Balancing processes of external contingency and internal P-O fit is amongst the challenges facing innovative HE institutions today. This multi-level case study presents findings from a research & development program targeted to investigate and improve organisational-, leadership- and employees’ capacities …

Following up on recent sociological attention to how futures are imagined and how views of the future influence economic and political action, this mini-conference aims to create an interdisciplinary dialog on time horizons presumed or articulated by theorists, professionals, activists, journalists, …

The biomass demand for the use as both renewable energy source and raw material for the biotechnology industry is increasing. Simultaneously, the supply of biomass is requested to become more costcompetitive. Innovative solutions for cost-effective biomass production should also avoid indirect land use …

New technologies or approaches are being widely developed and proposed to be deployed in real energy systems to improve desired objectives; however, supporting decision making processes to select best solutions in terms of performance and efficiently following cost-benefit analysis require some sort …

Policy seminar for the European Commission and SSH community where we presented the final results of ACCOMPLISSH

Hollands Licht is een kunstenaarskolonie van vier gebouwen in het landschap van de Nieuwkoopse Plassen. De architectuur omkadert het landschap, licht de kwaliteiten van dit landschap uit en stuurt de blik van de kunstenaar. De architectonische ruimte vormt een intermediair tussen de kunstenaar en het …

Op donderdag 31 januari 2019 organiseerde het Instituut voor Facility Management samen met het Lectoraat Inkoopmanagement van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen de 14e editie van het Hanze Inkoopseminar: Inkoop achter de horizon. Dagvoorzitter Marleen van der Ziel (Onlanders) en Mira Bloemen-Bekx (Dean van …

The number of social enterprises in the Netherlands has increased rapidly. Social enterprises are looking for new, innovative and economically sustainable ways to tackle structural societal challenges that generally fall outside the direct focus and objectives of the public and private sector. Social …

Reporting of research findings is often selective. This threatens the validity of the published body of knowledge if the decision to report depends on the nature of the results. The evidence derived from studies on causes and mechanisms underlying selective reporting may help to avoid or reduce reporting …

De rol van de burger in ruimtelijke planvorming is in verandering. Althans, dat is de gedachte. Het debat hierover is echter niet nieuw. Al in de jaren zestig ontstond een roep om minder technocratisch en top-down tot plannen te komen. In dit artikel bespreken we hoe de kijk op de participatierol van …