Department of Water and Climate

Projects

Projects per year 1991 1996 2000 2002 2008 2016 2017 2018 2021 2022 2024 2029

• 7 Not started
• 63 Active
• 257 Finished

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  AIIFUND136: Digital solutions for attributing climate change impacts on child nutrition and health

  Thiery, W.

  1/04/25 → 31/03/28

  Project: Fundamental

• FWOIRI18: ET-TECH: Empowering Tomorrow's Technological Horizons for Einstein Telescope

  Sevrin, A., Thienpont, H., Huysmans, M. & Vermeulen, N.

  1/01/25 → 31/12/25

  Project: Fundamental

• iBOF/25/081: Cong’eau: Ecohydrological and climatic shifts in the Congo Basin

  Thiery, W., Verbeeck, H., Miralles, D., Boeckx, P., Bauters, M. & De Lannoy, G.

  1/01/25 → 31/12/28

  Project: Fundamental

• FWOAL1138: Einstein Telescope

  Huysmans, M.

  16/12/24 → 31/12/26

  Project: Fundamental

• IRP25: GROW: Re-use of treated wastewater for irrigation, groundwater recharge and drinking water: environmental impacts and public perception

  Huysmans, M., Bauwens, J. R., Verhoest, P., Elskens, M. & Gao, Y.

  1/11/24 → 31/10/29

  Project: Fundamental

• EUOA5: Transparent Assessments for real people

  Thiery, W. & Smith, C.

  1/11/24 → 30/11/25

  Project: Fundamental

• FWOTM1247: Projecting Impacts of Climate Extremes in the 22nd Century Following Possible Tipping Point Transgression (TIPPIMPACTS)

  Laridon, A. & Thiery, W.

  1/11/24 → 31/10/28

  Project: Fundamental

• BRGRD86: Applied PhD 2024: City-scale combined sewer overflow prediction model for real-time forecasts and climate change impact analysis

  De Cruz, L., Verstraeten, E. & Van Griensven, A.

  1/10/24 → 30/09/28

  Project: Policy Based

  • climate change impact 100%
  • nowcasting 64%
  • city 54%
  • development strategy 53%
  • control measure 51%

• EU679: LACRIMA: LAgrangian Climate Risk and Impact Attribution

  Thiery, W.

  1/10/24 → 30/09/29

  Project: Fundamental

  • climate 100%
  • climate change 65%
  • vulnerability 41%
  • demography 27%
  • attribution 23%

• FWOTM1237: UNlocking Antarctica's time capsules: where to recover ancient ICe (UNIC)

  Tollenaar, V. & Zekollari, H.

  1/10/24 → 30/09/27

  Project: Fundamental

• VLIR434: A multi-pronged approach on transforming WASH and climate resilient agriculture for a sustainable future

  Chen, M.

  1/09/24 → 31/08/29

  Project: Fundamental

• HERC65: Inside-Out - The X-Ray approach

  Snoeck, C., Goderis, S., Veselka, B., Olde Venterink, H., Kervyn De Meerendre, M., Lambert, B., Elskens, M., Vandam, R., Van den Brande, N., Tielens, F., Nys, K., Zekollari, H., Hauffman, T., Peeters, E., Claeys, P., Gao, Y., Rahier, H., Meulebroeck, W., Provyn, S., Leermakers, M., Thiery, W. & Devos, Y.

  1/05/24 → 30/04/28

  Project: Fundamental

  • x rays 100%
  • characterization 37%
  • arts 27%
  • light elements 26%
  • productivity 26%

• CONI797: W.A.T.E.R. 'Workshop on Advanced Techniques and Experimental Research', 01-05 juli 2024 (inschrijvingen conferentie)

  Chen, M.

  1/05/24 → 31/12/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • Experimental Research 100%

• EUPOM152: Erasmus+ Key Action: Reforming the Governance of PhD Programs at Palestinian Higher Education Institutions

  Zhu, C., Danckaert, J., François, K. & Zomlot, Z.

