This project aims to contribute to a food resilient society and a healthy environment. Specifically, the research focuses on fostering water-smart and nature-inclusive food resilience through local participation.

Op het kleine Caribische eiland Sint Eustatius, lokaal bekend als Statia, is voedsel verbouwen geen eenvoudige klus. Water is schaars, verse groenten zijn duur en jongeren zien landbouw niet bepaald als hun droombaan. Toch wordt er met het project Food Resilient Futures geëxperimenteerd met praktische …

On the Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, locally known as Statia, growing food is not easy. Water is scarce, fresh vegetables are expensive, and young people do not see agriculture as their dream career. Through the project Food Resilient Futures, joint experiments are being carried out to explore practical …

Book review of: R. Jisung Park (2024). Slow Burn. The Hidden Costs of a Warming World, Princeton University Press, 336 pp.

Het voedselsysteem op Bonaire wordt gekenmerkt door een sterke afhankelijkheid van import. Het merendeel van de groenten, fruit en dierlijke producten wordt van buiten het eiland aangevoerd, wat leidt tot hoge consumentenprijzen en beperkte beschikbaarheid van verse en gezonde voeding. Deze situatie …

Op Bonaire worden groenten, fruit en vlees grotendeels geïmporteerd en zijn vaak nauwelijks betaalbaar. Deze afhankelijkheid van import leidt tot ongezonde voedingspatronen en toenemende gezondheidsproblemen, zoals obesitas. In de landbouw worden 'water-smart' en natuur-inclusieve methoden beperkt toegepast …

This cross-cultural study examines the relationship between perceived COVID-19 changes due to the impacts on everyday life by the pandemic with social exclusion and across 32 cultures and their levels in collectivism. With data from the start of the first outbreak from March 2020 to June 2020 (N = 9245), …

‘Compounding Waalwijk. Transformation of the urban core’. The monofunctional shopping center in Waalwijk is no longer functioning. How can this location, in phases, be transformed for Waalwijk to regain its regional importance and revitalizing existing identity nodes? Inspired by midsize utopia, New …

The Capucine cloister in Tilburg was established in the 19th century along one of the routes leading out of the city center, as part of the urban expansion that was then taking place. Nearby a nunnery can be found at the other end of a park, the whole being enclosed by a long wall. Now the place has …

‘International Hub Center, a connective student village in Maastricht.’ Can a university city like Maastricht do better in getting international students involved in the local community and making them prolong their stay to the benefit of the city? From his own experience as a foreign student the designer …