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PhD defence of Philip Conroy

Philip Conroy will defend his thesis on 28 March 2025 at 12:30 in the  Senate Hall of the Aula Congress Centre of Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 5, Delft. Philip’s thesis is on “Monitoring Highly Dynamic Land Surface Motion with Satellite Radar Interferometry.” He will present an overview of his research at 12:00.

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PhD defence of Alfonso Prosperi

Alfonso Prosperi will be the first LOSS PhD student defending his thesis on 14 februari 2025 at 10:00 in the  Senate Hall of the Aula Congress Centre of Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 5, Delft. Alfonso’s thesis is on “Modelling of subsidence induced damage to masonry buildings.” He will present an overview of his research…

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For Peat’s Sake: The Power of Imagination in Expanding the Solution Space for Sustainable Peatland Governance

LOSS researchers Toms Wils and Dries Hegger supervised an MSc thesis by Julie Wellens. Peat meadow areas in the Netherlands are experiencing significant degradation due to intensive agricultural practices, leading to land subsidence, greenhouse gas emissions, and loss of biodiversity. Traditional governance and policy frameworks have prioritized economic interests over ecological needs, often implementing technical…

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Fourth LOSS Consortium Day

The 4th LOSS consortium day was held in Amersfoort on 26 March 2024. As with the previous editions, the event was held in Dutch, and more info is available on the Dutch version of this page.

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2D and 3D Modelling Strategies to Reproduce the Response of Historical Masonry Buildings Subjected to Settlements

LOSS researchers Alfonso Prosperi and Mandy Korff published a new paper in the International Journal of Architectural Heritage: In this study, 2D and 3D modelling strategies are used to represent the behaviour of historical masonry buildings on strip foundations undergoing settlements. The application focuses on a two-story building, typical of the Dutch architectural heritage. An…

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The transformative potential of experimentation as an environmental governance approach: The case of the Dutch peatlands

LOSS researchers Mandy van den Ende, Dries Hegger and Peter Driessen published a new paper in Environmental Policy and Governance: Governance of societal transformations toward sustainability is needed to address the fundamental system failures responsible for environmental problems. Possible transformation pathways range from radical shifts to more incremental change. Experimentation is seen as a form…

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