This article deals with the question of why the architecture of new gated communities includes references to built heritage. The emergence of ‘gated communities’ in the Netherlands is especially interesting because its diffusion is not primarily driven by distinct urban segregation and the gap between …

Summary Social impact assessment (SIA) developed alongside EIA in the early 1970s as a mechanism to consider the social impacts of planned interventions. The early understanding tended to limit the practical application of SIA to the project level, usually within the context of regulatory frameworks, …

Optimizing the interaction between coaches and scientists in a community of research. To optimize the interaction between sports practice, research and education, the School of Sportstudies at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences developed four Communities of Research. One of these communities aims …

The grassroots of sustainable transition: a generic approach to describe local energy initiatives in the Northern Netherlands.IST conference, Zürich, 19-21 June 2013.

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From artist to art teacher. The paper is based on a pilot study connected to my PhD research which is a case study focusing on how Artist becomes Artist/Teacher. The participants are students in a two years teacher-training program for Artists held by the Icelandic Academy of The Arts. The research …

After decades in which a great deal of effort was spent on the creation of resources, there are currently several initiatives worldwide that aim to create an interoperable, sustainable research infrastructure. An integral part of such an infrastructure constitutes the resources (data and tools) which …

Abstract Many innovations in education are not completed, even if they are well thought out in advance. One of the main causes is the organization's lack of learning ability, combined with a shortage of teachers' and students' ownership with respect to the renewal of ideas and design. In communities …

Deze publicatie van The British Council richt zich op innovatieve onderwijspraktijken in initiële lerarenopleidingen voor docenten Engels over de hele wereld. Elk van de 14 hoofdstukken is geschreven door een andere lerarenopleider die vanuit een geheel eigen context zijn of haar innovatie toelicht. …

Dit onderzoek is gedaan bij Staatsbosbeheer, tegen de achtergrond van ingrijpende veranderingen. De veranderingen noodzaken de organisatie om het innovatief vermogen te ontwikkelen, ofwel kennisproductief te worden. Om de vraag te onderzoeken of communities of practice (CoP’s) hieraan een bijdrage zouden …