While the status of UN SDG14 Life Below Water lags behind in the Netherlands, target horizons for certain targets have been either reached or are fast approaching (2020, 2025, 2030). In 2016, recommendations have been formulated by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, for adjustments …

Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) such as blockchain have in recent years been presented as a new general-purpose technology that could underlie many aspects of social and economic life, including civics and urban governance. In an urban context, over the past few years, a number of actors have …

The transition towards a sustainable and healthy food system is one of the major sustainability challenges of today, next to the energy transition and the transition from a linear to circular economy. This paper provides a timely and evidence-based contribution to better understand the complex processes …

Financial exclusion as a topic over the years has attracted several scholars to investigate the reasons why specific social groups of people get excluded from formal financial services. Some of the social groups discovered to always be excluded are women, the elderly, ethnic groups, minorities, and immigrants. …

De onderzoeksgroep Teamprofessionalisering van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam zet zich sinds 2015 in om het handelingsvermogen (agency) van docententeams te versterken met behulp van actieonderzoek. Al onderzoekend experimenteren docenten met de eigen onderwijspraktijk. Met welke vragen en problemen hebben …

Embedded connected computers are installed in homes in increasing numbers in the form of consumer IoT devices. These devices are often insufficiently protected against cyberattacks. In this research report, we propose several security requirements for consumer IoT devices. These requirements are suitable …

In light of increasing cashlessness, platform economies, Open Banking APIs, financial bots and cryptocurrencies, money is on the move - once inert, money is gaining agency, becoming programmable, automated, data-driven and part of 'more than human' infrastructures. These financial futures demand that …

The planning and development of a Xamarin.Forms Scan&Go app with navigation features. This work shows how the task has been analysed, designed and implemented during the graduation internship.It will also be explained, why Xamarin.Forms has been a great help during the development.

The essays collected here are based on two decades of engagement with the residents of the slums of Govindpuri in India’s capital, Delhi. The book presents stories of many kinds, from speculative treatises, via the recollection of a thousand everyday conversations, to an account of the making of a radio …

This article provides a nano (hyperlocal) view of climate change mitigation by viewing regenerative organizing through the eyes (as well as bodies and senses, etc.) of the households engaged in community-based energy projects. By showing what humans make up for in the largely absent relationship between …