Partner 3 – KU Leuven 

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E (Box 2411), 3001 Leuven, Belgium

Involved personnel

Institute KU Leuven
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Profile The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the KU Leuven carries out state-of-the-art scientific research with respect to the functioning of geo- and ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales, including the interaction between humans and the environment and the sustainable management of natural resources. The department aims at providing attractive academic training at an international level in the fields of Bio-engineering, Geology, Geography and Tourism. The department aims at making an important contribution to the scientific understanding of societal issues such as environmental pollution, food production, climate change, nature and landscape management, soil and water management, exploitation of underground resources, rural and urban development, international development collaboration and tourism.
Institute website http://ees.kuleuven.be/
Role in the project WP5 leader
 
Personnel
Name Contact details Qualifications Photo
Prof Dr. ir. Guido Wyseure

Division of Soil and Water Management
Tel. +32 16 32 96 61

Soil and water engineer specialist in small scale hydrology, irrigation and drainage.
Special interest in rural development.

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Prof Dr. ir. Jan Diels Division of Soil and Water Management
Tel: +32 16 32 97 44

Soil physicist, specialist in nutrient cycling, transport of dissolved organic carbon and water management for agriculture and ecology jan diels
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Liesbet Vranken
Division of Bioeconomics
Tel. +32 16 32 23 95

Bio-science economist specialist in behaviour of economic agents towards sustainable food consumption, production and land use  liesbeth vranken

Partner 2 – Newcastle University

School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Agriculture Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

Involved personnel

Institute

Newcastle University

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Profile The Newcastle University team is from the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AFRD), and part of the Institute for Sustainability and N8 AgriFood.
  • Newcastle University is a member of the Russel Group, 16th in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework, 2014) and is a global top 200 University.
  • AFRD hosts 60 academic staff across natural and social science disciplines with access to world class facilities, including two research farms.
  • The Institute for Sustainability coordinates research across disciplines to deliver practical, engaged solutions to real-world issues, under the banner of 'Enough, for all, forever'.
  • N8 AgriFood puts Newcastle University in the UK’s largest group of agri-food researchers as one of the eight research intensive Universities in the north of England, working with industry, farmers & NGOs along the whole supply chain, from farm to fork, to ensure resilient supply of safe and nutritious food, nationally and internationally.
Institute website  http://www.ncl.ac.uk/afrd/
Role in the project  WP3 leader
 
Personnel
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Mark Reed      
Niki Rust      
       
       

Partner 1 – Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra) 

Wageningen Environmental Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708 PB, Wageningen, the Netherlands

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Wageningen Environmental Research (former name: Alterra) is part of Wageningen University & Research

 

Institute

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Profile

Wageningen Environmental Research (former name: Alterra) is the main Dutch centre of expertise on rural and natural areas and engages in strategic and applied research to support policymaking and management at local, national and international level. The Water and Soil Science Centres are involved in both research and education in water, soil and land use. Research is conducted from local to global scale and contributes to sustainable use of water and soil resources and sustainable design and management of the environment. Wageningen Environmental Research is partner in a.o. the Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER), the Global Water Partnership (GWP), the World Water Council (WWC), the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP) and Climate Change and Biosphere (CCB).

Institute website

www.wur.nl/environmental-research

Role in the project

Project coordinator (WP1), WP2 leader

Past expertise

Within FP5-7 of the EU, Wageningen Environmental Research has been involved, either as coordinator or partner institution, in more than 100 projects, of which more than 20 were devoted to water quantity and water quality aspects. Africa is a priority region for Wageningen Environmental Research. Recent water related EU-funded projects are amongst others RECARE, DESIRE, FLOODSITE, AQUATERRA, AQUASTRESS, HYDRATE, ASEMWATERNET, WATERREUSE and CABRI-VOLGA.

 

Personnel

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Rudi Hessel

Tel: +31 317 486530

 

Physical geographer, expert in dynamic modelling and model application, execution of scenario analysis, GIS, and designing and executing field work. Coordination of large international projects.

Rudi has significant experience in scientific project coordination over the last 15 years, spanning about 10 EU-funded research projects, including for example DESIRE, eSOTER, and CASCADE. 

 

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Erik van den Elsen

Tel.: +31 317 486533

 

Electronic engineer and Internet Technology specialist, soil physicist, soil physical determination methods, designing of field setups. Coordination of large international projects.

 

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Simone Verzandvoort

Tel.: +31 317 486500 

 

Physical geographer, Coordination of large international projects.

 

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Falentijn Assinck

Tel.: +31 317 486529

Environmental scientist, hydrologist. Member of the coordination team.

 

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Oene Oenema

Tel.: +31 317 486483

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Linda van Kleef Tel.: +31 317 486491

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Drs Heleen Claringbould

(Corepage)

Tel.: 

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