The growth of so-called hyperlocal media has created new challenges for research, blurring some of the classic boundaries of local journalism and traditional media. In this chapter we try to understand the role hyperlocal media have in the local media ecosystem by focusing on two European countries: …

The current COVID-19 pandemic confines people to their homes, disrupting the fragile social fabric of deprived neighbourhoods and citizen’s participation options. In deprived neighbourhoods, community engagement is central in building community resilience, an important resource for health and a prerequisite …

In dit onderzoek hebben we relevante sociale factoren voor de wijk De Lariks West in Assen in kaart gebracht. Dit hebben we gedaan aan de hand van een vragenlijst en aanvullend zijn er semigestructureerd interviews gehouden. Dit onderzoek vormt één van de cases in een breder project waarin meerdere cases …

Presentatie van onderzoeksrapport "De leefbaarheid van de wijk Noorderpark: ervaringen, beelden, wensen en ideeën van inwoners" tijdens eerste inwoneravond georganiseerd door de gemeente Midden-Groningen

Gastcollege bij het vak Transitions in Water Management van de Master Environmental and Infrastructural Planning van de faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen van de RUG over klimaatadaptatie in Nederland.

In cities worldwide, tools for citizen-centric local initiatives to facilitate collaboration and joint decision-making are deployed as alternatives to the use of large corporate social media platforms such as Facebook. These community platforms often aim to empower users and enable civic participation …

Achtergrond Klimaatverandering leidt steeds vaker tot overschrijding van acceptatiegrenzen voor neerslag, hitte en droogte. Het creëren van een klimaatbestendige inrichting in samenwerking met bewoners is essentieel voor gemeenten en waterschappen. Bewoners voelen zich vaak betrokken bij de inrichting …

In the last decade, the number of local energy initiatives (LEIs) has increased in western European countries. Although several success factors and barriers in the development of LEIs have been studied by other scholars, there has been limited scholarly interest in the overall impact of LEIs so far. …

Introduction The Netherlands is changing from a welfare to a participation society in which citizens themselves are responsible for their health. However, this is not accessible to every citizen, resulting in an increase in marginalized vulnerable groups, often with a migrant background with problems …