Bio

From 2017 till 2020, Sofie conducted her PhD jointly at the Department of Geography (Ghent University) and the Department of Engineering Management (University of Antwerp), with research on the impact of large dams on downstream hydrology, river morphology and farming systems in Ethiopia. After obtaining her PhD, she worked at the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO). In November 2022, she joined the Department of Geography again, as a postdoctoral researcher. Her research interests are situated in the field of socio-hydrology, focusing on the interactions between human and water systems, for which she likes to adopt an interdisciplinary research approach.

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