WCFD community day and WCFD community funding call
On Thursday 3 April the Water Climate and Future Deltas (WCFD) community will meet at Social Impact Factory aan de Gracht for an afternoon of connection and inspiration. The goal of the meeting is for Utrecht University researchers of various disciplines to get to know each other, learn more about inter- and transdisciplinary work and share what makes us enthusiastic. We have WCFD community funding available and invite everyone to pitch ideas for inter- and transdisciplinary projects at the meet up.
The meeting is open to anyone working in a field that is related to the challenges that delta areas face. So if you are working in a field as biodiversity, regional identity, land subsidence, environmental law, citizen engagement, water governance, spatial planning, soil ecosystems, climate adaptation, environmental history, fair transitions or other, join us!
We will start the meet up with a welcome by Esther Stouthamer and Jonas Lembrechts and lunch. After lunch some colleagues will present on the interdisciplinary projects that received funding last year and we will discuss what key challenges delta areas face. After a break everyone can pitch a project idea for WCFD community funding (more information here) or PtS funding (more information here) and together we can develop these ideas further. There will be plenty of time to connect and enjoy the beautiful location!
Preliminary programme
| 11.45 | Welcome and introduction by WCFD |
| The WCFD community - Esther Stouthamer | |
| The acceleration of microclimate warming and its implication for humans, nature and food production in our deltas - Jonas Lembrechts | |
| 12.15 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Presentations WCFD colleagues |
| The role of social media in developing successful nature-based solutions to urban stormwater management - Hongmei Lu | |
| Flooding and land subsidence - Janwillem Liebrand | |
| 13.30 | Key challenges in the Delta: what do you think? |
| 13.40 | Pitches round 1 |
| Delta Values: transformative or static? - Madelinde Winnubst | |
| Decolonizing Climate Governance: Mapping Systemic Blind Spots In Global Climate Governance Through Participatory Action Research - Thelma Arko | |
| 14.10 | Break |
| 14.25 | Pitches round 2 |
| Exploring the scientific and normative basis for establishing climate liability for loss and damage - Haomiao Du | |
| Flood resilient landscapes in the Southwestern Delta of Zeeland: Costs and benefits - Julia Swart | |
| Monitoring climate and biodiversity across scales in multifunctional delta landscapes - Jonas Lembrechts | |
| 15.25 | Wrap up |
| 15.35 | Drinks and networking |
If you would like to present an idea, you can let us know by filling out the registration form (link below). We ask you to share a very short description and a title for your idea.
- Start date and time
- End date and time
- Location
- Social Impact Factory aan de Gracht
- Registration
Please let us know you will join by filling out the registration form.