Kim de Wit will defend her thesis on 11 September 2026 at 14:15 in the Academy building of Utrecht University at Domplein 29 in Utrecht. Kim’s thesis is on “A Subsidence Legacy.”

Pepijn van Elderen will defend his thesis on 9 July 2026 at 16:15 in the Academy building of Utrecht University at Domplein 29 in Utrecht. Pepijn’s thesis is on “Persistent land subsidence: Mechanistic controls on long-term viscous compression in peat and organic-rich clays.”

All LOSS partners are invited to our annual consortium meeting. Please see the Dutch version of this page for more details.

Dewy Verhoeven will defend his thesis on 12 september 2025 at 10:30 in the Omnia Auditorium of Wageningen University, Hoge Steeg 2 in Wageningen. Dewy’s thesis is on “Optimal Control for Sustainable Peatland Management: Subsidence, Climate Impacts and Land Use Change in The Netherlands.”

Duygu Tolunay will defend her thesis on 9 September 2025 om 16:00 in the Senate Hall of the  Academy Building of Utrecht University, Domplein 29, in Utrecht. Duygu’s thesis is on “Decomposition in Drained Coastal Peatlands, The Slow Waltz of Decay and Subsidence.“

LOSS researchers Nicoletta Nappo and Mandy Korff published a new paper in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Managing subsidence and its impacts on cities in coastal and delta areas is a global challenge that requires comprehensive risk reduction policies, including both mitigation and prevention strategies. Urban areas often lack systematic methodologies for determining appropriate…

BBC News has an article about land subsidence in major cities around the world that is a good introduction on the topic to non-scientist audiences. One of the researchers interviewed for this article is dr. Cheryl Tay from NTU in Singapore, who spent several months at TU Delft in 2024 in an exchange with LOSS researchers….

Mandy van den Ende will defend her thesis 11 July 2025 at 10:15 in the Senate Hall of the  Academy Building of Utrecht University, Domplein 29, in Utrecht. Mandy’s thesis is on “Governing inside or outside the box? Improving sustainable land-use governance in Dutch peatlands.”

Manon Verberne will defend her thesis 3 October 2025 at 16:15 in the Senate Hall of the  Academy Building of Utrecht University, Domplein 29, in Utrecht. Manon’s thesis is on “Disentangling subsidence – Towards a holistic approach.”

Martijn van Gils will defend his thesis 3 October 2025 at 10:15 in the Senate Hall of the  Academy Building of Utrecht University, Domplein 29, in Utrecht. Martijn’s thesis is on “Bodemdaling en peilbeheer in veengebieden. De uitoefening van omgevingsrechtelijke taken en bevoegdheden voor een meer doeltreffende aanpak van bodemdaling in Nederlandse veen(weide)gebieden.”