The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. Yet in 2012, it was estimated that around 87 Christian wedding officiants continued to refuse to marry gay couples due to their religious beliefs. Even though municipalities were allowed to hire these so-called …

For successful energy transitions, social acceptance of innovative technologies is essential. In order to determine the contributing factors, the acceptance of bio-digestion in The Netherlands was analyzed. A discourse analysis of 200 newspaper articles was conducted to answer the question: how do different …

In deze bijdrage wordt het gebruik van sociale media gekoppeld aan stakeholderengagement en stakeholderdialoog. De bijdrage start breed met de verantwoordelijkheden van organisaties. Dit wordt gekoppeld aan de digitale ontwikkelingen in de samenlevingen manieren om echt verbindingen te maken met de stakeholders …

Dirk Kootstra en Jan Veuger, lector Maatschappelijk Vastgoed bij het Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte hebben de eerste resultaten van het promotieonderzoek van Dirk Kootstra gepubliceerd in de speciale ERES 2015 uitgave.

Active and Healthy Ageing in EU and the regional approach in the Northern Netherlands. In the Northern Netherlands a regional Healthy Ageing innovation network has been developed in which many partners in research and education, health and welfare, business, and regional authorities have been collaborating …

Een onderzoek naar de veranderingen in de gebiedsontwikkeling sinds 2008 en het effect daarvan op traditionele grondexploitatiemodellen Thesis summary Actual developments about the financial crisis and demographic developments have put the traditional way of urban development under pressure. Because …

The nation-state had a long history of success, but today it is failing its citizens on a global scale. Over the last hundred years, nation-states focussed on maximizing internal unity and jurisdictional sovereignty. Benjamin R. Barber’s ‘If Mayors Ruled The World’ is the central source of this thesis …

Permeable pavements are a type of sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) technique that are used around the world to infiltrate and treat urban Stormwater runoff and to minimize runoff volumes. Urban stormwater runoff contains significant concentrations of suspended sediments that can cause clogging …

In this case study, we want to gain insight into how residents of three municipalities communicate about the new murder scenario of the cold case of Marianne Vaatstra and the possibility of a large-scale DNA familial searching. We investigate how stakeholders shape their arguments in conversation with …