Radboud University Nijmegen

Forging cooperative links across national and disciplinary boundaries

Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. Established in 1923 and situated in the oldest city of The Netherlands, it has seven faculties and enrols over 17.500 students. Our personal style of teaching – offering plenty of opportunity to work closely with instructors and fellow students in small seminars – ensures that the university does not become a mere ‘degree factory’.

Research

Where scientists come together from different backgrounds, new insights emerge. One of the main strengths of research at our university is the way we forge cooperative links across national and disciplinary boundaries. Our top people are not buried away in their research groups as they derive their strength from a continuous exchange of ideas and results with others working in related areas.

Mutual exchange

The mutual exchange between the city and the University can be heard in the intellectual debates which, in a university city such as Nijmegen, are particularly lively. This intellectual life is part of Nijmegen’s atmosphere and certainly contributes to making the city and the region a more attractive place to live.

Related Projects

Duration	#Research	Name	Status	Details	View
2017 - 2021	18	All Risk	Active	Details × All Risk Duration From 2017 to 2021 Research Positions 18 Domains ecosystem-based flood management flood risk management Interdisciplinary Description All-Risk aims at supporting the ambitious Dutch Flood Protection Programme (HWBP) objectives when it comes to implementing new flood safety norms, which as of January 2017 are incorporated in the Water Law. The programme consists of 14 PhD research positions, and 4 postdoc research positions. It is set up as an interdisciplinary endeavour, bringing together researchers from engineering, geotechnical, spatial planning and social sciences disciplines. This will yield detailed, technical findings(e.g. 70% of time investment) and insights in integration and stakeholder collaboration (e.g. 30% of time investment). International collaboration with universities in Houston, Tokyo and Berlin will also take place. View project Close	View
2014 - 2019	21	RiverCare	Active	Details × RiverCare Duration From 2014 to 2019 Research Positions 21 Domains Interdisciplinary Water Management Description Rivercare is a research programme in which the partners of NCR with several other public and private parties collaborate to monitor the consequences of measures which 4re now constructed in the Room for the River programmeand the Delta Programme. The monitoring data will be used to improve the fundamental understanding of the behaviour of rivers, map the consequences of the measures for hydraulics, morphology and ecology and to improve the current models. The data, knowledge and models will be used to improve the design and maintenance of measures and cut costs of river management. View project Close	View

Related publications

ID	Year	Title	Authors	Details	View
33-2007	2007	A sustainable river system?! NCR DAYS 2007 Book of Abstracts	A.G. van Os (Ed.)	Details × A sustainable river system?! NCR DAYS 2007 Book of Abstracts ID 33-2007 Year 2007 Authors A.G. van Os (Ed.) Domains Abstract The book of abstracts for the NCR DAYS 2007, organised by WL|Delft Hydraulics (now Deltares) and Radboud University Nijmegen View publication Close	View
39-2015	2015	Bridging gaps between river science, governance and management. NCR-Days 2015, Book of Abstracts	Lenders, H.J.R, F.P.L. Collas, G.W. Geerling, R.S.E.W. Leuven (Eds.)	Details × Bridging gaps between river science, governance and management. NCR-Days 2015, Book of Abstracts ID 39-2015 Year 2015 Authors Lenders, H.J.R, F.P.L. Collas, G.W. Geerling, R.S.E.W. Leuven (Eds.) Domains Abstract The book of abstracts for the NCR DAYS 2015, organised by Radboud University Nijmegen View publication Close	View
40-2016	2016	RiverCare Knowledge Dissemination Days October 31 - November 2016	S.J.M.H. Hulscher, R. Schielen and D.C.M. Augustijn (Eds.)	Details × RiverCare Knowledge Dissemination Days October 31 - November 2016 ID 40-2016 Year 2016 Authors S.J.M.H. Hulscher, R. Schielen and D.C.M. Augustijn (Eds.) Domains Abstract This document contains a brief summary (the so-called two-pagers) of all the subprojects in RiverCare and serves as background information for the knowledge dissemination days on October 31 and November 1, 2016 and the mid-term review on November 2, 2016. RiverCare is a 5.7 million-euro research programme, in which universities, government, knowledge-institutes and high-end consultancy firms work together on the challenges in river research and river management. RiverCare was granted in 2013 by the Technology Foundation (STW) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), started effectively in 2014 and will end in December 2019. There are 16 PhD-students, 3 postdocs and 2 junior researchers working in RiverCare at 5 different universities in The Netherlands. View publication Close	View