Across European cities local entrepreneurs are joining forces in new ways, forming collectives to stimulate business growth and innovation and to create a more attractive business environment. The value of such collectives is increasingly recognized by local governments and policy measures to stimulate …

An important movement is serendipitous spaces, whereby unsought findings happen. However, we question if institutions within society gear up towards facilitating new forms of inclusive interactions. During the seminar, reflection on presentations and discussions is of the essence. Therefore, after each …

Alumni can be of enormous value for higher education institutions because of the time and money they can spend on their former institution. Going beyond prior research that has as yet mostly considered alumni giving, this study focuses on exploring drivers for non-monetary alumni behavior (i.e., alumni …

The cultural world has two kinds of ownerships: the physical and intellectual. Many items have an important meaning not only for the individual, but also for the society. Making the items accessible requires following regulations such as copyrights. Multiple items have no rights holder or the rights …

Globalised labour markets require the young graduates of today to be mobile and culturally sensitive. Higher Education institutions increasingly bear the responsibility to both train their graduates for these global markets and to consider the varies needs of companies and the job market to compete internationally. …

To what extent can the application of blockchain technologies be employed toward civic empowerment, organizing local civic and circular economies, reinstating trust in civic institutions, or, perhaps, creating entirely new types of institutions?

This thesis is about volunteer motivation and engagement. The research elaborates on the motivation and engagement of volunteers in the project InduS. Nowadays, a world without volunteers cannot be imagined. They get more and more important in every aspect of social life, for example volunteers are …

We are well into the 21st century now and the urgency for lifelong learning is growing especially regarding numeracy. There are major societal and policy pressures on education to prepare citizens for a complex and technologized society, in literature referred to as “21st century skills” (Voogt & ParejaRoblin, …