scholarly work examines how life course events , urban densification , and social stratification shape personal and community-level networks. She investigates network segregation in Chilean and Dutch contexts, prisoner reintegration challenges, and the health impacts of social capital . Her methodological expertise includes field experiments, panel data analysis, and relational data collection. Recent publications highlight trends in acquaintanceship networks in the Netherlands, collective efficacy in neighborhoods, and person-centered care in long-term facilities. She contributes to the Dynamics of Youth and Pathways to Sustainability research programs. As a supervisor and researcher, Volker explores network consequences of entrepreneurship , pet ownership , and romantic relationships . Her work frequently appears in journals like Social Networks , British Journal of Sociology , and Health and Place , with peer-reviewed studies on network homogeneity, tie decay, and expert-driven causal modeling.

• Social Network Analysis
• Social Capital
• Personal Networks
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Carlijn Bouten is Full Professor of Cell-Matrix Interactions in Cardiovascular Regeneration at Eindhoven University of Technology. She leads the Soft Tissue Engineering & Mechanobiology group, investigating cellular interactions with extracellular environments in tissue growth, adaptation, and regeneration. Her research develops biodegradable heart valve prostheses that enable in vivo tissue regeneration, applying tissue engineering approaches to cardiovascular medicine. Professor Bouten holds an MSc from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a PhD from TU/e. She completed postdoctoral research at Université Laval and University of London before joining TU/e's faculty. She directs the national Gravitation program 'Materials-Driven Regeneration' and received an ERC Advanced Grant for cardiac tissue organization research. Research Focus: Her interdisciplinary program spans: Mechanobiological cues in tissue regeneration Development of living heart valve replacements Advanced biomaterials for cardiovascular applications In vitro models for tissue development Soft robotic systems for cardiac assistance Recent publications demonstrate innovations in biohybrid devices, standardized biomaterial testing, and novel tissue patterning techniques. Her work integrates engineering, materials science, and clinical translation through collaborations with medtech spin-offs. Leadership and Recognition: Fellow of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering President-elect of the Heart Valve Society Member of AcademiaNet for Outstanding Female Scientists Recipient of NWO VICI grant and Aspasia award She leads multinational consortia in regenerative medicine and teaches courses on heart/blood physiology and regeneration. Her lab develops model systems spanning cellular to tissue levels to quantify mechanobiological processes.

• Tissue Engineering
• Cardiovascular Regeneration
• Mechanobiology
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Dr. Pieter van Oel is an Associate Professor in the Water Resources Management group at Wageningen University & Research, focusing on sociohydrology and addressing water crises in South America and Africa. His expertise spans civil/hydraulic engineering, environmental management, hydrology, irrigation systems, and drought diagnosis. He teaches courses like Design in Land and Water Management and supervises PhD students such as Louise Cavalcante and Daniel Wiegant. His research emphasizes societal dimensions of water challenges, including drought impacts, agent-based modeling, and serious gaming for community engagement. Projects include analyzing drought policies in Brazil, improving water governance in Kenya, and evaluating groundwater vulnerability in Ethiopia. He collaborates on initiatives like the Diagnosing Drought project and Socio-hydrological Simulation tool development. Key contributions include critiques of drought monitoring systems' alignment with local realities and frameworks for sustainable agroforestry management. His work bridges science and policy, advocating for interdisciplinary solutions to water scarcity and climate resilience.

