In the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', carried out by the Digital Production Research Group and partners, three cases were research, each of the including prototyping. For case study 2, the prototypes focused on how to join a set of uneven pieces of wood. Two joints / nodes were designed …

The 2BeSure case: Be careful, innovation on the work floor represents a problem faced by innovation managers at insurance companies, which is initiating new ideas within the organisation and then implementing and embedding these in the current management organisation. Unfortunately, employees of the …

In Amsterdam we have been working with a diversity of partners in the city for more than a decade now. Our study and research in our research group Cities & Visitors have been focused on the image and reputations of our cities, including the image and reputation of different areas of the city itself. …

Managed realignment is the landward relocation of flood infrastructure to re-establish tidal exchange on formerly reclaimed land. Managed realignment can be seen as a nature-based flood defence system that combines flood protection by the realigned dike (artificial) and restored saltmarshes (nature-based). …

This article is about Inner Development Goals (IDGs), that were created in Sweden from 2019 as a necessary addition to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: no more poverty, good education for all, etc.) formulated by the UN in 2015 to achieve a sustainable world by 2030. The idea behind this initiative …

Dr. Gülşah Kaya Karasu was previously known for her funded research study on 'Colic Risk factors in Horses' at the Veterinary University of Vienna, Austria. Now, she has achieved another success at Van Hall Larenstein University in the Netherlands with her innovative research project 'Sustainable horse …

Introduction on the topic of Paratonia

A growing number of informal caregivers of older adults combine caregiving with a paid job, raising the question of whether they will be able to meet the increasing demand for informal care. The aims of our study are twofold: first, to describe the development of a model providing insight into the factors …

The booklet describes the renewed Healthy Active Ageing programme, a neighbourhood-oriented health-promoting group programme for and by older people living independently at home. Participants in the programme exchange experiences and knowledge and actively explore topics they consider important, now …

Always striving for superlatives makes for one-dimensional judgements. From one perspective something can be the best or the most unique, but from an infinite number of other perspectives it isn't. The fastest runner is not necessarily the healthiest person, let alone the best partner or parent. In addition, …