This document aims to capture some of the ongoing trends and everyday life challenges in public space observed in Dutch cities since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. We interviewed professionals from municipalities, research organizations, NGOs and design and architecture agencies in the Netherlands, each …

In het 4-jarige onderzoeksproject Smart Cycling Futures (SCF) werkten wetenschap en praktijk nauw samen bij het uitproberen van uiteenlopende fietsinnovaties. Tegen de achtergrond van de uitdaging van steden en regio’s om leefbaar te blijven en zich duurzaam te ontwikkelen, is met een kernteam van vijftien …

All Gone is a series of experiments with AI that build on existing collections of climate fiction to create much-needed new climate imaginaries. As the climate crisis is also a “crisis of imagination” (Ghosh, 2016), this project turns to the art genre that is best at forecasting and imagining alternative …

Many contend that end-state planning is no longer either acceptable or feasible. However, outside the formal planning system, communities do conceive radical proposals for the places they live in. Our paper makes a plea for a renewed appreciation of Utopias by revealing the diversity of such imagined …

Seminar als deel van de inauguratie-ceremonie van lector Jan van Boeckel. Welkomstwoord Judith van der Elst, presentation Andri Snaer Magnason (IJsland), reactie Loes Damhof, UNESCO Chair Futures Literacy, HUAS, reactie Ina Horlings, Prof. Socio-spatial planning, Faculty of Spatial Sciences (RUG), reactie …

More and more people worldwide live in urban areas, and these areas face many problems, of which a sustainable food provision is one. In this paper we aim to show that a transition towards more sustainable, regionally organized food systems strongly contributes to green, livable cities. The article describes …

This paper presents four Destination Stewardship scenarios based on different levels of engagement from the public and private sector. The scenarios serve to support destination stakeholders in assessing their current context and the pathway towards greater stewardship. A Destination Stewardship Governance …