In a growing number of economic branches, citizens are becoming more active, as part-time producers, service providers, suppliers or even entrepreneurs. They compete with traditional companies, but often operate through new business models.

Here is something that all Europeans find of prime importance: affordable access to good health care; high quality elderly care; being able to live independently, even if you are handicapped or chronically ill.

What is this publication about? In this publication on ‘New urban economies’, we search for answers and insights to a key question: how can cities foster economic development and develop ‘new urban economies’. And, importantly, how can they do that: ◗ in concertation with different urban stakeholders, ◗ …

In the recent ‘Regional outlook’, the OECD (2014) convincingly argues that cities can be the drivers of national growth and recovery: in principle, their diversity and density makes people and companies more productive and innovative. This is not only a tale of large cities: over the last decade, as …

What will a shopping street look like in 2025, when online shopping continues to show double-digit growth? And what will 3D printing do to factories and logistic companies, when we can ‘print’ more and more products at home or around the corner? The digital economy is one of the most pervasive game changers …

Europe’s urban economies do not look the same as ten years ago. And in ten years from now,they will again be different. The digital revolution is particularly disruptive: entire sectors are being transformed, old players are losing out, newcomers are taking over, and competition is fiercer than ever. …

Het internationale karakter van stad en regio Den Haag en het grote aantal tweetalige curricula maken het voor veel buitenlandse studenten aantrekkelijk om aan De Haagse Hogeschool te studeren. EP-Nuffic, het expertise- en dienstencentrum voor internationalisering in het Nederlandse onderwijs, is dan …

In het kader van het Woon- en Leefbaarheidsplan van de DEAL - gemeenten (Delfzijl, Eemsmond, Appingedam en Loppersum) is door het Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte en Stichting Welzijn & Dienstverlening een aanpak beschreven om de organisatiekracht van inwoners te vergroten. Centraal staat het begrip 'organisatiekracht', …

By using Google Cardboard we have developed world’s first virtual tour on your smartphone of a fashion retail space: the byAMFI Statement Store, located in the city centre of Amsterdam. byAMFI is the Statement Store of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute that is a part of the Amsterdam University of Applied …

Om de toepassing van biobased plastics te stimuleren is een belangrijke rol weggelegd voor ontwerpers. Omdat zowel gevestigde ontwerpers als studenten weinig tot geen kennis hebben van biobased plastics, doet de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) onderzoek naar verschillende aspecten van ontwerpen met biobased …