Alex Levering

Alex Levering is an Assistant Professor in socio-cultural landscape interactions at the Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is affiliated with the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) and specializes in remote sensing, geo-information sciences, and computer vision applications. His work focuses on landscape semantics, AI interpretability, and combining visual/non-visual data for predictive models.

Education:

• PhD in Remote Sensing (2024), Wageningen University
• MSc in Geo-Information Sciences (2019), Wageningen University
• BSc in Water Management (2016), Hogeschool Zeeland

Research Interests: Levering explores how computer vision and GeoAI can quantify landscape quality preferences, model urban liveability from aerial/satellite imagery, and improve AI model interpretability. He also investigates small dataset challenges and integrates social media data for environmental monitoring.

Current Projects:

• Leading roles in projects like 'Guiding Human Settlements Towards Sustainable Development' (2019–2024), focusing on urban densification and environmental impact assessments.
• Collaborations with institutions like the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) as an advisor (2025–2027).

His recent publications emphasize multimodal learning, urban liveability prediction, and explainable AI for socioeconomic analyses. No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided texts.