The EU Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSPD) requires the member states (MS) to pursue Blue Growth while ensuring good environmental status (GES) of sea areas. An ecosystem-based approach (EBA) should be used for the integration of the aims. However, the MSPD does not specify how the MS should arrange …

De organisatiestructuur van de gemeente Amsterdam leent zich niet goed voor het werken aan domeinoverstijgende grootstedelijke vraagstukken. Vaak worden daarom (externe) procesbegeleiders aangesteld om samenwerking tot stand te brengen tussen partijen met uiteenlopende belangen. De positie die deze procesbegeleiders …

This paper analyses the ways in which informal mediation channels facilitate service delivery in the Citizen Service Bureaus at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and give rise to an interplay between formal and informal institutions. In particular, the personal backgrounds of brokers as informal mediators …

This paper intends to show how the North American Technocratie movement, which was a force to reckon with during the early 1930s, vended their politica! aims as non-political by claiming their ideas were prescribed by Technology, which they regarded as being both neutral and efficient. The proponents …

In dit paper vind je een toelichting op de Cirkel van Interactie, een aanpak die helpt bij het ontwerpen en uitvoeren van constructieve gesprekken tussen publieke organisaties en hun omgeving. Dit paper is geschreven voor (aankomend) professionals die gesprekken organiseren als onderdeel van participatieprocessen …

“Nadat de langste formatie ooit was afgerond en portefeuilles waren verdeeld, kwam het kabinet voor het eerst bijeen. Een van de onderwerpen in dit eerste overleg: wat losse eindjes in de taakverdeling. Zo moest er bijvoorbeeld nog iemand worden gevonden voor het mbo. Zou ook het herstellen van het vertrouwen …

Today, our environment and the objects therein are equipped with an increasing number of devices such as cameras, sensors, and actuators, which all together produce a huge amount of data. Furthermore, we observe that citizens generate data via social media applications running on their personal devices. …

The concept of autonomy has received considerable attention in both –philosophy and psychology. From the perspective of philosophy, autonomy refers to self-governance of one’s actions. In psychological theory, the focus has been more on human beings striving to experience autonomy and self-determination. …

This applied research project aims to generate a better understanding of the effects of heatwaves on vulnerable population groups in the municipality of The Hague, and suggests ways in which the municipality can help such groups to cope with these heatwaves. The research was performed as a cooperation …