  1/04/24 → 31/03/27

  Project: Fundamental

  • governance 100%
  • education 53%
  • university 30%
  • industry research 29%
  • supervision 18%

• FWOAL1132: Understanding and governing groundwater to reduce risk of hydrological extremes

  Huysmans, M.

  1/04/24 → 31/03/27

  Project: Fundamental

  • groundwater 100%
  • contract 80%
  • budget 70%
  • drought 45%
  • adaptation strategy 18%

• VLOV215: CAPITAN TAKI - PLANNING CLIMATE ADAPTATION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING IN LAKE TANGANYIKA AND KIVU

  Van Griensven, A.

  1/03/24 → 31/08/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • environmental monitoring 100%
  • lake 82%
  • planning 46%
  • monitoring system 20%
  • capacity building 12%

• FOD170: Climate impacts on crop losses: Using satellite data to foster food security

  Thiery, W. & de Roos, S.

  1/02/24 → 31/01/27

  Project: Fundamental

  • climate 100%
  • crop 92%
  • food 88%
  • agricultural management 22%
  • satellite mission 21%

• ANI382: FWO Wetenschappelijke Prijs Klimaatonderzoek - Wim Thierry

  Thiery, W.

  1/01/24 → 31/12/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • regional climate 60%
  • land-atmosphere interaction 44%
  • extreme event 32%
  • terrestrial ecosystem 30%
  • meteorology 30%

• OZR4218: ICEFIELD – Improving glacier ICE modelling through FIELDwork

  Zekollari, H.

  1/01/24 → 31/12/27

  Project: Fundamental

  • glaciers 100%
  • glacier 63%
  • dates (fruit) 58%
  • ice thickness 28%
  • freshwater resource 15%

• BASGO39: OZR Basisfinanciering voor Grote Onderzoeksgroepen - WATER&CLIMATE

  Van Griensven, A.

  1/01/24 → 31/12/29

  Project: Fundamental

• FWOICA3: Open Water Network: impacts of global change on water quality

  Van Griensven, A.

  1/01/24 → 31/12/26

  Project: Fundamental

  • open water 100%
  • global change 93%
  • water quality 62%
  • UNESCO 56%
  • scientific research 49%

• BRGPROV17: Driving Urban Transitions: GRowing Effective & Equitable Nature-based Solutions through INClusive Climate Actions

  Verbeiren, B. & Verstraeten, E.

  1/01/24 → 31/12/26

  Project: Policy Based

  • city 69%
  • social equity 45%
  • planning system 36%
  • climate change impact 31%
  • urban planning 30%

• IOF3029: House of Sustainable Transitions

  Macharis, C., Galle, W., Mommens, K., Blondeau, J., Runacres, M., Oberthur, S., Lizarazo Rodriguez, C. L., Keserü, I., Bram, S., Thiery, W., Kuppens, T., Aerenhouts, D., Deliens, T., Kalimo, H., Meyer, T., Shahin, J., Trauner, F., Buldeo Rai, H., Willems, K., Bossuyt, F., Tysmans, T., De Temmerman, N., De Laet, L., Mertens, E., De Proft, F., Henrard, K., van Heur, B., Ginis, V., Te Boveldt, G., Van Bockhaven, J., Vermeiren, T., Betancur Arenas, J. & Lode, M. L.

  1/01/24 → 31/12/28

  Project: Applied

  • transition 100%
  • society 74%
  • sustainability 72%
  • shop 37%
  • biodiversity 23%

• EU669: ICE³: Modelling the global multi-century evolution of glacier ICE in 3D

  Zekollari, H.

  European Research Council

  1/01/24 → 31/12/28

  Project: Fundamental

  • glacier 100%
  • Antarctica 79%
  • meteorite 59%
  • climate 44%
  • warming 44%

• FWOODYS15: GlaciersMD: Modelling the health and evolution of Glaciers through Multi-Dimensional techniques

  Zekollari, H. & Thiery, W.

