University lecturer @VUBrussel, Volcanologist and Landslide Researcher. Developing geohazard and risk reduction applications in Central Africa
Joined July 2017
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
9 Jun 2025
Shape of age - Dating volcanoes using their morphology and we also found scoria cone morphology is controlled by geochemistry and degassing history of the magma. 😍 @CommsEarth More information: nature.com/articles/s43247-0…
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
10 May 2024
A great opportunity for someone from #Uganda to work with us on a 4-year PhD on natural hazard risks!
@africamuseumbe @MbararaUST @BelgiumMFA @BelgiumInUganda
With @Twongyirwe @MatthieuKervyn and myself
10 May 2024
New fully-funded PhD position on natural hazards available at RMCA and MUST - details can be found at must.ac.ug/call-for-phd-cand…
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
25 Apr 2024
Wie wil graag als onderzoeker en assistent sociale geografie jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Docto… of fysische geografie jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Manda… komen werken bij ons? Houd ook onze twee andere vacatures in ruimtelijke planning en mobiliteit in het oog (tot 15 mei)!
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
18 Apr 2024
🚨Interested in #lava flow inundation susceptibility in the Virunga #Volcanic Province, and particularly the city of Goma? 🌋🏘️👥 Check out this new article by @MatthieuKervyn and co-authors: appliedvolc.biomedcentral.co…
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18 Apr 2024
Interested with volcano shapes and how they evolve? Come to #EGU2024 session GD1.1. this afternoon 14:20 to 15:45, room D.2, for a series of exciting talk.
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
7 Apr 2024
📢Appel aux parents d'enfants (âgés de 3 à 12 ans) en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale. Participez à l'enquête sur l'utilisation des espaces verts par les enfants, et tentez de gagner des billets GRATUITS pour le Musée des sciences naturelles!🌲🧒👧🌳RT🙏
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The @CREDUCL 2023 Annual Report on the global distribution of disasters and their impact is now released! @UCLouvain_be @IRSS_UCLouvain
files.emdat.be/reports/2023_…
#AnnualReport #2023 #Disasters #GlobalImpact
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
4 Apr 2024
Registration and abstract submission for the Geologica Belgica Luxemburga International Meeting 2024 are now open!
For more information: geologicabelgica2024.uliege.…
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
18 Mar 2024
Wij hebben twee keer een vacature voor een doctoraatsonderzoeker in de ruimtelijke planning en de mobiliteitsplanning: één voor 6 jaar urbanstudies.brussels/news-e…, en één voor 4 jaar urbanstudies.brussels/news-e…. Solliciteren kan tot 15 mei.
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
6 Mar 2024
Master Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke Planning (STeR*): een opleiding op maat van werkstudenten vub.be/nl/studeren-aan-de-vu… Maak kennis met ons op de infodagen (17 maart of 1 september 2024) vub.be/nl/studeren-aan-de-vu…, of online op 25 april (20u) vub.be/nl/studeren-aan-de-vu…
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1 Feb 2024
Well done @Roos_RvW for this marvellous picture of #Taranaki volcano. Great illustration of the complex morphology of stratovolcanoes - building through eruptions and degrading over time
🚨 IAG PHOTO & VIDEO CONTEST
January's winner is Roos van Wees, for her photo of the Taranaki volcano (New Zealand)!
Sacred to the Mãori, Taranaki is an active stratovolcano. The surrounding area is protected as a National Park.
Full description here: geomorph.org/last-winner-of-…
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
30 Jan 2024
#Landslide and #flood hazard #risks lead to important but different impacts in rural environments! Check out the last work published by @sekajugo in #Uganda!
@africamuseumbe @VUBrussel @MbararaUST @MMU_Uganda
#Georiska
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
16 Nov 2023
📢 New paper alert! Alerte nouvel article! Very happy to see our paper published in Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 🌋
doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores…
@africamuseumbe @VUBrussel @Unigom_RDC
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#Nyiragongo #Goma #Evacuation #Eruption
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
16 Nov 2023
Which method for #naturalhazards inventory will you go for when aiming at #DRR?
Check out the first paper of my PhD: tandfonline.com/eprint/BPTHJ…
@africamuseumbe
@VUBrussel
@MbararaUST
@OlivierDewitte3
@MatthieuKervyn
@Twongyirwe
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@deijns_axel
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Treize ans après la dernière terrible éruption de l'Eyjafjallajökull, état d'urgence en Islande après plusieurs séismes, Grindavik évacuée (carte) rtbf.be/article/treize-ans-a…
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
23 Oct 2023
🚨Job Alert: We are hiring! Part-time (10%) Professorship in Climate System Modelling available at the VUB --> jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Profe…
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
6 Sep 2023
Open academic position, full time, human geography in UCLouvain!
jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelA…
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21 Jul 2023
Kicking off the #GeoSciRe @VLIRUOS project with field visit in Quang Nam #Vietnam. Impressed by resilience of people after impact of 2020 landslides. Looking forward to test EO app to support risk management with @ChinhLuu111821 #HUCE #HueU #VIGMR #PhenikaaU @VUBrussel
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
11 Jul 2023
Happy to announce that my first paper "Influence of landslide inventory timespan and data selection on slope unit-based susceptibility models" was published today! 🏔 🌏 🇻🇳
Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10… #Landslide #Susceptibility #Vietnam @SpringerNature @VUBrussel
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Matthieu Kervyn retweeted
11 Jul 2023
Congratulations @RolainSofie for your Natural Hazards @SpringerNature paper about landslide inventories in #vietnam! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-0…
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ALT Influence of landslide inventory timespan and data selection on slope unit-based susceptibility models
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