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Overview

Jan Moeyersons is affiliated with the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Belgium. Their research spans multiple domains, primarily focusing on environmental science and engineering, with additional work in agricultural and biological sciences.

Their scholarly output includes several recent papers published in notable venues. These include "Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks" (2022) in Nature Geoscience, and "Land system resilience amidst the ravages of war: Insights from Tigray (Northern Ethiopia)" (2025) published in Environment and Planning E Nature and Space.

Moeyersons collaborates frequently with several researchers, among them:

  • Antoine Dille
  • Olivier Dewitte
  • Alexander L. Handwerger
  • N. d'Oreye
  • Dominique Derauw

Their research has appeared predominantly in the journals Nature Geoscience and Environment and Planning E Nature and Space.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, they focus on specific subfields such as:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Moeyersons' core research topics cover:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Best Publications

  • Human impact on the environment in the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands—a state of the art

    Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jan Moeyersons;Jozef Deckers

  • How fast do gully headcuts retreat

    Matthias Vanmaercke;Matthias Vanmaercke;Jean Poesen;Bert Van Mele;Matthias Demuzere;Matthias Demuzere

  • Rainfall erosivity and variability in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;H Vandenreyken;Jean Poesen;J Moeyersons

  • The Early to Middle Stone Age transition and the emergence of modern human behaviour at site 8-B-11, Sai Island, Sudan.

    P Van Peer;R Fullagar;S Stokes;R.M Bailey

  • Impact of road building on gully erosion risk: A case study from the northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jan Moeyersons;Edith Luyten

  • Effectiveness of stone bunds in controlling soil erosion on cropland in the Tigray Highlands, northern Ethiopia

    D Gebremichael;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jozef A Deckers

  • Use of LIDAR‐derived images for mapping old landslides under forest

    M. Van Den Eeckhaut;J. Poesen;G. Verstraeten;V. Vanacker

  • Sediment deposition and pedogenesis in exclosures in the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

    Katrien Descheemaeker;Jan Nyssen;Joni Rossi;Jean Poesen

  • Impact of soil and water conservation measures on catchment hydrological response - a case in north Ethiopia.

    Jan Nyssen;Wim Clymans;Katrien Descheemaeker;Jean Poesen

  • Stone bunds for soil conservation in the northern Ethiopian highlands: Impacts on soil fertility and crop yield

    Karen Vancampenhout;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Desta Gebremichael;Jozef A. Deckers

  • Interdisciplinary on-site evaluation of stone bunds to control soil erosion on cropland in Northern Ethiopia

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Desta Gebremichael;Karen Vancampenhout

  • The effectiveness of hillshade maps and expert knowledge in mapping old deep-seated landslides

    M. Van Den Eeckhaut;J. Poesen;G. Verstraeten;V. Vanacker

  • Subsurface movements of stone artefacts and their implications for the prehistory of Central Africa

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  • Assessment of gully erosion rates through interviews and measurements: a case study from northern Ethiopia

    Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Maude Veyret-Picot;Jan Moeyersons

  • Dynamics of soil erosion rates and controlling factors in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands – towards a sediment budget

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Jan Moeyersons;Mitiku Haile

  • Desertification? Northern Ethiopia re-photographed after 140 years.

    Jan Nyssen;Mitiku Haile;Jozef Naudts;Neil Munro

  • The effectiveness of loose rock check dams for gully control in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

    Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;M Veyret-Picot;Jean Poesen;J Moeyersons

  • Specific sediment yield in Tigray-Northern Ethiopia: Assessment and semi-quantitative modelling

    Nigussie Haregeweyn;Nigussie Haregeweyn;Jean Poesen;Jan Nyssen;Jan Nyssen;Gert Verstraeten

  • ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF A SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT DELIVERY MODEL (WATEM/SEDEM) IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

    N Haregeweyn;N Haregeweyn;J Poesen;G Verstraeten;G Govers

  • Tillage erosion on slopes with soil conservation structures in the Ethiopian highlands

    Jan Nyssen;Jean Poesen;Mitiku Haile;Jan Moeyersons

  • On-site evaluation of stone bunds to control soil erosion on cropland in Northern Ethiopia

    Jan Nyssen;Desta Gebremichael;K Vancampenhout;Jean Poesen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Jozef Deckers
Jozef Deckers KU Leuven
Mitiku Haile
Mitiku Haile Mekelle University
Nigussie Haregeweyn
Nigussie Haregeweyn Tottori University
Gerard Govers
Gerard Govers KU Leuven
Amaury Frankl
Amaury Frankl Ghent University
Hans Hurni
Hans Hurni University of Bern
Olivier Dewitte
Olivier Dewitte Royal Museum for Central Africa

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