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The UNIGIS Programme is the oldest and largest distance-learning MSc. programme in GIS in the world. It is offered via multiple universities worldwide under the flag of  and offers ample opportunities for professionals to acquire knowledge and skills in the field of GIS, within their existing organisation as well as to increase job mobility.

The part-time distance-learning programme we offer on academic Master-level combine well with work and private life. In short:

• Part-time study, combines well with your work: about 10 hours a week of study
• Distance-learning: studying through the internet. Only one week per year, in June, presence is required at the VU campus in Amsterdam
• Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma Programmes
• Master of Science (MSc.) Programme
• A modular course structure with freedom of choice in study material
• FREE GIS-software (an Educational license of ArcGIS and GeoMedia)
• FREE and unlimited access to 
• The right to buy software at student rates through 

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GeoServices – 4 – Sustainability (GeoS4S)   

Project No. 561716-EPP-1-2015-1-AT-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

co-funded by the European Commission within ERASMUS+ Programme, 2015-18

INTRODUCTION

Ensuring social, economic and environmental sustainability is one major aim of all the countries but priorities are not the same world over. The partner countries, China and Thailand, are fast growing economies attracting a significant share of Foreign Direct Investment but facing a number of social and environmental challenges. Growing cities, expanding industry and increasing pollution of air, water and soil are big problems in both the countries which have several adverse effects on the society, environment and sustainable development.

Applications of Geospatial technologies and methodologies in socio‐economic analysis, natural resource management, economic planning, environmental management, sustainable development etc. have been well established during the last decades. However, Geospatial job‐market is largely controlled by International companies and these are in continuous pressure of delivering cost‐effective services and products. Although Geospatial education has been introduced at several HEIs in China and Thailand but the courses are largely taught in local language medium. Thailand is also a member of ASEAN Economic Community which is becoming a formal block of 10 countries in 2015. Due to these facts, both China and Thailand are making a number of efforts to internationalise their education systems which can be achieved faster by expanding international cooperation.

UNIGIS Amsterdam is a partner in the ERASMUS+ GeoServices-4-Sustainability project. The modules created and offered by the project are accessible (open/guest access) . Further information is available at the project .

OBJECTIVES

• Design the structure and syllabi of 20 innovative modules
• Develop case study based teaching / learning materials
• Give ‘hands-on’ practical training of delivering and working with the modules
• Launch an e-Learning platform for open and free access to the teaching / learning materials
• Initiate a framework for awarding ‘International Geospatial Qualification Certificate’ to those completing 30 ECTS courses from these modules.

PARTNERS

Coordinating Institution
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Partner Institutions
CZECH REPUBLIC: 
GERMANY: NETHERLANDS: CHINA:
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OUTCOMES

• Syllabi and Learning / Teaching Materials of 20 innovative modules jointly developed by the partners.
• 20 faculty members trained in designing and developing the learning / teaching materials of the 20 modules.
• 50 Faculty members and 150 students trained in working with and delivering learning / teaching materials of the newly developed 20 innovative modules.
• An e-Learning platform containing learning / teaching materials of the 20 innovative modules for open and free access worldwide.
• A framework for awarding an ‘International Geospatial Qualification Certificate’.

Contact at SPINlab: Bart Kusse or Niels van Manen

SPINLab researchers supervise theses and research assignments on both bachelor and master level in a range of educational programmes. Here is a list of supervised theses, ordered by date and by educational programme.

Note: An overview of all theses of our distance-learning Master programme in Geographic Information Science & Systems (UNIGIS) can be found on the .

 Remarks: Evaluated: 24 August 2020 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

 Remarks: Evaluated: 23 August 2020 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

 Remarks: Evaluated: 23 August 2020 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 30 August 2019 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 6 August 2019 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: August 2019 – Supervisor: Dias, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 24 August 2018 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 21 March 2016 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.. Full thesis available upon request

Remarks: Evaluated: 2 July 2015 – Supervisors: Koomen, E. and Blasques, F.

Remarks: Evaluated: 19 February 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 9 January 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Supervisor: van Duijn, M.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Jansen Venneboer, B., Een nieuw instrument voor winkelplanning, Definiering en operationalisering van Scoping, Master thesis Economics, Ģ����Ƶ, 2005.
Remarks: Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Meijster, Y., M-Tourism, An Exploration of mobile Internet in the Market of Tourism, Master thesis Economics, Ģ����Ƶ, 2003.
Remarks: Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

de Reus, N.O., AquaMobile, Prototyping for a wireless location based information service, Master thesis Economics, Ģ����Ƶ, 2002.
Remarks: Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Remarks: On September 17th 2001, this thesis was awarded by the Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) Netherlands – Supervisor: Scholten, H.J.

