Liz Verbeek is a PhD candidate in the Policy Analysis section of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management – Delft University of Technology. In her PhD, she studies climate change adaptation behavior of individuals and households, specifically in the context of flood risk.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and a master’s degree in Computational Science from the University of Amsterdam. After graduating, she has worked within the SC3 Team as a Scientific Programmer between 2022 and 2024, before starting her PhD in November 2024. As such, her work focused on mainly on development and optimization of agent-based models on climate change adaptation.

In her free time, she likes to enjoy a beer with friends, play board games and go to the (movie) theater or music festivals. She also enjoys improving her cooking skills by making dinner for her friends or trying out new recipes.