How can university and city administration co-create the city? Where do their interests meet and diverge, and what is needed to exploit synergies? This report explores the potential for co-creation in five domains: urban economic development, internationalisation, urban attractiveness & city branding, …

Dit artikel beschrijft de resultaten van een vooronderzoek dat in het kader van het project Beeldcommunicatie in de GGZ heeft plaatsgevonden. In vier focusgroepen met GGZ-zorgverleners is verkend tegen welke vragen en dilemma’s zij aanlopen bij het toepassen van beeldcommunicatie in de zorg die zij verlenen …

The purpose of this contribution is twofold. On the one hand we present an overview of recent international developments on inclusive education since the Salamanca Declaration (UNESCO, 1994). We also present the more general challenges and dilemmas this new approach generated, along with a series of …

For successful energy transitions, social acceptance of innovative technologies is essential. In order to determine the contributing factors, the acceptance of bio-digestion in The Netherlands was analyzed. A discourse analysis of 200 newspaper articles was conducted to answer the question: how do different …

Social research on the arts is a wonderful experience. Speech on the celebration of 10 years “Lifelong Learning in Music”.Social research is usually focused on social problems and difficulties, looking how societal dilemmas could be solved. However, turning our view to the arts and particularly to music, …

The study of moral reasoning in relation to sustainable development is an emerging field within environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). The vignette method was used to evaluate the perception of the relationship between environmental and social issues in the Dutch …

This paper discusses how universities could explore and exploit the city as learning environment, a place full of interesting research questions, real-life problems waiting to be solved and challenges to be addressed. We argue how academic research and education programmes can be systematically linked …

In de afgelopen paar jaar is steeds meer aandacht gekomen voor onderzoek door leraren. Daarbij gaat het dan vooral om praktijkonderzoek door leraren. In deze bijdrage wordt ingegaan op de doelen en de dilemma’s van het praktijkonderzoek door leraren en worden mogelijke kwaliteitscriteria voor het praktijkonderzoek …

Contribution to exhibition Qua Art - Qua Science. The artist Joost Verhagen represents spaces in an original way by using colours, texture and forms. He invokes thoughts and feelings with his works of art. The concept of ambient intelligence also deals with space, but especially with spaces that are …