Keynote IBA StadtLand – from Thuringia to a planetary perspective
International conference organized by the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Thuringia and Urban Rural Assembly (URA), 5 May 2023, Apolda, Germany
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Appointed Full Professor at Delft University of Technology
Professorship to develop and strengthen landscape-based urbanism as an academic field and increase awareness of its importance in society and academia
Missie 2070 Kennisregio aan Zee
Keynote Ruimtelijke voorwaarden voor een leefbare toekomst van de Zuid-Hollandse kustregio 17 Maart 2023 ism Gemeente Delft, Den Haag, Leiden en Zoetermeer en de Provincie Zuid-Holland
Water as Leverage in Building Resilient Cities
Keynote address at water as leverage event organized by Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and South China University of Technology 30 March 2023, Guangzhou
Keynote address 3rd International Conference on Urban and Rural Development and Planning in the Water Network Area, Suzhou
13.000+ participants in international conference 12 November 2022 organised by the Urban Planning Society of China and School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Invited lecture International Symposium Living (With+In) Infra, Vastukul, India
500+ participants from 40+ countries in the International Symposium on Mobility and City organised by M3M Foundation, 11 November 2022
Designing Green Cities Lecture Series
This lecture series offers designerly perspectives on greening cities and bridges theory and practice in landscape-based urbanism, urban forestry and urban ecology.
International Workshop Designing Knowledge Ecologies
Research by design on innovation districts Knowledge Region by the Sea 2070 with students and professionals from the Municipalities The Hague, Delft, Zoetermeer, Leiden and Province of South Holland
Greening Lessons from the Oldest City in the Netherlands
Inspiration meeting in Nijmegen on ‘Green, Healthy and Liveable Cities', organized by De Groene Stad, with Ton Verhoeven, Steffen Nijhuis and Madeleen Helmer
Keynote address Annual National Conference on Public Space 2021, Zwolle (Netherlands)
Invited keynote lecture on Designing Climate Adaptive and Healthy Cities, 13 October 2021
Keynote address Ninth 21st Century Urban Development International conference 2021, Wuhan (China)
Invited keynote address on Designing Climate Adaptive and Healthy Cities, 17 October 2021, Wuhan (China) with +55.000 participants
Keynote address Annual National Planning Conference of China 2020-2021, Chengdu (China)
Invited keynote lecture on Resilient Urban Development and Adaptive Planning in the Greater Bay Area at ANCP, 26 September 2021
Management Team OKRA Landscape Architects
Enforcing the link between design, practice and research by joining OKRA Landscape Architects
Invited lecture & workshop Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, 6-8 January 2021, Jeruzalem
Invited lecture entitled 'Flowscapes. Designing Urban Landscape Infrastructures' and workshop 'Cartographic explorations' at the Urban Design Master's Program at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jeruzalem, Israel, 6-8 January 2021
Interview 'The Delft Approach to Urbanism' in Chinese journal Landscape Architecture (风景园林)
Interview in Chinese journal Landscape Architecture 风景园林, with backgrounds and principles of The Delft Approach to Urbanism, illustrated with applications of this method by projects
TV News-item about Sanibel-Captiva, Florida
Evening news-item at WINK TV Southwest Florida providing input on strengthening coastal resilience of Sanibel-Captiva Island Florida (USA), 5 P.M., 6 March 2020
Invited workshop 'If the Past Teaches, What does the Future Learn?' SESYNC, 22-25 October 2019, Washington D.C.
Multidisciplinary workshop with leading archaeologists, anthropologists, urban designers and landscape architects at National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), USA
Keynote lectures Annual Planning Conference China 2019, Chongqing & Landscape Forum 2019, Beijing
Two invited keynote lectures at Annual Planning Conference China 2019, 18-21 October, Chongqing (China) and Landscape Forum 2019, 12-13 October, Beijing (China) on landscape-based regional design
Invited lectures Chengdu & Nanjing, China, 13-18 June 2019
Two Invited public lectures at Southwest Jiaotong University, School of Architecture and Design in Chengdu & Southeast University, School of Architecture in Nanjing in period 13-18 June 2019
Invited workshop ‘Landscape, City and Water: Regional Design and Planning’, Hangzhou, 11-15 March 2019
Research and design workshop organised by Institute of Landscape Architecture, Zheijang University (Hangzhou, China) and Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi'An Jiatong Liverpool University (Suzhou, China)
Invited lectures Florida, USA, 11-15 Feb 2019
Two Invited public lectures University of Miami, School of Architecture (Miami) & University of South Florida, Florida Center for Community Design + Research (Tampa)
Paper 'Teaching Urbanism' awarded Reed & Mallik Medal 2018
Steffen Nijhuis, Egbert Stolk and Maarten-Jan Hoekstra have been awarded the Reed & Mallik Medal 2018 for their academic paper: Teaching urbanism: the Delft approach
Visiting Professor Harbin Institute of Technology, 19-25 June 2018
Workshops and lectures on various topics in urban planning and landscape architecture at the School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology (China) and Graduation School Shenzhen, Harbin Institute of Technology SZ