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Wieteke (Louise) Willemen
@wietekewillemen.bsky.social

ES, GIS, NRM, RS, CS, ITC, ESP, IPBES, ECOSER = academic for a better, wiser and more collaborative world | acronym aficionada | Prof. ๐ŸŸฅ

Environmental science 64%
Geography 16%

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Gaat dat zien!
"Van wie is het (platte)land", 3 tentoonstellingen over de relatie tot onze leefomgeving in Rijksmuseum Twenthe.
www.rijksmuseumtwenthe.nl/rubriek/3421...

๐ŸŽง Ik sprak hierover in: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rij...

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๐ŸŒ Our new #NRStory covers the success story of Aleksandra Bratic, Ali Fakour, and Sinoj Kokulasingam, three brilliant GEM MSc students๐Ÿ’ก

๐Ÿ† Winning the Busathon, their team designed an app-based collaboration to support oyster farming.

๐Ÿ”— Read now our new NRstory via bit.ly/3tbggpp
Three GEM MSc students ideate a creative GIS solution for oyster farms
Aleksandra Bratic, Ali Fakour and Sinoj Kokulasingam are three Master's students from the GEM MSc who recently won the last edition of the yearly Busathon Joint Event. They creatively designed an app-...
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Vacancy! How can we improve the way we analyse sensor data -from wearables, citizen science observations, to crop sensors- to better capture the role of nature in society? ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ”Ž
๐Ÿ‘‰ utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies...
Due to funding rules, we can only offer this position + start up to female candidates.

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Translation | Higher education institutions should no longer provide reduced-rate sports facilities, as the government believes this distorts the market. Cultural activities and canteen prices are also set to rise, among other things.
Government puts an end to low-cost sporting activities for students and staff
Higher education institutions should no longer provide reduced-rate sports facilities, as the government believes this distorts the market. Cultural activities and canteen prices are also set to rise,...
www.utoday.nl

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๐Ÿ‘‹ Citizen Science Netherlands (CS-NL) is now on Bluesky!
Follow us for updates on citizen science projects, tools, events, and inspiring examples from across the Netherlands.
Learn more: citizenscience.nl

#CitizenScience #OpenScience #CSNL #PublicEngagement #ScienceForEveryone #Collaboration
CS-NL
citizenscience.nl

Sure why not banning uni sports and culture. Can someone explain them the immense costs of even worse students' and staff's well-being and related health care. Pretty please.
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Translation | Higher education institutions should no longer provide reduced-rate sports facilities, as the government believes this distorts the market. Cultural activities and canteen prices are also set to rise, among other things.
Government puts an end to low-cost sporting activities for students and staff
Higher education institutions should no longer provide reduced-rate sports facilities, as the government believes this distorts the market. Cultural activities and canteen prices are also set to rise,...
www.utoday.nl
We are offering a two-year postdoc position to work on the spatiotemporal dynamics of native and invasive pest species in vineyard landscapes. Co-supervision between @inrae-save.bsky.social & @cbgpmontpellier.bsky.social with @cnmeynard.bsky.social. More info: jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-25562

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We have a vacancy for a 3 year full time postdoc position to:
โžก๏ธ research bottom up and transformative initiatives for biodiversity and climate
โžก๏ธ develop innovative knowledge and governance infrastructure
โžก๏ธ collaborate with societal actors to create space for just and sustainable futures

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New journal alert:
"Nature Reviews Biodiversity will showcase the diversity of life on Earth as well as the biodiversity-related research community."๐ŸŒ๐Ÿงช
www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
Two professor positions open at Humboldt University Berlin:

๐Ÿ”น Human Geography: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

๐Ÿ”น Physical Geography: haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

6-week application deadline. Please share!
W1 Professorship in Human Geography and Global Transitions (with tenure track to W3)
haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de

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Utrecht University is recruiting a new Dean for our Faculty of Geosciences!

The faculty covers Earth Sciences; Physical Geography; Human Geography & Spatial Planning; & the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development. Altogether 3,700 students & 900 staff.

Join us!

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences
Are you a leading researcher, experienced administrator and people connector? Do you have a heart for geosciences, with a focus on sustainability and impact?
www.uu.nl

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Who wants to lead my division here at @esa.int's ESTEC campus? ๐Ÿ˜€

A fantastic job opening working as head of the Earth Science division as part of @esaearth.esa.int.

Check out the job ad here: jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwij...

Closes: 10th March, so brush up those CVs
Head of the Earth Science Division
Head of the Earth Science Division
jobs.esa.int
Nature @nature.com ยท Feb 15
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The Jane Goodall Institute shares their view on conservation tools; the first talk today today really highlighting the role of human communities. See their Tacare tool:

news.janegoodall.org/2023/09/22/s...

@janegoodallcan.bsky.social

Register here if you want to know when the course EO for conservation, developed for practioners, is launched. Join us today at 3pm at #BIOSPACE25 share your views on content and format.
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www.geoversity.io/courses/eart...
๐Ÿ’ก๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ›ฐ

Yes!! Very happy with this initiative. ๐Ÿ’ซ

"please talk with us, involve us, learn from what is used and past misstakes"

#eochat #eoforimpact #biospace25

What are challenges in the uptake of EO in conservation NGO/CSOs!?
- Longevity of EO approaches beyond projects
- Not capturing on the ground impact
- Lack of fit-for-purpose data
-No matching skill sets
- Not showing all land resources, not only biodiversity
- wall to wall data over time
- ...โ˜๏ธ

Today at #BIOSPACE25, Space for Nature: How EO can empower NGOs and Civil Society in conservation.
A crucial view on on-the-ground conservation action, and what we need to learn from one other.

"We need to clear output to give a choice to the voiceless species" says Grace Nangendo

And more EO-techy ESA FAIR initiatives groups here: apex.esa.int
Homepage | APEx
apex.esa.int

And #Biospace25 continues. Learning more about the openEO platform openeo.cloud. Nice to nice #openscience practices going beyond data.

(And yes that is an old olive orchard turned into a parking outside..)

IPBES knowledge gaps are diverse and have changed over time. From data fragmentation challenges to gaps in inclusive sense-making. All IPBES policy statements have an indication showing the level of agreement and quality of the evidence. For the latter EO has esp. a role, says @niamir.bsky.social. ๐Ÿ’ก

'Partner in crime': collaborator to make the much-needed change in how we interact with nature in an integrated way (Biospace Dictionary, 2025) ๐Ÿ“–
"Data is abundant, but data without a mandate will not make change", says @gregoiredubois.bsky.social at #BIOSPACE25

And a kind reminder from Yana Gevorgyan from the GEO secretariat: observing the earth does not lead to action, observations need to be turned into 'intelligence' first.

The welcome talks are next level. Honest and clear reflections and views by international organizations. Many of them present in the room. @ipbes.net reminded the all of the ongoimg Monitoring Assessment and the role of EO in this. ๐Ÿ›ฐ ๐ŸŒ

"This is the first dedicated conference on EO and the many dimensions of biodiversity...more will follow" says ESA's Federica Marando. Sounds good!

Look at all these superpowers combined here at #BIOSPACE25 ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Quite impressive.
The welcome words are both grim and hopeful. Hoping to see even more bundling of these ๐ŸŒฑpowers this week.
Check the live stream:
biospace25.esa.int/live-stream/

#BIOSPACE25 is about to start! One week full of expanding knowledge and practice on the use of satellite remote sensing for nature. ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ๐ŸŒ The #PEOPLE-ECCO team will be there to host sessions on the co-design of conservation tools and more. Ecco, bit.ly/4hSMQQV
@esaearth.esa.int @nrs-itc.bsky.social