Guest post by Lieke Wissink. Lieke is an anthropologist and philosopher who works at the Youth and Society knowledge center, University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam. She engages in an action-research project with undocumented youths at a day shelter, and carries-out participant observation, group workshops …

Masterclass in samenwerking met Veerle Wullaert Family dynamics for family business advisors: voor advocaten, accountants, notarissen, bemiddelaars en vermogensbeheerders die meer inzichten willen in hoe familiedynamieken impact hebben op de bedrijfsdynamieken.

Global dynamics challenge businesses and industries more than ever before. Notably, the trend of sustainability impacts the tourism industry, which explains the focus on consciousness and projects initiated by NGOs.  This research study was conducted for Fundación CODESPA – a changemaker striving for …

Indigenous rights’ relationship to ecological justice in Amazonia has not been explicitly explored in the literature. As social scientists rarely talk about violence against non-humans, this case study of conservation in Amazonia will explore this new area of concern. Ethical inquiries in conservation …

This paper extends the 'go-with-the-flow' method to explore enclosed environments, like oil reservoirs, pipe lines that transport liquids, and industrial tanks for processing chemicals, where sensing nodes cannot establish communication with the external world. Nonetheless, large quantities of highly …

Ubiquitin (Ub) is a protein which post-translationally modifies other proteins (its target substrates) and determines their cellular fate. Ub can label substrates for degradation, it can also alter the location of their substrates within a cell or even affect their activity. Chains can be formed via …

There is increased interest in reducing sedentary behavior of office workers to combat the negative health effects of prolonged sitting. Walking meetings offer a promising solution to this problem as they facilitate a physically active way of working. To inform future development of technologies supporting …

Open Innovation (OI) revolves around the idea that to survive, organisations must identify, plug into, and leverage external knowledge sources as a core process in innovation. The creation and guarding of a suitable level of organisational permeability in the daily practice of OI can be challenging for …

Entrepreneurial participation from the neighbourhood is the final report of a two-year action research that investigated how cooperating formal and informal parties can support small-scale entrepreneurship in the Amsterdam neighbourhoods and stimulate participation by people who have unemployment benefits. …

To facilitate energy transition, in several countries regulators have devised ‘regulatory sandboxes’ to create a participatory experimentation environment for exploring revision of energy law. These sandboxes allow for a two-way regulatory dialogue between an experimenter and an approachable regulator …