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24 January 2024

Rubicon grant for researcher Bo Li

Rubicon grant for researcher Bo Li

Researcher Bo Li has received a Rubicon grant from NWO for his research on financialisation of rental markets. The grant will allow him to gain two years of research experience at a foreign institution.

24 January 2024

Henri is moving!

Henri is moving!

Henri Baudet was known for his keen eye for quirky artifacts and timeless treasures. His objects are stored as part of the ‘Henri Baudet Institute’, operating out of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (TU Delft), for private viewing. But now, you can also discover the collection through the eyes of TU Delft ‘Spaces of Display’ minor students.

17 January 2024

Workshop at BK during the Delta week

Workshop at BK during the Delta week

On 11 January 2024 the workshop Digital Engagement in Times of Climate Crisis took place as part of the TU Delft Delta week.

10 January 2024

Interview mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Arjen van Timmeren on city resilience

Interview mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Arjen van Timmeren on city resilience

Delft Matters spoke with Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and TU Delft professor Arjan van Timmeren about the city’s resilience. In the Convergence programme, TU Delft is working with Erasmus University and the Erasmus Medical Center to develop solutions to urgent and complex social problems. The city of Rotterdam serves as a living laboratory in this respect.

10 January 2024

NWA grant and Open Science Fund awarded

NWA grant and Open Science Fund awarded

Two projects in which faculty researchers are involved or are the main applicant have recently been awarded with funding. These are the CIVILIAN project on civic engagement and the Building 4 Belonging project on loneliness.

09 January 2024

In Memoriam Félix Madrazo Salazar

In Memoriam Félix Madrazo Salazar

We are deeply saddened that Félix Madrazo Salazar passed away last December 16th, following his battle with cancer, which has left us at a loss for words.

08 January 2024

Inaugural address Steffen Nijhuis: ‘Landschapslogica’

Inaugural address Steffen Nijhuis: ‘Landschapslogica’

Urbanisation is one of the biggest challenges of this century, alongside biodiversity loss and climate change. By 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. That implies a doubling of the number of people living in cities and a tripling of the urban footprint. Landscape-based urbanism is an approach in which the landscape is the basis for designing future-proof urban environments. On 2 February, Steffen Nijhuis will give his inaugural address 'Landschapslogica' (Landscape logic).

13 December 2023

Join the Dies Delta Week from 8 – 12 January

Join the Dies Delta Week from 8 – 12 January

Traditionally attractive places for development, deltas are often among the most densely populated areas. Climate change means that the relationship developed over centuries in cohesion between cities, mobility, ecology, agricultural areas must be redefined. Design plays a crucial role in this challenge. Prior to the Dies with the theme Redesigning Deltas, a Dies Delta week will be organised.

08 December 2023

Master student Ahmed Emin Batman ECHO Award winner

Master student Ahmed Emin Batman ECHO Award winner

On Thursday 7 December, the winners of the ECHO Award 2023 were announced. BK Master student Ahmed Emin Batman is the winner of the Bèta Techniek Award. Emin is now a 'well-known' face from his many times viewed TikTok video, with his Turkish parents during his BSc graduation ceremony, with now almost 600,000 views.

29 November 2023

Designing a 'Climate Change Game' as an innovative education course

Designing a 'Climate Change Game' as an innovative education course

Today's new generations, especially young people, will face constant changes in landscapes during their lifetime. Is it possible to make young people aware of how climate change will change our landscapes and cities? Can we involve children and students in co-designing the landscape, taking into account the changing climate?