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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…
“Touring scientific award for geography 2020-2021” for Caroline Beckers
(18-05-2022)
At the solemn proclamation on April 24, 2022, Caroline Beckers was presented with the "Touring scientific award for geography 2020-2021" for her merit of being the "highest graded geography student" i…
“Touring scientific award for geography 2019-2020” voor Dries De Leeuw
(18-05-2022)
At the solemn proclamation on April 24, 2022, student Dries De Leeuw was presented with the 'Touring scientific award for geography 2019-2020' for his merit of being the 'highest graded geography stud…
Kunbo Shi successfully defended his PhD
(03-05-2022)
On April 20, 2022, Kunbo Shi successfully defended his PhD "Online purchases, travel behavior, and the built environment: A focus of tangible goods and intangible services". He obtained the degree of …
Amna Qayyum defended successfully her PhD
(03-05-2022)
On 20 April 2022, Amna Qayyum successfully defended her PhD entitled "A qualitative representation of moving point configurations with illustrations in micro traffic analysis". She obtained the degree…
Virginia Carter Gamberini defended successfully her PhD
(30-03-2022)
On March 14, 2022, Virgina Carter Gamberini successfully defended her PhD "New perspectives on biophilic urbanism: an analysis of its opportunities and challenges in Chile". She obtained the degree of…