About ICG

The ICG, Centre for Geo-ecological Research — Interuniversitair Centrum voor Geo-ecologisch onderzoek) is a research school in which participate 160 researchers (80 staff members and about 60 PhD Students).

ICG co-ordinates and organizes geo-ecological research at the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Utrecht University (UU), the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RuG), and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven), Belgium. Moreover ICG has a Memorandum of Understanding with Alterra Green World Research in Wageningen and the Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience TNO (NITG-TNO).

The school is officially recognized by the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1994. This recognition has been renewed in 1999 and again in 2004.

• Scientific mission
• Objectives of the ICG
• Researchgroups participating in the ICG
• ICG Board
• External Advisory Committee
• Educational Committee
• Address
• ICG logo

Scientific mission

The ICG research programme ‘Patterns and Processes in Changing Environments’ investigates the evolution of landscapes over a range of spatial and temporal scales; the response of landscape-forming processes to tectonic, climatic, biotic, human and other factors; the transport of water, sediments and chemicals in the landscape; the formation of spatial patterns of landscape elements as a result of these processes; and evaluates the landscape in terms of hazards, risks and sustainability.

This description reflects the scientific mission of the ICG, which is “to enhance the understanding of how landscapes function and respond to environmental change, through the integrated study of patterns and processes in geo-ecosystems”.

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The objectives of the ICG are:

• to stimulate and co-ordinate fundamental and applied research on terrestrial geo-ecological systems
• to develop, co-ordinate and implement a teaching programme for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers
• to foster research opportunities by jointly purchasing expensive equipment and sharing personnel, equipment and facilities.

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Researchgroups participating in the ICG:

Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)

Faculty of Science. Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystems Dynamics (IBED)

• Physical Geography (FG)
• Computational Bio- & Physical Geography
• Paleoecology and Landscape Ecology (P&L)

Utrecht University (UU)

Faculty of Geosciences. Physical Geography, Physical Geography Research Institute

• Landscape Ecology, Geo-information and Hydrology
• Coastal and River systems

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)

Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences:

• Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology
• Paleoecology and Paleoclimatology

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RuG)

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

• Centre for Isotope Research (CIO)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U.Leuven), Belgium

Faculty of Science:

• Geography-Geology
• Physical Geography and Regional Geography

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ICG Board:

The Research co-ordinator (Dr E. Pebesma, UCEL, UU), and a PhD student also attend ICG Board meetings.

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Members of the External Advisory Committee and their affinities with the Research Themes:

• Dr. Ir. T.N.P. Bosma, Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience, Geo-Milieu, (NITG-TNO), Utrecht (1a, 2b)
• Professor J. Rose, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK (1a)

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Educational Committee

Dr C.J. Beets, VU
Dr J.H. van Boxel, UvA
Dr B. van Geel, UvA
Drs. F. Tonneijck, UvA
Dr. J. van der Plicht, CIO-RuG

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Address:

ICG
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
NL-1018 WV Amsterdam
Tel: +31 20 525 7425 / 7451
Fax: +31 20 525 7431
Email: ICG@science.uva.nl

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ICG logo

You can download the ICG logo in four versions, each in four different file formats (EPS, JPG, TIFF and PNG combined in one Zip-file):

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Editor: Deanna Tjin
Last update: June 30, 2006