Artificial sweeteners are promoted as a healthier alternative to sugar, with the aim of reducing sugar consumption. However, conflicting research findings regarding the benefits and drawbacks of these sweeteners create challenges for the general public in making informed choices. In particular, marketing …

This chapter takes a closer look at the case of Amsterdam as a particular manifestation of a film festival city. Drawing from a new dataset on festivals in the Netherlands, the data supports the view of film festivals as a highly dynamic cultural sector: Internationally acclaimed film festivals exist …

Introduction: The health-promoting school (HPS) approach was developed by the World Health Organization to create health promotion changes in the whole school system. Implementing the approach can be challenging for schools because schools are dynamic organizations with each a unique context. Many countries …

This thesis is a literature review on the impact of global warming on the great whale pump in Europe. Global warming is known to have an effect on different ecosystems around the world. However, what is largely unknown is the impact of global warming on marine systems and specifically large whales that …

Hoe repareer je en maak je op een structurele manier IT-systemen verantwoord, voor de nieuwe toepassingen? Nanda Piersma doet een oproep om dit vraagstuk ook neer te leggen bij de ontwerpers en bouwers van digitale systemen. Hoe kunnen zij IT-systemen bouwen die verantwoord zijn en van waarde in de maatschappij? …

Knowledge mobilization in educational research: How to create impact in educational practice by means of research? EAPRIL conferentie, Nijmegen.

Music festivals are among the most affected sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, despite their precarious situation, several Dutch festivals have managed to innovate and transform during the crisis. This chapter seeks to understand how these festivals managed to bounce forward. Based on three case …

ENSURE is a project involving 9 partner organisations from the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The aim of ENSURE was to create a model of peer to peer support that can be implemented with different groups of people and that can be instrumental in enabling social inclusion for people …

The affordances of Open Educational Resources (OER) have resulted in various initiatives around the world, but most of them cease to exist once the initial project funding stops. Communities might be a means to create sustainable practices, yet, such communities can only function if their members perceive …