The aim of this research/project is to investigate and analyze the opportunities and challenges of implementing AI technologies in general and in the transport and logistics sectors. Also, the potential impacts of AI at sectoral, regional, and societal scales that can be identified and chan- neled, in …

Urban experimentation has been increasingly applied as a tool for finding new ways to face grand societal and environmental challenges⁠. Social learning and reflectivity that urban experiments might trigger are seen as crucial mechanisms in this process⁠. Nevertheless, it often remains unclear how to …

Dit rapport is het eerste product van het onderzoeksprogramma “Wie woont en werkt nog in de stad? Onderzoeksprogramma naar de (on)toegankelijke woningmarkt” in opdracht van het Kenniscentrum Ongelijkheid (KCO). Het rapport biedt een inhoudelijke verkenning van het begrip ‘sleutelberoepen’ en de positie …

The variety of activities employed by community energy organisations has broadened considerably. Drawing on Social Movement Theory, we argue that these activities indicate that energy communities engage in ‘prefigurative’ activities; they create in their own environment the decentralized and democratic …

Equestrianism is currently facing a range of pressing challenges. These challenges, which are largely based on evolving attitudes to ethics and equine wellbeing, have consequences for the sport’s social licence to operate. The factors that may have contributed to the current situation include overarching …

Klimaatverandering, migratie, de oorlogen in Oekraïne en Jemen, racisme, hoge inflatie, woningnood, lerarentekort, corona-lockdowns, politieke onvrede en een pluriformiteit in opvattingen hierover. Het is ingewikkeld om als kind of jongere op te groeien in Nederland anno 2023. Daarom is het niet vreemd …

Introduction: Community development approaches are increasingly used by occupational therapists in response to occupational justice theory, which posits that both individuals and community groups may be denied access to meaningful occupations through societal powers outside their control. Previous research …

Summary (English): Current planning policies place great expectations on citizen participation to resolve complex societal and spatial challenges such as urban renewal and housing development. This essay explores what transitions in citizen participation have taken place on this issue in the Netherlands …