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Dániel Moerman is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Art and Culture, History, Antiquity at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He holds a Master’s degree (cum laude) in Classical, Medieval and Early Modern Studies and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and History from the University of Groningen (2017–2019).
His research focuses on early modern (c.1500–1800) social and cultural history, with specializations in environmental history, climate adaptation, and crisis resilience. Central to his work is the Coping with Drought project (2021–present), investigating drinking water management and societal responses to drought in the Netherlands between 1550–1850. This cross-disciplinary project combines climatological data with historical records to analyze adaptive practices in contrasting regions (Eastern vs. Western Netherlands).
Moerman’s publications explore themes such as urban water infrastructure, disease narratives, and historical climate agency. Notable contributions include analyses of rainwater cisterns in Deventer (2022), drought impacts in early modern towns (2024), and Isaac Beeckman’s medical observations (2022). He teaches courses on global environmental history and climate crisis narratives, including Climate & Crisis: Past & Present (2021–2022).
He received the Virtus Scriptieprijs (2022) for excellence in nobility history research. His datasets, such as the Dataset_Drought_HSDS_Dev_Zut_Moerman_2022, provide quantitative insights into historical drought severity using the Historical Severity Drought Scale.
