ISS has a strong need to constantly innovate and to surprise the market with innovations. ISS tries to be innovative through the tactical/strategic level (such as the 'new' Innovation & Strategic Development department). But innovation comes (still) too little from the operational work field. The reasons …

Onderzoeksplatform ‘Connected Learning: ’Al ruim vijftien jaar houdt De Haagse Hogeschool zich bezig met onderzoek als deel van haar missie. Terwijl onderwijs vaak geworteld is in monodisciplinaire vakgebieden, kan met onderzoek wat makkelijker gekeken worden naar domeinen in de samenleving (zorg, …

Innovation Platforms (IPs) have been developed as forums that disseminate best practices in agricultural development and research. In Sub-Saharan Africa they are being tested as equitable, dynamic spaces bringing together heterogeneous actors to exchange knowledge and harness opportunities in experimental …

This book, as a result of the Innovation in education seminar, held on 17th and 18th of October 2017 at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences in Mikkeli, Finland, presents good practices and research results from three areas related to innovations in education: new – innovative education …

The European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) is an independent organization that aims at stimulating and promoting innovative knowledge and practices of strategic communication, organizational communication and Public Relations across Europe. Founded in 1959 and previously …

In this handbook we would like to inform (future) social and public professionals about the results of our extensive comparative research on welfare state reforms in Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and UK. The research reveals how reforms take place in …

Conversations about projects and project management are changing. Project Management researchers and practitioners are no longer only focused on the processes and practices, but increasingly looking for ‘some truths’ of project management (Morris, 2016) – truth that can be as likely found when considering …

In Cok Bakker & Nicolina Montesano Montessori (Eds.), Complexity in Education: From Horror to Passion. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: SensePublishers.

This chapter gives an overview on the Healthy Ageing research portfolio of the research group Lifelong Learning in Music (Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands). Lifelong learning enables musicians to respond to the continuously changing context in which they are working nowadays, …

Digital media allowed for the emergence of new artistic practices and innovative modes of production. In particular, the advent of Internet and digital technologies drastically enhanced the ability for multiple authors to collaborate towards the creation of large-scale collaborative works, which stand …