Sound Soils is a practice-oriented research initiative aimed at exploring opportunities for musicians to contribute to rural life in the Northern Netherlands, with a specific emphasis on participatory music practices. Grounded in Participatory Action Research methodology and ethnographic forms of data …

Many coastal communities worldwide are facing challenges caused by increasing sea levels. However, urban development, population growth and industrialisation in low-lying delta regions persist. This includes the Netherlands and British Columbia, Canada. Both regions explore new and innovative flood risk …

This study focuses on top-down and bottom-up processes within the field of energy transition. It aims at gaining insights into the ways that a more balanced approach can be achieved, by taking into consideration the (mutual) interests, barriers and expectations of the municipality and local citizen initiatives. …

In 2024 the Low Impact Development Devices (LID) open-source international database ClimateScan consist of over 14.000 climate adaption related projects uploaded in the period of 2014–2024. For cities with over 500 projects, this offers an opportunity to construct a LID-DNA of the city. LID-DNA presents …

Municipalities often collaborate with other stakeholders in smart city projects to develop and implement technological innovations to address complex urban issues. We propose the shared portfolio approach as an alternative way of collaborating, because we have identified possible limitations when the …

Both consumer and industrial electronics have become increasingly complex and advanced in recent years. High performance semiconductor devices are essential to the function of these electronics, which is why rapid growth of the microelectronics industry and major technological advancements in this field …

Immerse yourself in the changing landscape of healthcare innovation at the "eHealth Connect Conference: Bridging Disciplines for Scientific Research Collaboration." Join us in Groningen on 7 March 2024 for a dynamic exploration of the present and future of digital health and eHealth.Digital health is …

Co-creation in a quintuple helix, the art of including natural environments of society in a living lab that includes different types of stakeholders and monitoring the quality of this process of co-creation. In the last decade, co-creation has not only become a widely used concept in academic discourses …

The SDG Barometer monitors the extent to which organizations in the Netherlands are aware of, adopt and implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals and integrate them into their strategies. This Dashboard is meant to provide open access to the survey results in an interactive way, so that students, …

Co-creatie binnen sociale innovatie moet meer als een proces worden geëvalueerd in plaats van puur op de uitkomsten of het aantal betrokken partners, stelt Meister-Broekema. Daarvoor zou het goed zijn om de tevredenheid van de deelnemers mee te nemen. Hij ontwikkelde een evaluatieraamwerk om dat te kunnen …