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While the research and writing carried out for this thesis was mostly done by me, it could not have been done without the support of many others.

First of all I would like to thank Rinus Plasmeijer, Pieter Koopman, and Jan Martin Jansen for the supervision, I learned a lot from you, not only regarding academia but in many other aspects of life as well.
The BEST people, Adrian Ramsingh, Jeremy Singer, and Phil Trinder for the fruitful collaboration and memorable trip to Glasgow.
The entire \gls{3COWS}/SusTrainable group, for offering a platform for the various summer schools I had the opportunity to teach; and not to mention the countless meetings, dinners, and drinks we had.
The Royal Dutch Navy, in particular Teun de Groot and Ton van Heusden, for trusting me by funding the project.
The manuscript committee, Sven-Bodo Scholz, Gabrielle Keller, Mary Sheeran, for reading this work carefully.

All colleagues and others that I had the privilege of sharing an office with, meeting in conferences and summer schools, interact with in the department, or work with in some other way:
Anett Fekete,
Arjan Oortgiese,
Bas Lijnse,
Ellie Kimenai,
Fok Bolderheij,
Hans-Nikolai Vießmann,
Ia Mgvdliashvili,
Ingrid Berenbroek,
John van Groningen,
Jurriën Stutterheim,
László Domoslai,
Marie-José van Diem,
Markus Klinik,
Máté Cserép,
Peter Achten,
Ralf Hinze,
Simone Meeuwsen,
Sjaak Smetsers,
Steffen Michels,
Sven-Bodo Scholz,
Tim Steenvoorden, and everyone else from department.

The many students that allowed and trusted me to (co) supervise them in their theses:
Arjen Nederveen,
Colin de Roos,
Dave Artz,
Elina Antonova,
Erin van der Veen,
Gijs Alberts,
Haye Böhm,
Matheus Amazonas Cabral de Andrade,
Michel de Boer,
Sjoerd Crooijmans,
Willem de Vos.

I give special thanks to my mentors:
Jos Baack for getting me to graduate high school, Francisco Torreira for sparking my love for academia, and Larry Caruthers for giving me valuable practical experience.

All friends that supported me in real life or through pen throughout the process:
Pieter and Anouk;
Chris and Maudy;
Koen and Michelle;
Alba;
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Annerieke;
Camil and Devika;
Emma;
George;
Jules and Nadia;
Tim;
and Truman.

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Mijn ouders bedank ik voor hun tomeloze liefde en vertrouwen.
Mijn oma, broers, schoonfamilie en alle andere familieleden die op wat voor manier dan ook bijgedragen hebben.
Als laatste wil ik diegenen bedanken die het dichtst bij mij staan: Elvira, Rosalie en Liselotte.
Bedankt voor jullie onmisbare en oneindige geduld, ondersteuning en liefde wanneer dat nodig was.
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