In the debate about smart cities, an alternative to a dominant top-down, tech-driven solutionist approach has arisen in examples of ‘civic hacking’. Hacking here refers to the playful, exploratory, collaborative and sometimes transgressive modes of operation found in various hacker cultures, this time …

Dit onderzoek gaat over de toenemende groei in Amsterdam die zorgt voor een onevenredig toenemende drukte in de stad. Overexploitatie van gebieden en hotspots krijgen veel maatschappelijke aandacht. Er is echter relatief weinig aandacht voor de aanwezigheid en ontwikkeling van gebieden waar onderexploitatie …

Crisis response organizations operate in very dynamic environments, in which it is essential for responders to acquire all information critical to their task execution in time. In reality, the responders are often faced with information overload, incomplete information, or a combination of both. This …

The nation-state had a long history of success, but today it is failing its citizens on a global scale. Over the last hundred years, nation-states focussed on maximizing internal unity and jurisdictional sovereignty. Benjamin R. Barber’s ‘If Mayors Ruled The World’ is the central source of this thesis …