PhD opportunity on wave damping for the WOODY project
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) opens a PhD position for WOODY, a new project that will study the use of woody vegetation in Nature-Based Flood Defences to enhance flood safety.
First student to graduate within RECONECT
Nils van der Vliet is the first student to graduate (cum laude) within the RECONECT project, guided by the University of Delft and Tauw on the RECONECT pilot Demonstrator B case ‘Room for the river: de Ijssel’.
PhD in assessments of human benefits of NBS
DTU (Technical University of Denmark) offers a PhD scholarship in Quantitative Assessment of Human Benefits of Nature Based Solutions. The candidate will become part of the DTU Environment team, working mostly on the RECONECT project.
Practical exercise on NBS in Varna
On 30 May 2019, in the framework of the Annual Meeting of the chief safety and mobilisation officials from the Region of Varna (Bulgaria), the Regional Administration of Varna carried out a practical exercise with key stakeholders on design and implementation of Nature Based Solutions.
RECONECT at ECCA 2019
ECCA 2019, an important biennial event on Climate Change Adaptation convened by projects funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme, will also see the participation of some of our partners.
Recap of the Meeting in Zwolle
The Second Project Committee Meeting of RECONECT took place in Zwolle (NL) from 8th to 10th May 2019, organized by the local partners IHE-Delft and TAUW. After the kick-off in Portofino (IT) of last September, the meeting in Zwolle was a real cornerstone for the project and the planning of future activities.