Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Girugten Team

Meet the current and former Editorial Team members of Girugten. The team's composition is ever-changing, but they are always confident to bring you new insights, opinions, and other articles on geography-related subjects!

Meet our

2024 - 2025 Team

Girugten Team

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Articles and other publications that are created by the enthusiastic and talented Girugten Editorial Team. Examples are news items and the digital versions of the Girugten magazines. We hope that you like our content!

Chairman

Clio Lu
Hi, I'm Clio, a Chinese-Canadian Geographer. I've lived in four countries and have a pug back home. My interests are urban geography, place attachment and heritage tourism. I love spending time with people and things that make me feel at home.

Chief Editor

Zach Velasco
Hello, I'm Zach, a Filipino-Canadian studying Human Geography and Planning! I have particular interests in the topics of civic engagement, transportation behaviour, and new urbanism. In my free time, I love using my Weekend Vrij subscirption to explore all the different cities and small towns in the Netherlands!

Secretary

Iria Loshi
I am a third-year Human Geography and Planning student at the University of Groningen and am passionate about local policy and governance systems of cities. I currently hold an editorial and secretary position at Girugten.

Promotion

Hannah Keevers
Hi! I'm a second-year Human Geography and Planning bachelor student and joined Girugten in 2023. My areas of interest are sustainability, transportation, and pretty much anything to do with urban living.
Elliot Crozier
Hey there! I'm Elliot, a Finnish-British-Australian first-year undergraduate student in Human Geography and Planning at the University of Groningen. I love all things big-picture and international, with particular interest in political geography, urbanism, transportation, and cartography, all of which I'm excited to bring to the table as an Editorial and Podcast Team Member! :)
Emma Ratzlaff
Hello!! I am a bachelor student of Spatial Planning and Design from Germany. My interest lie in social justice approaches to urban planning, placemaking, and civic engagement.
Kristaps Brics
Hello! I'm Kristaps, a second-year Human Geography and Planning student from Latvia at the University of Groningen. Currently, I serve as the Chair of Pro Geo (a foundation dedicated to representing student interests within my faculty), and I'm also a co-founder of the Baltic Association Groningen. I’m an avid runner, and I enjoy exploring interdisciplinary topics that enrich my studies, particularly geopolitics, sociology, and linguistics.
Thommy Pantis
Bachelor student of Spatial Planning and Design at RUG's faculty of Spatial Sciences. Interested in public administration, local politics and media.
Meet our

Former Editorial Team members