The presentation covers recent and current procurement management team research activities at Hanze university, notably SME procurement, sustainable procurement, and innovation procurement.

This article aims to gauge students’ perceptions of the Dutch Party for Animals (PvdD) in order to reflect on the political representation of nonhumans (animals). The support for political representation of nonhumans is based on the ethical underpinning of deep ecology; growing recognition of the importance …

Over the past few decades the damage being done to global ecosystems by established development trajectories has become increasingly evident. In many sectors and regions sustainability transitions are gathering pace as new technologies, business models and social practices begin to transform existing …

Closed loop or ‘circular’ production systems known as Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle represent a unique opportunity to radically revise the currently wasteful system of production. One of the challenges of such systems is that circular products need to be both produced locally with minimum environmental …

Understanding that 'business as usual' is not working and that drivers of change bring new complexities in all aspects of our lives; and how businesses and citizens are choosing cooperatives as a way forward.

UNIDO and the Energy Academy Europe (EAE) / New Energy Coalition, a centre of excellence on energy located in Groningen, the Netherlands joint forces to enhance the understanding of innovative energy solutions and to contribute to building new capacities for promoting green industry and sustainable energy …

EnTranCe regularly welcomes international experts in the field of energy, sustainability and the transition towards a sustainable future. Last month, the Indian professor Anupam Saraph, visited EnTranCe and introduced students and researchers into the concepts of Future Design and System Dynamics Modeling. …

The role of (entrepreneurial) universities as change agents in regional economic development has been highlighted before, but how they can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been largely neglected hitherto. Using qualitative methods, we show how being confronted with adverse …

Dementie, een belangrijk maatschappelijk thema, waar K38 via kunst aandacht aan besteedt. Studenten van Academie Minerva hebben wekelijks, drie maanden lang, in het Groningse Odensehuis mensen met dementie geportretteerd. Deze expositie vormt een neerslag van hun ontmoeting.