This paper reveals how the automatising of protocols ignited a public conflict between Dutch banks and their Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) clients in the years after the Global Financial Crisis. The bank’s “infirmary departments” for Financial Restructuring and Recovery (FR&R) were accused …

Philanthropy is on the rise in the Dutch visual arts. Fat cash prizes, big-name exhibitions, large-scale renovations, spectacular public artworks, and big scandals are changing the public display of art and undermining the democratic governance of art institutions. While some have critiqued the patron's …

Urban commons is presented as a challenge of collaborative governance. This study delivers a normative perspective to analyse and evaluate processes and outcomes of the governance of urban commons. It demonstrates the development and application of the perspective in action research on Amsterdam’s Zero …

With contributions from over 30 international legal scholars, this topical Research Handbook on International Food Law provides a reflective and crucial examination of the rules, power dynamics, legal doctrines, societal norms, and frameworks that govern the modern global food system. The Research Handbook …

De opkomst bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van maart 2022 in Nederland was historisch laag. In Den Haag lag de opkomst op 43 procent. Het opkomstpercentage verschilde sterk tussen wijken. Voor dit onderzoek zoomen we in op vijf wijken: Bouwlust en Vrederust; Laakkwartier en Spoorwijk (beide met een …

A public sector that adequately makes use of information technology can provide improved government services that not only stimulates business development it also intensifies citizen participation and economic growth. However, the effectiveness of IT and its governance at both national as well as on …

De opkomst bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van maart 2022 was ‘historisch’ laag, zo kopten verschillende kranten. Het landelijk gemiddelde lag op 51 procent, 5 procent lager dan in 2018. In sommige gemeenten lag de opkomst ruim onder het gemiddelde en was de daling nog groter. Rotterdam had met 38,9 …

De Haagse economie is hersteld van de coronacrisis. De economie van het stadsgewest ‘s-Gravenhage is in 2021 met 3,5 procent gegroeid en liet het BBP per inwoner een groei zien van bijna 6 procent. Hiermee zet de groei van pre-corona door. Na een lange periode van matige economische groei en minder gecreëerde …

The objective of this chapter is to give insight in marine governance challenges, illustrated by Arctic shipping. To do this, this chapter presents a theory of marine governance as reflexive institutionalization, in which the structural properties of marine governance arrangements are (re)produced in …

This collection of articles contains contributions to the research project ‘From Prevention to Resilience’ (FPtP). In this project, the research team has generated insights and tools for designers, policymakers, and other professionals to contribute to more resilient cities and neighborhoods. The point …