dr. M.A. (Margo) van den Brink
Education:
2009: PhD (Cum Laude) in Management Sciences, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Dissertation: 'Rijkswaterstaat on the horns of a dilemma'.
2002: Master Degree in Science and Technology Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Appointments:
December 2020 - present: Associate Professor Planning and Water. Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
October 2009 - November 2020: Assistant Professor Planning and Water. Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
October 2007 - September 2009: Postdoc researcher. Department of Spatial Planning, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
July 2003 - September 2007: PhD researcher. Department of Spatial Planning, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
PhD supervision:
2025 - present: Fa Likiswat, Msc. 'Nature-based river management: A case study of Tha Chin River Basin in Thailand' (together with prof. dr. Ron Holzhacker, dr. Ethemcan Turhan, and dr. Kim Irvine from Thammasat University). Double-degree PhD project RUG/Thammasat University.
2024 - present: Lisa Hof, Msc. 'Climate advocates: Taking the lead in community action for climate adaptation in the Northern Netherlands' (together with prof. Ina Horlings, dr. Lise Jans and dr. Anne van Valkengoed (both environmental psychology group) (Funding: RUG/M20 PhD Scholarship).
2024 - present: Sonja Rombach, Msc. 'The social value of floating communities' (together with prof. Ina Horlings en dr. Britta Restemeyer). (Funding: NWO/NWA)
2023 - present: Cheyenne Raskeyn, Msc. 'Towards climate adaptive road infrastructure networks: Learning from climate adaptation in the water sector (together with prof. dr. Wim Leendertse, prof. dr. Jos Arts, and dr. Tim Busscher), promotor. Funding: Rijkswaterstaat Climate Adaptation Research Programme.
2021 - present: Aryani Chandramidi, Msc. 'Water as Leverage' for urban climate resilience in coastal areas (together with Prof. dr. Jos Arts, dr. ir. Annet Kempenaar, Henk Ovink/Special Envoy for International Water Affairs and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)), promotor.
2020 - present: Martin Drenth, MSc. Water sensitive governance in Indonesian cities (Funding: Faculty of Spatial Sciences, together with prof. dr. Ron Holzhacker, and prof. dr. Johan Woltjer), daily supervisor and co-promotor.
2020 - present: Allard Roest, Msc. Metamorphic climate change adaptation: How collaboration between governmental and civil society stakeholders could lead to more transformational climate change adaptation (Funding: Hanze University of Applied Sciences, together with Prof. dr. I. Horlings and dr.ir. F. Boogaard, Lector Spatial Transformations), daily supervisor and promotor.
2017 - 2021: Naim Laeni, MSc. Planning for inclusive flood resilience in Southeast Asia: a critical perspective on policy translation, institutional capacity building and transformation. (Funding: Faculty of Spatial Sciences, together with prof. dr. Jos Arts), daily supervisor and promotor.
2012 - 2018: Britta Restemeyer, Msc. Flood resilient cities? Resilience strategies in flood risk management and urban planning – a comparative analysis of Hamburg, London and Rotterdam (Funding: NWO, together with prof. dr. Johan Woltjer), daily supervisor and co-promotor. Defended successfully.
2012 - 2017: Ruiqian Li, Msc. Establishing resilient coastal zones - a comparative study on the use of ecosystem services to integrate the spatial planning of land and sea (Funding: CSC China, together with prof. dr. Johan Woltjer), daily supervisor and co-promotor. Defended successfully.