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Wim Hoek is an Associate Professor at Utrecht University, specializing in Global Change Geomorphology. He graduated with a degree in Physical Geography from Utrecht University in 1990, focusing on Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology. His research interests primarily revolve around the impact of past climate change on landscape and vegetation, particularly in fluvial environments. He completed his PhD on Palaeogeography of Lateglacial vegetations at VU Amsterdam under the supervision of notable scholars. Hoek has been involved in several international research projects, most notably the Integration Ice-core, Marine and Terrestrial records (INTIMATE), which aims to unify various disciplines to correlate and date past climate events. His work has led to new collaborations in fields such as environmental archaeology, focusing on climate and environmental change from the Late Palaeolithic to Early Medieval periods in the Netherlands and Northwest Europe, as well as projects exploring palaeo-ecology in Arctic regions such as Svalbard and Greenland.
Department of Psychology