The challenges we collectively face, such as climate change, are characterized by more complexity, interdependence, and dynamism than is common for educational practice. This presents a challenge for (university) education. These transition challenges are often described as wicked or VUCA (Volatile, …

The Dutch horticulture sector has to deal with challenges related to sustainability and advancing technology. Engaging professionals and (engineering) students by working together in learning communities (LCs) is an emerging approach to respond to ‘wicked problems’. In the Greenport West-Holland there …

Vier jaar geleden is de minor+ Silicon Venturing Rotterdam (SVR) gestart bij het Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis te Dordrecht. Het doel en de ambitie was om met de inzet van een multidisciplinair studententeam het innovatievermogen van het ziekenhuis te versterken, zodat het in staat is om gezond mee te …

Presentation 2nd International New Business Model Conference 2018In current society, we observe the emergence of new collaborative forms of organising on a regional scale in which civilians, organisations, and institutions engage in processes of collective action (Ostrom, 2009, 2010a). We refer to these …

We, humans have our roots in pre-Anthropocene eras where we gathered skills for survival and establishing our culture. The cumulated tacit knowledge, the skills, ideas and experiences that can only be shared by personal contact and mutual trust, is evolved and cumulated during this pre-Anthropocene era. …

Sociale innovatie gaat om de bundeling van menskracht met als doel uiteenlopende maatschappelijke kwesties aan te pakken. Sociale innovatie heeft betrekking op nieuwe arrangementen van burgers, overheden en/of bedrijven die ‘maatschappelijke energie’ opwekken om bijvoorbeeld armoede of sociale ongelijkheid …

Wicked problems ask for new, smart forms of governance beyond a singular focus on hierarchy, market or community. Based on the case studies presented in the individual articles of this special issue, this concluding article describes what smart governance could entail and discusses its strengths and …

Different unexpected combinations between industry, local government, private participants, educational institutes and artists resulted past year in challenging opportunities for transitions in urban and rural areas. The power of art with the perspective of the artist approaching challenges evokes a …

This paper proposes an innovative designerly model called the Transitional Action Design Research to address the class of wicked problems in the judicial settings such as preserving privacy while disseminating information for transparency purposes.

Hogeschool Windesheim is een brede hogeschool van grote regionale betekenis en heeft kwaliteit hoog in het vaandel. Honours en excellentie is sinds 2011 een speerpunt in het beleid, gekoppeld aan de missie waarin Windesheim de ambitie uitspreekt een innovatief kennis- en expertisecentrum te zijn dat …