Water and Climate Risk

prof. dr. JCJH Aerts
- jeroen.aertsvunl
- Faculty of Science, Water and Climate Risk - Full Professor
Person: Academic
Lisanne van Amelsvoort
- l.m.c.van.amelsvoortvunl
- Faculty of Science, Water and Climate Risk - PhD Candidate
Person: Academic
Ayoola Apolola
- a.c.apololavunl
- Faculty of Science, Water and Climate Risk - PhD Candidate
Person: Academic
Esther Bakels
- e.l.bakelsvunl
- Faculty of Science, Water and Climate Risk - PhD Candidate
Person: Academic
dr. Nadia Bloemendaal
- nadia.bloemendaalvunl
- Faculty of Science, Water and Climate Risk - Assistant Professor
- Amsterdam Sustainability Institute - Assistant Professor
Person: Academic

9 Active
33 Finished

Grondwater in de tuin - Voorbereid op extreem droge en natte periodes met wetenschappelijke inzichten
de Graaff, L. (Project Researcher)
21/01/26 → 20/01/28
Project: Research
Operational Extreme Event Monitoring and Attribution Service
Coumou, D. (Project Researcher), Scussolini, P. (Principal Investigator) & Happé, T. (Project Researcher)
1/03/25 → 31/08/28
Project: Research
JCAR: Transboundary flood risk assessments in NW Europe
Aerts, J. (Project Researcher), Busker, T. (Project Researcher), Gouveia Loureiro Oliveira, R. (Project Researcher) & Sadana, T. (Project Researcher)
31/08/24 → 1/11/28
Project: Research
Pathways towards equitable coastal climate adaptation
Haer, T. (Principal Investigator), Twaalfhoven, A. (Project Researcher) & Geurtsen, S. (Project Researcher)
1/07/24 → 30/06/29
Project: Research
Green adaptation pathways for resilient basin futures under increasing extreme floods and droughts
Schaafsma, M. (Project Researcher) & Wens, M. (Project Researcher)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research

Deep Learning for Heatwaves: From Circulation to Impacts in a Changing Climate
Happé, T., 7 Oct 2026, 189 p.
Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD-Thesis - Research and graduation internal

Open Access
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110 Downloads (Pure)
Evaluation of Flood Insurance Systems for Businesses in a Changing Climate: An Integrated Model of Flood Risk and Insurance Markets
Ingels, M. W., Tesselaar, M., Brusselaers, J., Aerts, J. C. J. H. & Botzen, W. J. W., 2 Oct 2026, In: Water Economics and Policy. 2650025.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Hot Topics: Comparison and Interaction of Heatwave-related Societal Responses and Public Health Impacts
De Polt, K. T., 29 Sept 2026, 213 p.
Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD-Thesis - Research and graduation internal

Open Access
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92 Downloads (Pure)
Intergenerational equity in cost-benefit analysis of multifunctional flood adaptation measure: Case study on a superdike project in the Netherlands
van Tilburg, A. J., van Ginkel, K. C. H., Brusselaers, J. & Botzen, W. J. W., Dec 2026, In: Climate Risk Management. 54, p. 1-20 20 p., 100886.
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Open Access
Validation of the open-source hydrodynamic model SFINCS on historical river floods at the global scale
Sadana, T., Aerts, J. C. J. H., Eilander, D., Merz, B., de Moel, H., Busker, T., Bril, V. C. & de Bruijn, J., 1 Sept 2026, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 30, 17, p. 5491-5519
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Advanced Spatial Analyses
de Bruijn, J.
1/09/26 → 31/08/27
Course
Bachelorthesis Aarde, Economie en Duurzaamheid
Lankhuizen, M.
1/09/26 → 31/08/27
Course
Big Data in Sustainability Science
Koks, E.
1/09/26 → 31/08/27
Course
Bodem en landschap
Bokhorst, M.
1/09/26 → 31/08/27
Course
Capita Selecta Earth Sciences
Vonk, J.
1/09/26 → 31/08/27
Course

3 Membership
2 Editorial work
2 PhD thesis examination
1 Other
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- 1 Lecture / Presentation

Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (External organisation)
Aerts, J. (Member)
17 Apr 2025
Activity: Membership › Academic
Advocacy work on fossil fuel collaborations in academia
Verdonk, P. (Participant), Schaumburg, J. (Participant), Kaupa, C. (Participant), Debonne, N. (Participant), Doci, E. (Participant), Lemaire, K. (Participant), Maas, I. (Participant), Wens, M. (Participant), Ossebaard, H. (Participant), Leggett, J. (Participant), Verburg, P. H. (Participant), Pattberg, P. (Participant), Holland, M. (Participant), Iannuzzi, D. (Participant), Klaassen, P. (Participant), Kort, R. (Participant) & Blondeel, M. (Participant)
1 Jan 2023 → 15 Aug 2023
Activity: Other
Rising waves of indecision
Koomen, E. (Examiner)
4 Nov 2021
Activity: PhD thesis Examination › PhD thesis examination
Member scientific council OT-Med (Objectif Terre : Bassin Méditerranéen) (External organisation)
Verburg, P. H. (Member)
2015
Activity: Membership › Academic
Landscape Ecology (Journal)
van Teeffelen, A. J. A. (Member of editorial board)
2015 → 2016
Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic

