Om de opwarming van de aarde onder de 1,5 graden te houden en ernstige gevolgen van klimaatverandering zoveel mogelijk te voorkomen, moeten we naar nul uitstoot in 2050 (Net Zero). Welvarenden kunnen hierin een sleutelrol vervullen. Mensen met een hoge sociaaleconomische positie (SEP) consumeren namelijk …

Many citizens experience ambivalence – having simultaneously positive and negative evaluations – about changing their behaviour towards a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. Based on 36 studies, this study identifies and synthesises the current evidence on how ambivalence impacts environmental behaviours. …

We find cultural heritage important because it gives meaning to our living environment. It helps us to position ourselves in time. But what is heritage? Historical geographer Hans Renes called it ‘traces from the past that have a meaning in the present’. That meaning is not set in stone and does not …

Airborne wind energy (AWE) is an emerging renewable energy technology that uses kites to harvest winds at higher altitudes than wind turbines. Understanding how residents experience a local AWE system (AWES) is important as the technology approaches commercialization. Such knowledge can help adjust the …

Residential public charging points are shared by multiple electric vehicle drivers, often neighbours. Therefore, charging behaviour is embedded in a social context. Behaviours that affect, or are influenced by, other public charging point users have been sparsely studied and lack an overarching and comprehensive …

This ‘cohort profile’ aims to provide a description of the study design, methodology, and baseline characteristics of the participants in the Corona Behavioral Unit cohort. This cohort was established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment …

In het programma De Koplopers onderzoeken ze de eiwittransitie grondig. Deze aflevering richt zich op de psychologische en politieke hindernissen die we tegenkomen op de weg naar een dieet rijk aan plantaardige eiwitten. Antien Zuidberg, lector Design Methoden in Food aan de HAS green academy, presenteert …