For a successful public value strategy, the elements “public values/strategic goals”, authorizing environment” and “operational capability” should be coherently aligned. In this paper, we discuss how we have aligned these elements in the context of Open Data. We focus on the relationships between …

Times a changing. Mangement roles change. Quailty managers more an more are change managers and need soft skills to perform well.

Lifestyle related health problems are a tremendous burden for European societies that demands a shift towards prevention and a professional to guide this process. Therefore a new bachelor program PALC was developed. A consortium of seven universities from the Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Lithuania …

De kwaliteit van afstudeerscripties moet verbeterd worden, dat betekent hoge{re) kwalitatieve eisen stellen aan afgestudeerde studenten. Zij moeten zelfstandig kunnen werken en denken, en inzichten methodisch kunnen vertalen. Dat betekent in de praktijk: streven naar ingenieurs met een goede onderzoekshouding. …

We presenteren een samenwerkingsverband tussen de Hogeschool Rotterdam (HR), de Haagse Hogeschool (HHS) en de Hogeschool Leiden (HSL) op het gebied van het Internet of Things (IoT). Enige jaren geleden heeft de Stichting Innovatie Alliantie (SIA) opdracht aan het ICT Innovatie Platform Sensor Netwerken …

From the article: Abstract. This exploratory and conceptual article sets out to research what arguments and possibilities for experimentation in construction exists and if experimentation can contribute towards more innovative construction as a whole. Traditional, -western- construction is very conservative …

In order to guarantee structural integrity of marine structures in an effective way, operators of these structures seek an affordable, simple and robust system for monitoring detected cracks. Such systems are not yet available and the authors took a challenge to research a possibility of developing such …

The aim of this research is to assess the potential impact of the CO2 Performance Ladder on CO2 emission reduction. The CO2 Performance Ladder is a new green procurement scheme that has been adopted by several public authorities in the Netherlands; it is a staged certification scheme for energy and CO2 …

The model of the Best Practice Unit (BPU) is a specific form of practice based research. It is a variation of the Community of Practice (CoP) as developed by Wenger, McDermott and Snyder (2002) with the specific aim to innovate a professional practice by combining learning, development and research. …

The aim of the present thesis is to identify violations of the right to a fair trial and the right to liberty and security of person in Romania. It focuses on the developments that have taken place since country acceded to the EU in 2007, and delivers recommendations to address them. The miscarriages …