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dr. W.S. (Ward) Rauws

Associate Professor Spatial Planning

Courses BSc Spatial Planning and Design and BSc Human Geography and Planning
Courses MSc Society, Sustinability & Planning and MSc Environmental & Infrastructure Planning
Present
Present
Urbanism & Planning (2019 - present)
Bachelor thesis supervision (2010 - present)
Past
Past
EIP: Interactive workshop (2009 - present)

Teaching excellence & innovation:

  • Student-Labs on neighbourhoods (2017-present). A student-led research lab on neighbourhood issues such as studentification, age-friendliness, pro-environmental behaviour and civic initiatives.

- Booklets Studentification: (1) Effects of studentification at neighbourhood level (2) Effects of student housing complexes on thei neighbourhood (3) How students perceive their hood

- Booklets Age-friendliness: (1) Who Cares - Oosterpark (2) De leeftijdsvriendelijke wijk - Beijum

  • Initiator of the Graduate Research Day (2016) A festive day at which students showcase the research performed at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences. Graduate Research Day is still held twice a year.
  • Co-founder Pathways Towards Sustainable Futures Summer School, Brazil (2016)
  • Lecturer of the Year (2015), Faculty of Spatial Sciences
  • A day in planning practice. 3 one-day events in which MSc Planning planning students visit an organization to work on a concrete case, hosted by an alumnus of the faculty (since 2018)    

  • Co-founder Urban Gro Lab. A research lab of Groningen municipality and the University of Groningen on spatial development issues. Video trailer

  • Basic University Teaching Qualification (2010)

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