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Dr. Margo van den Brink is an Associate Professor in Water and Planning at the Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, University of Groningen. Her expertise spans integrated flood risk management, urban climate resilience, and spatial quality. She holds a PhD in Management Sciences (cum laude) from Radboud University (2009) and a Master's in Science and Technology Studies from Maastricht University (2002).
Her research focuses on boundary-spanning roles in spatial planning, institutional adaptation, and transformative urban climate resilience. She has supervised over seven PhD students, including projects on climate adaptive infrastructure, floating urbanization in Indonesia, and environmental justice in coastal governance. Key projects include the Water as Leverage program in Asia and the Room for the River initiative in the Netherlands.
Publications analyze institutional dynamics in flood management, adaptive governance, and urban resilience. Notable works include studies on landscape architects as boundary spanners and Bangkok's flood resilience policy. She actively engages in public debates via media and podcasts, advocating for living with water rather than fighting it.
Her advisory roles include co-promoting PhD research on coastal justice and climate adaptation funding from Rijkswaterstaat and NWO. Collaborations involve Hanze University, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), and international partners in Asia.
