Tim Soens is an Associate Professor of Medieval and Environmental History at the University of Antwerp, where he investigates the complex relationships between society and nature during times of crisis. His work focuses on phenomena such as floods, storms, pandemics, and food shortages, exploring why certain groups are more vulnerable than others. A specialist in environmental and landscape history, he has devoted particular attention to the management of coastal, estuarine, and wetland areas, as well as traditional agriculture and urban food provisioning. He has led significant research projects, including EPIBEL, which examined the relationship between epidemics and inequality in Belgium from the Black Death to COVID-19, and Food from Somewhere, focused on urban agriculture in the Late Middle Ages. At the University of Antwerp’s Centre for Urban History, he developed the research line “Environmental and Rural History of Urbanised Societies.” He is an active member of the CORN network (Comparative Rural History of the North Sea Area), where he collaborates on comparative studies of disaster resilience in Northwestern Europe between the 13th and 19th centuries.