  1/12/23 → 30/11/28

  Project: Fundamental

  • Antarctica 100%
  • meteorite 74%
  • glacier 62%
  • climate 56%
  • warming 56%

• OZRIFTM20: Wikimpacts: A new database of climate impacts inferred from Wikipedia mining with generative AI - Ni Li

  Thiery, W.

  1/10/23 → 30/09/27

  Project: Fundamental

  • fee 86%
  • allowance 55%
  • subsistence 25%
  • defense 23%
  • travel 22%

• AIIFUND112: A global high-resolution water quality model for climate change adaptation

  Van Griensven, A.

  1/10/23 → 30/09/28

  Project: Fundamental

  • water quality 100%
  • UNESCO 49%
  • soil and water assessment tool 47%
  • climate change adaptation 30%
  • open water 29%

• VLIR425: Smart Water management to improve water balance control and environment preservation in hydrographic basins

  Steenhaut, K. & Van Griensven, A.

  1/09/23 → 31/08/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • hydrographic basin 100%
  • water budget 62%
  • water management 59%

• EUAR145: SPARCCLE : Socioeconomic Pathways, Adaptation and Resilience to Changing CLimate in Europe

  Thiery, W.

  1/09/23 → 28/02/27

  Project: Applied

  • climate 100%
  • resilience 73%
  • mitigation measure 31%
  • climate change 18%
  • vulnerability 17%

• EUAR149: NATALIE : Accelerating and mainstreaming transformative NATure-bAsed solutions to enhance resiLIEence to climate change for diverse bio-geographical European regions

  Huysmans, M.

  1/09/23 → 31/08/28

  Project: Applied

  • municipality 52%
  • innovation 48%
  • stakeholder 45%
  • Europe 39%
  • plan 38%

• OZR4094: TRACCE (EU BONUS OZR)

  Thiery, W.

  1/03/23 → 28/02/27

  Project: Fundamental

• VLOV181: Providing support in conducting analyses in the sedimentology laboratory of the Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory.

  Chen, M.

  1/01/23 → 31/12/26

  Project: Fundamental

  • hydraulic engineering 100%
  • sedimentology 86%
  • laboratory 41%

• OZR4080: 100KTREEs : Decision Toolbox for cities to improve air quality, biodiversity, human wellbeing and reduce climate risks by planting more trees in our cities (EU BONUS OZR)

  Van Cauwenbergh, N.

  1/12/22 → 30/11/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • air quality 100%
  • climate 64%
  • planting 63%
  • biodiversity 59%
  • heat island 14%

• EUAR108: 100KTREEs : Decision Toolbox for cities to improve air quality, biodiversity, human wellbeing and reduce climate risks by planting more trees in our cities

  Van Cauwenbergh, N., Van Griensven, A. & Rezazadeh Helmi, N.

  1/12/22 → 30/11/25

  Project: Applied

  • air quality 100%
  • climate 64%
  • planting 63%
  • biodiversity 59%
  • heat island 14%

• OZR4147: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - Warwick (UK), PIETROIUSTI Rosa

  Thiery, W.

  1/11/22 → 31/10/26

  Project: Fundamental

• FWOTM1151: A drying Congo basin? Detection and attribution of the hydroclimatic trends in the Congo basin to anthropogenic activities

  Thiery, W. & Muheki, D.

  1/11/22 → 31/10/26

  Project: Fundamental

  • drying 100%
  • basin 93%
  • human activity 92%
  • detection 62%
  • hydrological change 16%

• FWOTM1152: Detection and attribution of changes in global wildfire activity to anthropogenic drivers using machine learning

  Thiery, W. & Lampe, S.

  1/11/22 → 31/10/26

  Project: Fundamental

  • machine learning 29%
  • detection 17%
  • pattern recognition 11%
  • climate change mitigation 11%
  • climate change adaptation 11%

• OZRIFTM12: Does climate change violate children's rights? Investigating intergenerational inequities in lifetime climate risks as an evidentiary base for youth-led climate litigation.

  Thiery, W. & Pietroiusti, R.

