Liuelsegad Belayneh Bunare behaalde op 27 juni 2023 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: "Geulerosie in de Southern Main Ethiopian Rift: kenmerken, ruimtelijke en temporele verdeling en sediment opbrengst"

Liuelsegad Belayneh Bunare obtained on June 27, 2023 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: "Gully erosion in the Southern Main Ethiopian Rift: characteristics, spatial-temporal distribution, and sediment yield"

Promotors: Prof. dr. Matthieu Kervyn (VUB), Dr. Olivier Dewitte (Koninklijke Museum voor Midden Afrika), Dr Guchie Gulie (Arba Minch University), Prof. dr. em. Jean Poesen (KULeuven)

Mary John Kisaka behaalde op 20 februari 2023 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: Vulkanische geschiedenis en invloed op de fluoride contaminatie van waterbronnen rond Mt. Meru, Noord-Tanzania

Mary John Kisaka obtained on February 20, 2023 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: Volcanic history and controls on fluoride contamination of water resources at Mt. Meru, Northern Tanzania

Promotors: Prof. dr. Matthieu Kervyn (VUB), Prof. dr. Karen Fontijn (ULB), Dr. Ceven Shemshanga (University of Dodoma), Dr. Ines Tomašek (Université Clermont Auvergne)

Nishtman Karimi behaalde op 9 december 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'Water management regimes and regional adaptation in a semiarid area: assessing the case of Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan'

Nishtman Karimi obtained on December 9, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'Water management regimes and regional adaptation in a semiarid area: assessing the case of Sanandaj, Iranian Kurdistan'

Promotor: Prof. dr. Kobe Boussauw

Laura Deruytter behaalde op 19 augustus 2022 de academische graad van DOCTOR IN DE WETENSCHAPPEN met de volgende doctorale thesis: 'The repurposing of utility companies in Flanders: Institutional bricolage by the local state under budgetary restraint and financialized capitalism'

Laura Deruytter obtained on August 19, 2022 the academic degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCES with the following doctoral thesis: 'The repurposing of utility companies in Flanders: Institutional bricolage by the local state under budgetary restraint and financialized capitalism'

Promotor: Prof. dr. David Bassens