The Provincie Groningen wants to connect people from Municipality Leek and Groningen better with a high-quality cycle path, namely Fietsroute Plus. In the exploration phase, a route was decided and it will pass through the Hoofdstraat in Midwolde and Lettelbert, which are two villages in Municipality …

CONCORDIA - the greatest level of craftsmanshipThe transformation of a former textile factory into a University of Craft with the ambition for a improvement strategy of a small Polish town, Bolesławiec. INTRODUCTION We are citizens of the world, we travel long distances and seek new advantures. But …

Technological developments have a major impact on how we live, work and learn together. Several authors refer to a fourth revolution in which robots and other intelligent systems take over an increasing number of the current (routine) tasks carried out by humans (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2014; Est et al., …

Automated vehicles have reached the level of maturity in which their applicability to address transport needs are being assessed in pilot projects worldwide. It is of increasing importance to assess and share the experiences gained in these projects. This contribution reports about the application of …

The future energy system could benefit from the integration of the independent gas, heat and electricity infrastructures. In addition to an increase in exergy efficiency, such a Hybrid Energy Network (HEN) could support the increase of intermittent renewable energy sources by offering increased operational …

The purpose of this research is to identify the motivational aspects of prospective pedagogical professionals for choosing a career in a stationary home for people with handicaps.Social work in Germany is constantly facing challenges, i.e. demographic changes, skilled labour shortages and increasing …

We examined the various career paths of PhDs in the Netherlands. In this publication, we feature the personal stories of ten of our study participants, detailing their careers both within and outside of academia. The ten portraits of PhD graduates are complemented by three portraits of employers describing …

Tinto’s integration theory has highly influenced research on student success in Europe and America. However, due to the complexity of the theory and the enormous amount of variables, the theory is not suitable for use in regular evaluations in higher education. By including only the best-proven predictive …

The paper explores the process of early growth of entrepreneurial science-based firms. Drawing on case studies of British and Dutch biopharmaceutical R&D firms, we conceptualize the speed of early growth of science-based firms as the time it takes for the assembly (or combined development) of three types …