Citizen participation in research, innovation, and implementation can strengthen the success of health interventions. The Dutch research group Bridge2Health focuses on citizen science (CS), considering it an overarching concept for approaches and methods that actively engage citizens in the research, …

Deelname van burgers aan onderzoek, innovatie, en implementatie kan het succes van gezondheidsinterventies versterken. De SPRONG-groep Bridge2Health heeft Citizen Science (CS) als focus en beschouwt dit als een overkoepelend begrip voor werkwijzen en methoden waarbij burgers actief betrokken worden bij …

Little is known about how resilience to disinformation develops and manifests in people’s daily lives. Addressing this gap, our study investigates young adults’ tactics for navigating disinformation and the resources they draw from throughout this process. Based on 29 semi-structured interviews with …

Background: Game-making has the potential to foster cultural participation and empowerment, yet its role as a form of culture- making remains underexplored. Existing approaches to cultural engagement often overlook the creative and participatory pos- sibilities of game-making for addressing pressing …

In smart cities, deliberation between public professionals and discontented citizens risks devolving into a ‘dialogue of the deaf’, where parties talk past each other due to differing perceptions of what constitutes good deliberation. Meta-deliberation offers a promising direction to raise awareness …

This research illustrates how cities use different forms of governance to increase circularity in construction and demolition sector. Using circular economy and city governance frameworks, we present multiple case studies of four European cities namely Riga, Tartu, Barcelona, and Kavala, based on qualitative …

Het RIVM heeft voor de Volksgezond- heid Toekomst Verkenning 2024 (VTV-2024) een Bur- gerraad opgezet. Dertig burgers brachten nieuwe perspectieven, reflecteerden op gezondheidsthema’s en formuleerden oplossingsrichtingen. Dit leverde voor de onderzoekers nieuwe ideeën, bredere inzich- ten en relevante …

This chapter “Sustainable City Logistics” explores how cities are transitioning toward more efficient, low-emission, and multimodal logistics systems. Traditional urban freight has long depended on vans and trucks, which, while essential, contribute significantly to congestion, emissions, and noise. …

Overheden zetten publieke deliberatie in als reactie op onvrede onder burgers, om consensus, wederzijds begrip en verheldering te bewerkstelligen. Tegelijk wijzen sommige studies erop dat deliberatie kan ontaarden in een “dialoog van doven,” waarbij partijen langs elkaar heen praten, en deliberatie op …

The construction and demolition is a resource intensive sector, with Construction and Demolition Wastes (CDWs) considered as the largest waste streams accounting for 374 million tonnes in Europe. Although the 70% target for material recovery of CDWs set in the European Union Waste Directive Framework …