In recent years, there has been a steady increase in the number of bioretention systems installed worldwide. However, there has only been limited research on the long-term effectiveness of these sustainable urban drainage system devices. This paper presents the results of a series of controlled field …

Dirk Kootstra en Jan Veuger, lector Maatschappelijk Vastgoed bij het Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte hebben de eerste resultaten van het promotieonderzoek van Dirk Kootstra gepubliceerd in de speciale ERES 2015 uitgave.

This paper argues that a first step in finding a sustainable solution for the pressing global issue of ‘waste’, is to consider waste a value attribution rather than a material condition. Doing so means a shift in focus from finding more efficient ways to ‘clean up the mess’ to changing the way in which …

Poster presentation, Conference Proceedings of ijCSCL2015 (International Conference of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning), Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2015.

Paper presentatie tijdens de EARLI Conference 2015, Limassol, Cypres, 28 augustus. In this line of research we take a social psychological approach to understanding how honors students position themselves when collaborating with regular students. More specifically, we explore whether stereotypes about …

Research Questions 1) How do honours students behave when collaborating with regular students? 2) Which factors affect whether honours students dare to stand out?

In 2008 duiden signalen in de Eemsdelta-regio op een dreigende krapte op de arbeidsmarkt. Ondanks de dreigende problemen voor met name technische functies ondernemen de regionale arbeidsmarktactoren geen actie. Het ontbreekt hen aan detailinformatie per beroep gespecificeerd naar opleidingsrichting en …

For over thirty years, there has been a discussion about the effectiveness of educational games in comparison to traditional learning materials. To help further this discussion, we aim to understand ‘how educational games work’ by formalising (and visualising) the educational and motivational aspects …

Presentation USE Conference 2015.

Posterpresentatie USE Conferentie 2015.