Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are potential high-impact climate change mitigation actions towards low carbon or even climate neutral cities. This implies that the energy performance and greenhouse gas emissions of PEDs need to be assessed. To this end, an accounting methodology, metrics, supporting …

Urban Agriculture (UA) is a highly dynamic phenomenon, which is evolving constantly through space and time. Whilst previous typologies emphasised the distinctions between urban gardening and urban farming, the increasingly complex nature of the discipline has meant that these typologies no longer reflect …

Background Tackling challenges related to health, environmental sustainability and equity requires many sectors to work together. This “intersectoral co-operation” can pose a challenge on its own. Research commonly focuses on one field or is conducted within one region or country. The aim of this study …

Social innovation and co-creation have been discussed in academic literature for the last twenty years. However, the interrelatedness and application of these concepts in European Union policy deserves more attention. In our study, we focus on this relationship and application, by analysing the value …

Deze uitgave bundelt zestien essays die geschreven zijn door een groep van gevestigde historici en opkomend talent. Het is een rijke verzameling opstellen over landen, steden en regio’s. Samen illustreren ze de relevantie van onze sociaal-culturele, economische, demografische of politieke geschiedenis. …

Metacognition comprises both the ability to be aware of one’s cognitive processes (metacognitive knowledge) and to regulate them (metacognitive control). Research in educational sciences has amassed a large body of evidence on the importance of metacognition in learning and academic achievement. More …

Het gedachtegoed van design thinking lijkt grote raakvlakken met de positieve psychologie. Design thinking is mensgericht, toekomstgericht en oplossingsgericht. In dit artikel wordt de relatie gelegd vanuit ontwerpend doen en denken: framen, verbeelden van mogelijkheden en experimenteren. Design thinking …

Fear needs dealing with. Fear demands to be abated, countered or turned into something else, contributing and curtailing how we ‘do’ being human beings. This special issue of the European Journal of Cultural Studies addresses fear within media and popular culture, adopting a cultural studies approach …

Lectoraat Delta Power wil bijdragen aan de energietransitie door een waterstoflab te bouwen waar onderzoekers, bedrijven en studenten onderzoek kunnen verrichten naar waterstof. Met behulp van een waterstoflab kunnen er onderzoeken plaatsvinden naar het produceren van waterstof en het omzetten van waterstof …

Urban planning for climate change is a complex topic for historical and large cities like Alexandria, which are also coping with economic and demographic pressures. In this project the design of water engineering is drawn into the horizon of the local population, by mapping several containment measures …