Abstract of the lecture that Derk-Jan Stobbelaar gave at the 6th Living Knowledge Conference at Copenhagen.

Small retail entrepreneurs in the Netherlands are confronted with declining turnover and ROI. A decrease and even disappearance of small retail in town centres, suburbs and villages is not just a loss of income for the people involved. It constitutes also a loss of attractiveness and economic viability …

Complex innovations involve multi-organizational ecologies consisting of a myriad of different actors. This study investigates how innovation activities can be interpreted in the context of multi-organizational ecologies. Taking a project-level perspective, this study proposes a typology of four activity …

Environmental advocacy has a difficult position within environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). Proponents of pluralistic approaches to education see advocacy as a form of indoctrination. However, pluralistic education itself can be seen as a form of indoctrination. …

At RenQi, a laboratory founded by Gasunie, TNO and Hanze University of Applied Science, R&D projects are carried out to contribute to a sustainable energy future. Stakeholders over the value chain, from fundamental research to the development of business models cooperate in an “open innovation” setting …

The ever increasing technological developments and greater demands from our society for qualitative better, safer, sustainable products, processes and systems are pushing the boundaries of what is possible from an engineer’s perspective. Besides the (local) grand challenges in energy, sustainability, …

Traditionally the construction industry in New Zealand and in other countries has seen a low productivity and a low track record for successful sustainable innovations. This has a negative impact on private and government spending, on quality and on health and environmental aspects. This research proposal …

Design tasks in the Canal Zone abound but the opportunities are hidden in the citizens’ unspoken wishes. The urban community nowadays is complex. Problems that occur in our environment are layered and difficult to comprehend by an individual. By turning the traditional process inside out my role as an …

This could be the future Blue Corridor when activated by Open City Innovation! A unique, mixed and healthy urban area with freedom harbour character. Where people work and live, where culture unfolds and with Campina as hotspot for starting entrepreneurs. In the same time it is a payable and sustainable …

In our vision engineering students become sustainable practitioners by focusing on their learning process instead of focusing on their engineering results. By focussing on the learning process we create a learning environment in which there will be innovation because it’s permitted (or even requested) …