Inaugural speech Zef Hemel
15 September 2023 15:00 till 16:00 - Location: Aula TU Delft - By: Communicatie BK | Add to my calendar
On 15 September, Professor Zef Hemel will give his inaugural speech titled ‘Beautiful Countryside, an Odyssey’ (Mooi land, een Odyssee).
In the coming climate change we will have to prepare for sea level rise, salinization, floods, heat and intense drought. We will have to thoroughly adapt the entire society and our lives will also change dramatically. In his Delft research on the revitalization of city and country, particularly Groningen and Friesland, he wants to take the northern landscape with its rich history of habitation as a starting point. Preparing for a temperature rise above 1.5 C requires a long-term view far beyond economic growth. It is an unknown future that we can track through deliberate delay, with footpaths as the dominant infrastructure. In his oration, Zef Hemel will refer to artists who have already explored such a future.
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- Zef Hemel is professor Spatial redevelopment and revitalization of rural and urban regions, especially in the provinces of Groningen and Friesland. Find more information on his professor's page.