Inaugural lecture Debra RobertsThe Rector Magnificus would like to announce that Prof.dr. Debra Roberts has been appointed as a Professor at the University of Twente in accordance with the Higher Education and Scientific Research Act. She will work on Science from a Majority World Perspective on the Professor Willem Schermerhorn Chair at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) To mark the occasion of her appointment, she will deliver an Inaugural lecture in the Waaier 4 Building on Friday, 22 November 2024, at 16.00 hrs.Read more
Inaugural Lecture Prof. dr. Marc van den HombergThe Rector Magnificus announces that Marc van den Homberg, appointed by the Executive Board of the University of Twente as Professor of Data for Disaster Resilience at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), will give his inaugural lecture in the Waaier building on Friday 29 November 2024 at 16:00 to mark the occasion of his appointment. The lecture will cover the chair’s three research areas of the strategic collaboration between ITC and the Netherlands Red Cross: Improving the quality of risk and impact data, Trigger models for anticipatory action (preparedness), and Selecting, monitoring, and building evidence for nature-based solutions (prevention).Read more