  1/10/22 → 30/09/26

  Project: Fundamental

  • litigation 100%
  • climate change 51%
  • climate 48%
  • supervisors 43%
  • travel 32%

• FOD142: GEOmorphic hazards and compound events in a changing TROPical East Africa

  Thiery, W.

  1/09/22 → 1/12/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • hazard 100%
  • flash flood 50%
  • landslide 35%
  • East Africa 31%
  • deforestation 26%

• EUPOM134: Erasmus+ Key Action2 : HydroEurope

  Van Griensven, A.

  1/09/22 → 31/08/25

  Project: Applied

  • flash flood 100%
  • development strategy 46%
  • water pollution 40%
  • European Union 39%
  • accident 38%

• VLIR410: ICP: Interuniversity Programme: Master of Water Resources Engineering - IUPWARE (2022-2027) ism KUL

  Van Griensven, A. & Huysmans, M.

  1/09/22 → 31/08/27

  Project: Fundamental

  • Water resources 100%
  • budget 67%
  • engineering 50%

• OZR4029: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - UMI (Morocco), ALITANE Abdennabi

  Van Griensven, A.

  17/01/22 → 16/01/26

  Project: Fundamental

  • Morocco 100%

• IOFCOFUN1: IOF strategic cofinancing

  Thienpont, H., Westbroek, P., Ivcevic, A., Thumfart, J., Leiva, C. L., Outsios, G., Chichevaliev, S., Mampay, M., Teixeira-Costa, L., Mihajlovic, M., Parvez, M. S., Chen, Y., Hyder-Rahman, N., Oddo, L., Bussooa, A., Sharma, R., Rawat, P., Egberts, E., Gaba, E., Eze, C. T., Helvacıoğlu Akyüz, S. & Ogembo, V.

  15/12/21 → 15/12/25

  Project: Applied

• OZR3856: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - University of Florence (IT), VILLANI Lorenzo

  Van Griensven, A.

  7/12/21 → 6/12/25

  Project: Fundamental

• FWOSB125: Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Drought in the Scheldt River Basin, Flanders

  Yimer, E. A. & Van Griensven, A.

  1/11/21 → 31/10/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • drought 100%
  • river basin 56%
  • general circulation model 9%
  • socioeconomic impact 6%
  • trend analysis 5%

• OZR4022: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - JU (Ethiopia), EJETA Tadesse

  Van Griensven, A.

  1/10/21 → 30/09/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • Ethiopia 100%

• EU635: Inventive forecasting tools for adapting water quality management to a new climate

  Thiery, W. & Van Griensven, A.

  European Commission

  1/03/21 → 28/02/26

  Project: Fundamental

  • forecasting 100%
  • water quality 85%
  • water quality management 78%
  • local adaptation 41%
  • Sustainable Development Goal 39%

• VLIR408: Building Capacity for Transformative Agri-Food Systems for Resilience in Lake Victoria Basin of Kenya - Strengthening Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology Capacity in Natural Resource Management, Food Security and Health (IUC Phase I - 2022 2027)

  Van Griensven, A., Estambale, B. & Goossens, C.

  1/03/21 → 31/08/27

  Project: Fundamental

  • natural resource management 100%
  • Lake Victoria 96%
  • food security 81%
  • basins 69%
  • Kenya 68%

• IRP17: Re-use of treated wastewater for irrigation and groundwater recharge: environmental impacts and public perception

  Huysmans, M., Bauwens, J. R., Verhoest, P., Elskens, M. & Gao, Y.

  1/11/19 → 30/11/25

  Project: Fundamental

  • Trace Metal 100%
  • recharge 90%
  • public 89%
  • mobilization 87%
  • trace metal 86%

• OZR3121: International Joint Research Center: Open Water (GROW)

  Van Griensven, A., Srinivasan, R., Ames, D. & Bastiaanssen, W.

  29/03/17 → 27/03/29

  Project: Policy Based

  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 100%
  • UNESCO 70%
  • life sciences 69%
  • water 50%