Sophie Vanwambeke
Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Louvain‑la‑Neuve
Title:
Land systems governance and tick‑borne diseases: a long‑term perspective on the shape of landscapes as habitat for tick‑borne pathogens
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Sophie Vanwambeke is a medical geographer, who graduated with a PhD in Sciences (geography) in 2005 in UCLouvain. She is a full professor in the School of Geography and Earth & Life Institute in UCLouvain. Her research focuses on the geography of infectious diseases as a manifestation of spatial interactions between human societies and their environment. She has worked on mosquito‑, tick‑ and rodent‑borne diseases in Europe, South East Asia, Africa and South America, both in the field of human and animal health.