Populist parties have received a great amount of attention in the last decade. Scholars agree on the fact that populism addresses issues that are relevant for the majority. However, the established political elites do not discuss and address these issues clearly. Therefore, populist parties stir up …

Following tragic events in the Mediterranean Sea, several actions described in the European Agenda on Migration were put into operation. One of these key actions was the establishment of the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling in 2015. The main goal of the EU Action Plan is to prevent and counter …

Kerststad Valkenburg is een jaarlijks terugkerend evenement met een groot bezoekersaantal. Kerststad Valkenburg heeft een positieve werking op de economie van de gemeente Valkenburg aan de Geul en haar ondernemers. Om Kerststad Valkenburg een succes te laten blijven is het belangrijk dat deze blijft …

Urban flooding has become a key issue for many cities around the world. The project ‘INnovations for eXtreme Climatic EventS’ (INXCES) developed new innovative technological methods for risk assessment and mitigation of extreme hydroclimatic events and optimization of urban water-dependent ecosystem …

Pilot fatigue has been identified as a determinative factor in various safety events, leading to the introduction of Fatigue Risk Management regulations and standards worldwide. The scope of this study was to examine whether event and pilot characteristics recorded in safety investigation reports were …

Speaking at the transnational workshop on cluster developement on EntranCe as cluster

In the aviation sector, communication problems have contributed into 70% to 80% of safety occurrences. However, to date we haven’t depicted which communication aspects have affected aviation safety most frequently. Based on literature, we developed a tool which includes communication characteristics …

Recent werd bekend dat het gooien met kleurenpoeders bij sportevenementen, zoals de Color Runs, kan leiden tot gezondheidsklachten. Deze kwestie roept de vraag hoe het zit met verantwoordelijkheid bij de organisatie van sportevenementen. De beste invulling van verantwoordelijkheid is een integere organisatiecultuur. …