Met een Europees Parlementslid praten over de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen, is dat niet raar? Wat ons betreft niet. Zo’n 70% van het beleid dat in de Europese Unie wordt gemaakt sijpelt namelijk door naar het niveau van gemeenten. Met de Nederlandse gemeenteraadsverkiezingen in aantocht vonden we het hoog …

Purpose: The study aims to explain the communicative basis of conflicts in which actors stand in opposition in defining a negotiated situation and to deepen knowledge of environmental conflict development, in particular on how frames are (re)shaped through discursive choices in interaction. Design/methodology/approach: This …

This study aims to investigate the level of attention and politicization that has been granted in the institutional debate on the Pipeline Project Nord Stream 2. To do so the author has operated to assess whether the level of attention reserved to the controversial pipeline has contributed to obtaining …

SEEV4-City is an innovation project funded by the European Union Interreg North Sea Region Programme. Its main objective is to demonstrate smart electric mobility and integration of renewable energy solutions and share the learnings gained. The project reports on the results of six Operational Pilots …

PV systems are used more and more. Not always is it possible to install them in the optimal direction for maximum energy output over the year. At the Johan Cruijff ArenA the PV panels are placed all around the roof in all possible directions. Panels oriented to the north will have a lower energy gain …

The Johan Cruijff ArenA (JC ArenA) is a big events location in Amsterdam, where national and international football matches, concerts and music festivals take place for up to 68,000 visitors. The JC ArenA is already one of the most sustainable, multi-functional stadia in the world and is realizing even …

Stedelijke sociale ongelijkheid staat al jaren hoog op de stedelijke agenda, maar het is eigenlijk zelden of nooit het nummer 1 probleem geweest van Amsterdam. Andere kwesties zoals het samenleven tussen verschillende bewonersgroepen golden in de stedelijke arena vaak als urgenter. Het is ogenschijnlijk …

Onze samenleving is sterk gedigitaliseerd. Het internet is de arena waarin wij werken, onze financiën regelen, boodschappen doen, waar ons sociale leven plaatsvindt en we liefde zoeken.1 Als gevolg van deze digitalisering is cybercriminaliteit in toenemende mate een probleem. De prevalentie van deze …

Background: A description of the complexity of the process of self-management and the way stroke survivors give meaning to their process of self-management post-stroke is lacking. This study explores how stroke survivors managed their lives, gave meaning to their self-management post-stroke and how this …