"In recent years, the former Dutch welfare state has been transformed into a participation society [1]. As support from the government decreases, citizens are increasingly expected to be self-managing. Since not everyone is able to be self-managing, there is an increasing demand for help offered by volunteers. …

De focus in WP7 ligt op ondernemerschap en ondernemend gedrag. Twee belangrijke ingrediënten voor innovatie. De ondernemer- schapscompetitie helpt lokale initiatieven op gang te brengen en geeft deelnemers de kans om hun ondernemersvaardigheden niet alleen te testen, maar vooral te ontwikkelen. Ondernemend …

Dit boekje is een verkenning van Middag-Humsterland. Wat is er zo bijzonder aan het landschap, en wie wonen er? Ook kijken we naar het energieprofiel van het gebied. Hoeveel elektriciteit en aardgas wordt er verbruikt, en waarvoor? En hoe verschilt Middag-Humsterland van de rest van Nederland.

In the debate about smart cities, an alternative to a dominant top-down, tech-driven solutionist approach has arisen in examples of ‘civic hacking’. Hacking here refers to the playful, exploratory, collaborative and sometimes transgressive modes of operation found in various hacker cultures, this time …

Universities have become more engaged or entrepreneurial, forging deeper relations with society beyond the economic sphere. To foster, structure, and institutionalize a broader spectrum of engagement, new types of intermediary organizations are created, going beyond the “standard” technology transfer …

The 2018 IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C once again highlighted (and with increased urgency) the benefits of immediate, extreme decarbonisation efforts in order to minimise the negative impacts of climate change. Achieving such demanding global targets requires concerted national, subnational, …

This edited collection addresses the problem of how the creation of novel spaces of governance relates to imaginaries of connectivity in time. While connectivity seems almost ubiquitous today, it has been imagined and practiced in various ways and to varying political effects in different historical …

Social media is a transformative digital technology, collapsing the “six degrees of separation” which have previously characterized many social networks, and breaking down many of the barriers to individuals communicating with each other. Some commentators suggest that this is having profound effects …

At the Lunchcolloquim of the TU in Delft Dr. Schepers talked about the International Small Wind Turbine Contest (ISWTC) and the Energy transition centre (Entrance) in Groningen.

Presentatie over de lokale energietransitie en de interventies die in worden gezet om dit te stimuleren. Deze vallen onder het project R-Link.