• Water Resources Management
• Sociohydrology
• Drought Management
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George Vosselman is a Full Professor at the University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), specializing in Geo-Information Extraction with Sensor Systems. Educated with honours at Delft University of Technology (1986) and PhD in Photogrammetry from Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn (1991), he has held academic roles at the University of Stuttgart, University of Washington, and Delft University of Technology (1993–2004). Since 2004, he has been a key figure at ITC, serving as department head (2012–2018, 2023–). Education: Delft University of Technology (BSc with honours, 1986), Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn (PhD with honours, 1991) His research focuses on leveraging sensor technology advancements for large-scale geo-information production. Key expertise includes quality analysis of laser altimetry data, point cloud segmentation/classification, 3D building/road modeling, and model-driven imagery analysis. He has published over 220 papers and co-edited the textbook Airborne and Terrestrial Laser Scanning (2010). Recent work integrates deep learning with geospatial data, addressing semantic segmentation, visual question answering, and drone-based mapping. Recent publications (2025–2023) highlight trends in deep learning for remote sensing , including multimodal question answering benchmarks (HRVQA), vectorized building extraction (RoIPoly), latent diffusion for road modeling (LDPoly), and drone obstacle avoidance systems. His work bridges photogrammetry , computer vision , and robotic mapping , with applications in urban planning, disaster management, and informal settlement monitoring. Scientific Awards : Hansa Luftbild (1993), ISPRS Otto von Gruber (2000), Schwidefsky Medal (2012), Karl Kraus Medal (2012), ASPRS Fairchild Award (2015), ISPRS Fellow (2020) As an educator, Vosselman has taught photogrammetry, remote sensing, and laser scanning at Delft University of Technology and globally. He chaired the ITC Examination Board (2015–2023) and modernized geo-information education in Asia/Africa. His software for point cloud processing is commercialized in Europe, and he currently leads ISPRS working groups on point cloud methodologies. Labs/teams include the Earth Observation Science Chair Group at ITC, collaborating on UAV-based datasets (UAVid, UAVPal) and indoor laser scanning systems. Recent activities (2025) involve invited talks on pulse matching limitations in laser scanning and deep learning for point cloud classification.

• Photogrammetry
• Remote Sensing
• Laser Scanning
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Niels Anten is a Full Professor of Crop and Weed Ecology at Wageningen University & Research, specializing in plant interactions and sustainable agricultural systems. His research focuses on climate change impacts, crop diversification, and optimizing plant productivity under environmental stress. He leads projects on cocoa production resilience, intercropping strategies, and root-shoot signaling mechanisms in cereals and legumes. Key research interests include crop-weed competition, light-mediated plant responses, and the ecological roles of lianas in tropical forests. Anten has supervised 21 PhD candidates, including studies on potato stress responses, spatial crop diversification, and cocoa agroecology. His work integrates field experiments, functional-structural plant modeling, and big data analysis to address global food security challenges. Recent articles highlight breakthroughs in understanding CO2-driven photosynthetic efficiency, drought effects on cocoa yields, and far-red light influences on root systems. His datasets and collaborations span institutions globally, addressing topics like coffee genetic adaptation and arid ecosystem root dynamics. Anten frequently engages in media discussions on climate impacts on agriculture and sustainable farming practices.

• Climate Change
• Crop Ecology
• Plant Physiology
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Prof. Dr. Sjoerd Beugelsdijk is a Professor of International Business at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen. He also serves as Research Director and holds a visiting professorship at KU Leuven. His expertise spans globalization, cultural differences, and national identity, with a focus on their economic implications. He earned his PhD from Tilburg University in 2003, focusing on cultural diversity and regional development. Research Interests: Beugelsdijk’s work explores cultural diversity’s impact on economic globalization, firm internationalization, and national identity. He has published over 70 refereed articles in top journals like the Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of Economic Geography. His recent projects include a government advisory report on Dutch national identity (SCP 2019) and the JIBS Silver Medal (2019) for contributions to international business research. Education: PhD (Tilburg University, 2003), MSc (Tilburg University, 1999) Grants: Over €1 million in funding from NWO (Rubicon, Veni, Vidi) and others Editorial Roles: Editor of Journal of International Business Studies (2016–present) Advising: Supervised 11 PhD students and served on numerous doctoral committees Key Achievements: Awarded the JIBS Silver Medal (2019), top teacher awards (2016–2018), and recognition for best papers in Academy of Management and Academy of International Business conferences. His research bridges economic geography, management, and sociology, addressing global value chains, cultural distance, and institutional hazards. Labs/Teams: Leads the Global Economics & Management research group at Groningen, collaborating internationally with scholars from Copenhagen Business School, Bocconi University, and others.

• International Business
• Globalization
• Cultural Differences
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