// Projects & Activities
Much of my work lies at the intersection of scientific research and communications.
My projects and activities have all in some way contributed to my primary objective: contributing to transformative social and environmental change.
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​Writer and researcher for Bron, an art-science book published by The Eriskay Connection in September 2022 on Cape Town's 2017–2018 water crisis. Funded by the Mondriaan Fonds, Stichting Stokroos, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, and Voordekunst crowdfunding.
[2020–2022]
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Awarded funding from the CI Research Communication Fund (through KNAW grant "Pilotfonds Wetenschapscommunicatie door Wetenschappers: Gewaardeerd!") to provide academic blogging training.
[April 2021]
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Student assistant at De Haagse Hogeschool (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) for the project "Implications of Climate Change for the Professional Practice of the Dutch Police" resulting in a co-creation workshop [September 2022] and a presentation at the "Halfjaaroverleg Klimaat en Veiligheid, Politie Nederland, Knooppunt Duurzaamheid, December 2022".
[2022]
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Member of the Transformative Methodologies Working Group (funded by the ISS's Research Innovation Fund).
[2021-2022]
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Presenter of an academic blogging workshop at the 19th Development Dialogue conference for PhD researchers.
[October 2023]
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Co-convener with Sylvia Bergh of a conference panel titled "Heatwaves and Urban Resilience: Citizen, Government, and Private Sector Responses" at the EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023. [July 2023]
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Presenter of a creative communications workshop at the 2023 annual retreat of ISS's Civic Innovation Research Group.
[August 2023]
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Rapporteur for the International Conclave for Justice and Accountability for Rohingya.
[October 2019]
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Commentator at the Launch of the Report on the OECD/DAC Peer Review of the Netherlands.
[June 2017]
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Chair of the organizing committee of the Development Dialogue conference for PhD researchers of the International Institute of Social Studies.
[2015]
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Member of the organizing committee of the Development Dialogue conference for PhD researchers of the International Institute of Social Studies.
[2017]​