2019 Natural Hazards Section Award for Graduate Research
Muis, S. (Recipient), 10 Dec 2019
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
2019 Top 1% global highly cited researcher
Aerts, J. C. J. H. (Recipient), 14 Feb 2020
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
2nd place Lloyd's Science of Risk Prize
Bloemendaal, N. (Recipient), Haigh, I. (Recipient), de Moel, H. (Recipient), Muis, S. (Recipient), Haarsma, R. J. (Recipient) & Aerts, J. (Recipient), 27 May 2021
Prize / Grant: Prize › Societal
3rd place Allianz Climate Risk Research Award
Bloemendaal, N. (Recipient), 28 Oct 2020
Prize / Grant: Prize › Societal
AGU Gilbert F White Award 2019
Aerts, J. C. J. H. (Recipient), 13 Dec 2019
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic

Data and model for "Urban development and its exposure to river flood risk in Southeast Asia"
Tierolf, L. (Creator), de Moel, H. (Creator) & van Vliet, J. (Creator), DataverseNL, 2021
DOI: 10.34894/NXJ8TP, https://doi.org/10.34894/NXJ8TP
Dataset / Software: Dataset
African countries drought and flood risk profiles
Wens, M. (Creator) & de Moel, H. (Creator), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2019
http://riskprofilesundrr.org/riskprofiles/guidelines.html
Dataset / Software: Dataset
Replication Data for: Continental-scale mapping and analysis of 3D building structure
Li, M. (Creator), Koks, E. (Creator), Taubenböck, H. (Creator) & van Vliet, J. (Creator), DataverseNL, 12 May 2020
DOI: 10.34894/GPY2AK
Dataset / Software: Dataset
Time-series of monthly mean steric sea levels
Muis, S. (Creator), Vrije Universteit, 5 Sept 2018
DOI: 10.4121/uuid:51b743a1-1c24-4796-8e07-89c5e67a50cf, https://data.4tu.nl/repository/uuid:51b743a1-1c24-4796-8e07-89c5e67a50cf
Dataset / Software: Dataset
Daily maxima of total water levels from the Global Tide and Surge Reanalysis (GTSR) dataset
Muis, S. (Creator), Vrije Universteit, 16 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.4121/uuid:29614991-345e-4ffd-be22-2930912a2798, https://data.4tu.nl/repository/uuid:29614991-345e-4ffd-be22-2930912a2798
Dataset / Software: Dataset

Street green space can help cool cities, but it will not be enough on its own
Falchetta, G., Lohrey, S., Souverijns, N. & Heyl, A.
9/04/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research

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prof. dr. JCJH Aerts

Lisanne van Amelsvoort

Ayoola Apolola

Esther Bakels

dr. Nadia Bloemendaal

Grondwater in de tuin - Voorbereid op extreem droge en natte periodes met wetenschappelijke inzichten

Operational Extreme Event Monitoring and Attribution Service

JCAR: Transboundary flood risk assessments in NW Europe

Pathways towards equitable coastal climate adaptation

Green adaptation pathways for resilient basin futures under increasing extreme floods and droughts

Deep Learning for Heatwaves: From Circulation to Impacts in a Changing Climate

Evaluation of Flood Insurance Systems for Businesses in a Changing Climate: An Integrated Model of Flood Risk and Insurance Markets

Hot Topics: Comparison and Interaction of Heatwave-related Societal Responses and Public Health Impacts

Intergenerational equity in cost-benefit analysis of multifunctional flood adaptation measure: Case study on a superdike project in the Netherlands

Validation of the open-source hydrodynamic model SFINCS on historical river floods at the global scale

Advanced Spatial Analyses

Bachelorthesis Aarde, Economie en Duurzaamheid

Big Data in Sustainability Science

Bodem en landschap

Capita Selecta Earth Sciences

Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (External organisation)

Advocacy work on fossil fuel collaborations in academia

Rising waves of indecision

Member scientific council OT-Med (Objectif Terre : Bassin Méditerranéen) (External organisation)

Landscape Ecology (Journal)

2019 Natural Hazards Section Award for Graduate Research

2019 Top 1% global highly cited researcher

2nd place Lloyd's Science of Risk Prize

3rd place Allianz Climate Risk Research Award

AGU Gilbert F White Award 2019

Data and model for "Urban development and its exposure to river flood risk in Southeast Asia"

African countries drought and flood risk profiles

Replication Data for: Continental-scale mapping and analysis of 3D building structure

Time-series of monthly mean steric sea levels

Daily maxima of total water levels from the Global Tide and Surge Reanalysis (GTSR) dataset

Street green space can help cool cities, but it will not be enough on its own

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