Students
Find below some examples of Master and Bachelor theses, and other projects, that I supervise or have supervised in the past.
Master thesis (GEO4-2343, 45 EC), used to be GEO-2321,30 EC | GEO-2322, 45 EC

Heather Huijting (2024)
The Distribution of Seagrass Meadows in the Mediterranean Sea: Its Changes and Implications for Climate Change



Johanna Trummer (2022), co-supervision
Evaluating Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas

W. van der Wielen (2021), co-supervision
Mapping land-system change until 2100 under the Shared Socio-economic Pathways

Eleanora Saconne (2020), co-supervision
Vino Vini Viti. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations for Small Wine Producers in Central Italy

Anouk Visser (2020), co-supervision
Identifying refugee species by linking global datasets on mammal distribution ranges and human impact

Marieke van Liere (2019)
Effect of land-use change and climate variability on hydrology during the Holocene in Europe
Bachelor thesis (GEO3-2422)

Claire Hermsen (2024)
Restoration Opportunities for Anthromes Taking into Account Biodiversity and Temporal Socio-Economic Developments in The Netherlands, Zuid-Limburg

Carla Bordas Díaz (2024)
An Assessment on the Potential of Green Roofs in Seville, Spain, as a Strategy to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect

Lotte van der Grinten (2024)
Mapuche Sustainable Farming: what we can learn from the biggest indigenous group of Chile


Soma Forgacs (2023)
Differences in rice production in Asia, with a focus on cropping intensity




Ella Sikkens (2023)
A Review of the Allocation Method for Historical Cropland Cover used for the HYDE Database

Noortje Flink (2023)
Changing Dynamics in Reporting about Land Change: An analysis of Dutch Newspaper coverage on land change from 1990 to 2020

Heather Huijting (2022)
Historical land-use change effects on the Bengal Tiger population in northern India and Nepal

Lieke van Zon (2022)
The fate of free-ranging tigers in an Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot

Stijn van Ginhoven (2022)
Assessing the Validity of the Early Anthropocene Hypothesis Using the HYDE 3.2 Database

Jurre Buiting (2021)
Exploration of the spatial temporal capabilities of the PLUC model. A case study on the Brazilian land use change.

Sophie Tubbergen (2021)
An exploration of irrigated land use in Egypt and Turkey during the Holocene

Ellen van Stempvoort (2021)
Effect of climate change on the collapse of the Maya civilization

Hugo Kwaaitaal (2021)
Disappearing European Meadow Birds: A case study on European and African land use changes and their effects on migratory meadow bird populations


Frank Fluit (2020)
Research into different forest cover measurement techniques and clarification when what method is used

Emma van Rest (2017)
Historical Land Use Change in China, the US and Germany, An overview of anthropogenic land cover changes over time

Katelin Opferkuch (2016)
Quantifying Historical Rice Patterns, An evaluation and development of the current HYDE total rice agricultural area maps for the Southeast Asian region.

Research Project (GEO4-2335)

Sara Guevara Medina (2022)
The importance of grazing land in post-colonial land-use in Argentina


Koen Pronk (2021)
Quantifying land use for grazing cattle in Europe: estimations of pasture per capita in Holocene Europe

Nicolas Geijer (2021)
Perennial Plants and Wealth Inequality Exploring the correlation between high perenniality and low wealth inequality in Çatalhöyük, Pompeii, Cahokia and Corsica

Johanna Trummer (2020)
How Humans shaped the Earth through Land Use Change in the Past 10,000 Years

Wineke Slingerland (2020)
Grazed areas in North America from European Colonization until present day
Graduate School of Life Sciences (GSLS) Writing Assignment

Wilmer Koster (2018)
How can reconstructions of Holocene land-use changes be improved? A review of the usefulness of pollen-based vegetation reconstruction models