Incentives are frequently used by governments and employers to encourage cooperation. Here, we investigated the effect of centralized incentives on cooperation, firstly in a behavioral study and then replicated in a subsequent neuroimaging (fMRI) study. In both studies, participants completed a novel …

At the end of 2019, the Municipality of Rotterdam commissioned Humanitas ESSM to research the situation of male sex workers in the area of Rotterdam. This demographic often goes unnoticed in sex work-related policies and interventions by public authorities. The Municipality spotted their knowledge gap …

Uit door ons uitgevoerd enquêteonderzoek (in 2020) blijkt dat risicomanagement als een van de belangrijkste taken wordt gezien binnen de onafhankelijke controlfunctie (OCF) van woningcorporaties. Tegelijkertijd geven betrokkenen aan dat deze activiteit voor verbetering vatbaar is. De effectiviteit hiervan …

This study investigated the urban growth dynamics of urban regions. The study area was the Marmara Region, one of the most densely populated and ecologically diverse areas in Turkey. Using CORINE land cover data for 2006, 2012, and 2018, the study utilized multiple correspondence analyses and cluster …

If you try to kill a mosquito with an entire army force, everyone 's going to think there 's something terrible about that mosquito. The press and government treats the Dutch public like idiots, this evokes exactly what one is trying to prevent: people are becoming suspicious and believe less in the …

Introduction: Many adults do not reach the recommended physical activity (PA) guidelines, which can lead to serious health problems. A promising method to increase PA is the use of smartphone PA applications. However, despite the development and evaluation of multiple PA apps, it remains unclear how …

Door middel van Living Lab Beweegvriendelijk Vinkhuizen is gericht op het innoveren van het totale proces van betrokkenheid, co-creatie, leren en sociale innovatie op het thema beweegvriendelijke omgeving, de zogenaamde “orgware”. Drie elementen stonden centraal: design thinking, opzet van een Community …

Veel bedrijven in de Eems-Dollard Regio (EDR) klagen over een gebrek aan de zogenaamde ‘blue collar workers’ of ‘blauwe boorden’: geschoolde arbeiders, werkzaam in de industriële sector. Ondanks het feit dat er al een groot aantal initiatieven zijn geweest om meer personeel te werven, lijkt het steeds …

The Knowledge Alliance for Communities of Practice for Healthy Lifestyle (COP4HL) aimed at developing and sustaining communities of practice (COP) in order to stimulate innovation and socio-economic development in the area of Healthy Ageing. Promoting Healthy Ageing, and specifically an Active & Healthy …

This article studies the renewed interest surrounding sustainable public finance and the topic of tax evasion as well as the new theory of information inattention. Extending a model of tax evasion with the notion of inattention reveals novel findings about policy instruments that can be used to mitigate …