Congratulations Dr.-Ing David Adade @adade on successfully defending your doctoral thesis. Dr. Adade's research explored potentials of urban digital twins for collaborative land use planning and agenda setting.
In a hybrid event yesterday, we onboarded the 6th cohort of students in our MSc Land Management and Geospatial Science program. We wish the students all the best as they commence their studies here at the Chair of Land Management @TUM_LM at TUM @TU_Muenchen. @wtdevries
SLGA Decade of Eminence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 (5-7 Aug 2025) celebrating 10 years of advancing land governance for Africa’s future.
Representing NELGA Southern Africa Node @NUST_Namibia Ms E. Hayford presented on the NELGA Alumni Network, its impact, and the way forward.
Congratulations to Dr.-Ing Pierre Damien Ntihinyurwa, who successfully defended his doctoral research on sustainable farmland fragmentation and modeling of fragmentation scenarios in Rwanda. We wish him all the best in this new chapter of his research career.@wtdevries
Congratulations to Dr.-Ing Prince Donkor Ameyaw @MasterDonkor, who successfully defended his doctoral research on blockchain adoption for transparency in land administration in Ghana. We wish him all the best in this new chapter of his research career.@wtdevries
Wangari Maathai was the first female professor in Kenya and the first African woman to be awarded the #NobelPeacePrize. She founded the Green Belt Movement, which led to the planting of millions of trees.
Today we announce the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
This week, we welcomed the 5th cohort of students from 22 countries for the master's program in Land Management and Geospatial Science, who will begin their postgraduate journey at the TUM Chair of Land Management. We wish them the best as they begin this new chapter.@wtdevries
@uechigbu presents and leads a discussion on NELGA sustainability and achievements in the projects on the year and half of coordination. He further highlights the gender strategy, research and capacity development and more.
"As cities prepare for this rapid urbanization, it is critical to develop #land and #housing policies that balance #growth with #environmental sustainability, social cohesion, and fiscal capacity"
@AnacludiaRossb1 the Executive Director @UNHABITAT Speaking at the opening of #AUF
Prof Trias Aditya from Universitas Gadja Mada visits our Chair and shares insights on Quality issues, cadastral data integration, and monetization with AR/VR technology in the digital land administration era.
Congratulations to Dr.-Ing Marco Hölzel @HolzelMarco who defended his PhD thesis today on rural co-working spaces. His thesis is titled "New work in the countryside: Opportunities for rural regions, deserted village centers and a redistribution of work in the area"
Prof. Walter de Vries @wtdevries delivers a key note speech at the #TUM-Africa Talent Networking Event in which he shares insights on Sustainable and Smart Land Management in a Global Perspective
Congratulations to Dr.-Ing Lin Zhou who defended her PhD today on the topic "Beyond the Traditional: Voluntary Collective Action Initiatives in China's Rural Land Development"
Join us at 13:00 CET today as we talk about our MSc Land Management and Geospatial Science program, and respond to all your questions about the program: tum-conf.zoom.us/meeting/reg…
Ongoing: Prof. Serena Coetze @SerenaCoetzee from the University of Pretoria shares her research (during her sabbatical in our Chair) on Geospatial data in land use planning studies. The research focuses on the availability, accessibility usability of geospatial data.
We are privileged to host one of our alumni, Prof. Melissa Schumacher Gonzalez @SchumacherDra from @UDLAP, as she shares her research and insights with our team on post-colonial urban development thinking and indigenous planning.
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Theme is "Land and Societies in the context of Innovation, consolidation and revitalization."
6 keynotes from Africa, Europe & Asia; and 10 research papers from Africa, Europe & Asia.
Day 1 link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Day 2 link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…