Nieuwboer, M., The Offline Influence on Search Engine Advertising: The effect of distance to stores, preference minority, and offline retail size on the online retailers’ search engine advertising effectiveness, Master thesis Marketing, Ģ����Ƶ, 2016.
Remarks: Evaluated: 14 October 2016 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Dinçsoy, S., A research about important determinants of spatial patterns in adoption of high involvement environmentally friendly innovations; the case of full electric vehicles, Master thesis Marketing, Ģ����Ƶ, 2016.
Remarks: Evaluated: 19 August 2016 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Reijnders, R., Proximity Breeds Credibility. An Online Consumer Review Perspective, Master thesis Marketing, Ģ����Ƶ, 2016.
Remarks: Evaluated: 12 August 2016 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Ammerlaan, K., Shopping behavior in specialty grocery stores. How household and store characteristics influence the shopping behabior of consumers, Master thesis Marketing, Ģ����Ƶ, 2016.
Remarks: Evaluated: 12 July 2016 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Bakker, J., I am what I share: the effect of Snapchat geofilters on sharing likeliness and brand perception, Master thesis Marketing, Ģ����Ƶ, 2016.
Remarks: Evaluated: 8 July 2016 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Remarks: Evaluated 25 August 2017 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Mekenkamp, F., The relation between spatial accessibility and urban development in the Netherlands, Master thesis Transport & Supply Chain Management, Ģ����Ƶ, 2016.
Remarks: Evaluated 29 August 2016 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Vrenken, M., Are Ede’s rural roads more dangerous compared to other municipalities? – A Dutch rural road safety analysis, Master thesis Transport & Supply Chain Management, Ģ����Ƶ, 2016.
Remarks: Evaluated: 12 August 2016 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Burgers, M., Behavioural intention of sharing location data from mobile phones for non-motorized route-optimization in urban areas, Master thesis Transport & Supply Chain Management, Ģ����Ƶ, 2014.
Remarks: Evaluated: 2 May 2014 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Remarks: Evaluated: 2 March 2017 – Supervisors: Bokhorst, M. P., Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 8 July 2016 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 21 March 2016 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 19 August 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.
A full version of this thesis can be requested from Alex.Hekman at Grontmij.nl

Remarks: Evaluated: 14 January 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 6 September 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 12 February 2015 – Supervisor: Diogo, V.

Belinfante, T., The Added Value of Geospatial Information in Disaster and Risk Management, Master thesis Earth & Economics, Ģ����Ƶ, 2012.
Remarks: Supervisor: van Manen, N.

Remarks: Evaluated: 10 July 2020 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 8 July 2020 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 10 July 2019 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 13 July 2018 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 12 July 2018 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 29 June 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 29 June 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 14 January 2015 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 3 July 2014 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Hu, M., Naar een aardbevingsbestendig sloopbeleid, Bachelor thesis Earth & Economics, Ģ����Ƶ, 2014.
Remarks: Evaluated: 21 July 2014 by Mulder, P. & Ward, Ph. – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Remarks: Evaluated: 1 July 2014 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 1 July 2014 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 1 July 2014 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Joling, R.J., Adding more detail to Potential Flood Damage Assessment, Bachelor thesis Earth and Economics, Ģ����Ƶ, 2013.
Remarks: Evaluated: 29 August 2013 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 18 Juli 2013 – Supervisor: van Manen, N.

Remarks: Evaluated: 1 July 2013 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 28 June 2013 –&�Բ�����;Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 16 May 2013 – Supervisor: Dekkers, J.E.C.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 16 June 2020 – Supervisors: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 10 June 2020 – Supervisors: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 13 August 2019 – Supervisor: Janssen, R.

Remarks: Evaluated: 09 July 2019 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 17 June 2019 – Supervisors: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 17 June 2019 – Supervisors: Koomen, E. 

BSc Capstone Amsterdam University College.
Remarks: Evaluated 15 January 2019 – Supervisors: Koomen, E. 

Remarks: Evaluated: 13 June 2018 – Supervisors: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated: 9 June 2015 – Supervisors: Koomen, E. and Van Drunen, M.

Remarks: Evaluated: 10 June 2014 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 7 February 2019 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 10 January 2019 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 10 January 2019 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 23 January 2018 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 23 January 2018 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 20 April 2017 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 23 February 2017 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.
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Remarks: Evaluated 14 February 2017 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.
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Remarks: Evaluated 23 February 2016 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 15 February 2016 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 7 February 2016 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 10 July 2018 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.

Remarks: Evaluated 20 June 2017 – Supervisor: Koomen, E.