The bi-annual summer school of the Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research (NCK) has the objective to provide young engineers and scientists, specializing in coastal and estuarine processes with a common background in knowledge, tools and skills.
The NCK Summer School covers a range of physical and ecological topics in the coastal area. As a central theme, it links these topics to the Dutch Wadden Sea area and its surroundings, i.e. including the barrier islands and the North Sea.
The NCK Summer School is open for all NCK PhD-students. Moreover, we aim at participation of young staff members of the non-academic NCK-partners, as well as participants from other organizations with interest in the NCK-curriculum.
Because of the intensity of the programme and available accommodation, the total number of participants is limited to 24. In case of more than 24 applications, the organizers will make a selection based on criteria to be decided upon in cooperation with the NCK Programme Committee.
Safety against flooding in an optimal combination with other coastal functions like nature, recreation and sustainable economic activities, is the principal objective of coastal zone management. This general notion has been specified in the law (Waterwet, 2009), in EU Directives (Birds- and Habitat Directive, Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive) and policy documents. The Nationaal Waterplan (2009) has introduced the slogan “The Netherlands, a safe and liveable delta, now and in the future”, which has been elaborated into the Deltaprogramme-2015 aiming at improvement of safety conditions on the short (until 2015), medium (2015-2050) and long term (> 2050).
Considering the Wadden Sea, issues in the Delta-programme and in coastal zone management may be divided into two coherent subjects: management of the island coasts and management of the Wadden Sea basins. From these subjects several topics will be selected to be analysed in groups consisting of four to five participants.
Example topics are:
These topics will be related to specific case studies to be analysed by the participants during the summer school. NCK-postdocs will supervise the work on the case studies. On the last day of the summer school each group will present their results.
All participants will get the opportunity to gain some practice in field measurements, including an introduction to different measurement techniques. In addition to the course lectures and case studies, the course includes dedicated lectures and field trips to enhance the participant’s understanding of the Wadden Sea physical and eco-system and its management issues, such as gas mining and shell-fish fisheries. All participants are expected to present their own research through a poster. A poster session has been scheduled in the second week of the summer school.
Trainer: | Dhr. Dr.ir. A.J.H.M. Reniers (TU Delft Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen (CiTG)) |
Course data: | June 2024 (Tentative planning, definitive dates will follow soon) |
Location: | Texel, the Netherlands |
Price: |
€ 2,400.00 ex. vat
Price is subject to change. Price is including course materials, bed and board. PhD/AIO's get 50 % discount. Please subscribe for the full price and add a note to get your discount. We will contact you. |
Language |
The program will be taught in English. |
“All in all, I had a fantastic time, learned a lot, and had some fun too!”Stuart Pearson (TU Delft - CITG)
“Good Summer school. Although the program was quite full, I liked the Summer school very much. Ad Reniers is a really good host!”Rinse Wilmink (RWS Corporate Dienst)
“The overall content of the Summer school is of very high quality.”Rohit Kulkarni (IMDC)