Dear Reader, Welcome to Sustainable EU Economy. This book is more than a textbook—it is an invitation to explore how the European Union shapes business, society, and sustainability in today’s interconnected world. My hope is that it will inspire you to think critically, engage actively, and see how Europe’s …

The increasing interest in Aronia melanocarpa berries for their antioxidant properties sets the necessity to define sustainable strategies to valorize the by-products. This study investigates the use of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) extraction, with and without ethanol as a co-solvent, for recovering …

De focus van dit onderzoeksrapport is de opvang van nieuwkomers in de Amsterdamse sociale basis en in het bijzonder de rol van de opbouwwerker daarbij. De basis vormt een meerjarig onderzoek met als dataverzameling focusgroepen met opbouwwerkers, een verdiepende case study rondom een opbouwwerker en …

Supermarkten spelen een sleutelrol in de keuzes die consumenten dagelijks maken. Maar hoe kun je technologie inzetten om gezonder en duurzamer eetgedrag te stimuleren? De expertgroep “Gezondere voedingskeuzes met in‑store technologie”, met Hogeschool van Amsterdam als voorzitter en a.s.r. Vitality als …

With the increasing significance of the online lifeworld in the lives of adolescents, youth work must adapt its methods to support young people’s personal development and social participation in this hybrid online space. To date, there is limited knowledge on how youth workers can effectively employ …

As youth workers increasingly offer support and guidance within digital environments, the question arises as to what impact this support has on the (online) lives of young people. This paper explores the contribution of youth work practice in the online lifeworld on young peoples’ development, building …

How lecturers in higher education handle, or curate, educational resources during course design, has become increasingly important with the growing amount of digitally available educational materials. Despite the recognition of curation in educational literature and the development of two conceptual …

Background Home-visiting programs often aim to improve parenting skills, parent-child relationships, and children’s developmental outcomes for at-risk families. Although research has identified what elements of these interventions are effective when provided by professionals, little is known about effective …

This century, greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen oxides must be significantly reduced. Greenhouse gases absorb and emit infrared radiation that contributes to global warming, which can lead to irreversible negative consequences for humans and the environment. Greenhouse …