Skyler White is a protagonist in the top-ranking television series Breaking Bad. She is also one of the most hated characters on television. This paper focuses on how the character of Skyler and Anna Gunn – the actor that plays her – are turned into a ‘composite celebrity’ in audience discussions. This …

De gemeente Kapelle heeft recent haar Basis Riolerings Plan Kapelle (BRP) geactualiseerd. In dit plan wordt beschreven hoe het huidig functioneren is van de riolering en wordt het rioleringssysteem aan diverse maatstaven getoetst. Uit het BRP blijkt dat voor de kern van Biezelinge en het naastgelegen …

Both research and practice acknowledge that an increasing number of business models are realized by multiple organizations in innovation ecosystems. Little research addresses how organizations develop these business models jointly over time and balance the tensions that occur from the divergent goals …

Citizens and urban policy makers are experimenting with collaborative ways to tackle wicked urban issues, such as today’s sustainability challenges. In this article, we consider one particular way of collaboration in an experimental setting: Urban Living Labs (ULLs). ULLs are understood as spatially …

We, humans have our roots in pre-Anthropocene eras where we gathered skills for survival and establishing our culture. The cumulated tacit knowledge, the skills, ideas and experiences that can only be shared by personal contact and mutual trust, is evolved and cumulated during this pre-Anthropocene era. …

Onderwijsinnovaties leiden vaak niet tot de beoogde resultaten. Stagnatie in onderwijsinnovaties is een belangrijke oorzaak voor het uitblijven van resultaten. De stagnatie is het gevolg van twee kernproblemen in onderwijsinnovatie: (1) een lineaire basisredenering die geen recht doet aan het moeilijk …

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences has applied the Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) in their educational and research programmes in various ways. The chapter is based on the experiences within the Faculty of Technology, which has adopted the MAMCA in the minor Urban Logistics. The …

Change agent capacity-building compendium.Due to increasing globalization, technological advances and sociological changes, the world is becoming more complex than ever. Complexity has gone from large systems, to organizational and individual levels. Today it concerns all aspects of society. The will …

Different unexpected combinations between industry, local government, private participants, educational institutes and artists resulted past year in challenging opportunities for transitions in urban and rural areas. The power of art with the perspective of the artist approaching challenges evokes a …

Optreden in conflictgebieden wordt voor zowel humanitaire organisaties als de Nederlandse Defensie steeds complexer. De voornaamste reden hiervoor is de toename van het aantal actoren en politieke belangen in een conflict. Hierdoor is het voor zowel humanitaire organisaties als militaire organisaties …