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Long Zhang successfully defended his PhD
(24-05-2023)
Monday, 22 May 2023, Long Zhang successfully defended his doctorate. “Attribute trajectory analysis: analyzing the dynamics of non-spatial data as trajectories”.
Supervisors are Prof. dr. Nico Van de…
Membership of the Academia Europaea (MAE) conferred to Frank Witlox
(17-05-2023)
In May 2023 a Membership of the Academia Europaea was conferred to professor Frank Witlox. Membership is competitive, by invitation only and judged during a peer review selection process based on dem…
Maite Dewinter succesfully defended her PhD
(11-05-2023)
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Maite Dewinter successfully defended her doctorate "Optimising daily police patrol: Towards better matching police supply and demand by directing police in space and time."
Sup…
Two vacancies for a full-time assistant in the department
(25-04-2023)
The UGent Department of Human Resources published two vacancies for a full-time assistant in the Department of Geography, Ghent University . The vacancies are in the research areas of Social and Econo…
moVe moRe
(29-03-2023)
We have some exciting news! Soon you can walk, cycle and drive in VR at our group because the faculty approved the moVe moRe project. This new research infrastructure will boost research in mobility, …
Geography @ UGent Alumni Day
(14-03-2023)
One thing is certain: as an alumnus you cannot miss the Alumni Day. You can experience the day as you wish, with your family, with fellow students, or alone: there is something for everyone in the ext…
LBS conference comes to Ghent!
(07-03-2023)
The 18th conference on Location Based Services takes place in Ghent this year. We are looking forward to welcome you under the tower of St. Bavo's cathedral. Full papers can be submitted until June 1s…
Fangli Guan succesfully defended his PhD
(28-02-2023)
Friday, February 24, 2023, Fangli Guan successfully defended his PhD: “Modelling of the Scene Complexity of Navigation Environments and Visual Areas of Interest for Egocentric Pedestrian Navigation Sy…
Dilawar Ali succesfully defended his PhD
(01-02-2023)
Wednesday, January 25, 2022, Dilawar Ali successfully defended his PhD “Al-Based Methods to Enrich, Geolocalize and Rephotograph Historical Newspaper Photos.” Supervisors are Prof. dr. Steven Verstock…
Nohemi Ramirez Aranda succesfully defended her PhD
(20-12-2022)
Monday 12 December 2022, Nohemi Ramirez Aranda successfully defended her PhD “Barriers towards the widespread adoption of PPGIS in spatial planning practice”. Supervisors are Dr. Jeroen De Waegemaeker…
Hannah Hook succesfully defended her PhD
(29-11-2022)
Wednesday 23 November 2022, Hannah Hook successfully defended her PhD “The Happy Traveler. Connecting undirected trips to travel satisfaction, positive utility and subjective well-being”. Supervisors …
European researchers in Ghent as part of EX-TRA project
(19-10-2022)
Last Monday and Tuesday, the bi-annual meeting of the EX-TRA project took place in Ghent. On Monday morning, Eldermen Filip Watteeuw told us more about the circulation plan, after which the role of li…
Emeritus celebration Prof. Jan Nyssen
(27-09-2022)
Jan Nyssen has worked at the Department of Geography of Ghent University since 2007. Driven by passion for Ethiopian culture, he has established himself as a worldwide reference regarding the regional…
Sarah Meire succesfully defended her PhD
(27-09-2022)
On Monday 19 September, 2022, Sarah Meire successfully defended her PhD titled “Virtual interlining in the European airport network and the quest for new datasets in air transport geography”. She obta…
Melaku Bogale Fitawok succesfully defended his PhD
(30-08-2022)
On Friday 26 August, Melaku Bogale Fitawok successfully defended his PhD thesis ‘The impact of urbanization on land-use change and farmers’ livelihood in Ethiopia’. This research was supervised by Pro…
Hanne Hendrickx succesfully defended her PhD
(09-08-2022)
Monday 20 June, 2022, Hanne Hendrickx successfully defended her PhD “Capturing geomorphic change in high mountain environments using close-range sensing techniques ”. This work was supervised by Prof.…
Haiyang Shi successfully defended his PhD
(14-06-2022)
On 25 May 2022, Haiyang SHI successfully defended his double doctorate Doctor of Science: Geography and Doctorate of Science: Cartography and Geographic Information System . De title of his research…