From past experience, the municipality of Groningen (GRO) knows that citizen engagement is an essential aspect to execute any plans that imply change. In particular, district energy plans need citizen engagement the most to ensure successful execution. Both GRO and Grunneger Power (GPO) have first-hand …

Despite the diplomatic activities and efforts between China and the EU, the news coverage generally paints a murky picture of the China-EU bilateral relations.

Jo-An Kamp is a lecturer and researcher at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. She coaches ICT students in the fields of UX, research, (interactive) media, communication, (interaction) design, ethics and innovation. She does research on the impact of technology on humans and society. …

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between sustainable performance and risk management, whereby sustainability (innovation), interdisciplinarity and leadership give new insights into the traditional perspectives on performance and risk management in the field of accounting and finance. …

Urban experimentation has been increasingly applied as a tool for finding new ways to face grand societal and environmental challenges⁠. Social learning and reflectivity that urban experiments might trigger are seen as crucial mechanisms in this process⁠. Nevertheless, it often remains unclear how to …

Will China’s policymakers return to pragmatism and will the entrepreneurs strike a balance between the central control and market logic? In this analysis, Yuxi Nie explores the situation.

According to Confucianism, guanxi as inter-familial relations, forms the important foundation in a social system that is built through mutual commitments, reciprocity and trust.

(Ver)ander onderzoek - De Podcast is een serie van 4 podcasts, waarin Kim Zonneveld (Stadsdramaturg theatergezelschap De Stormkamer) en Godelieve Spaas (Lector SUstainable Strategy and Innovation, Avans Centre of Expertise Brede Welvaar en Nieuw Ondernemerschap) met gasten en samen op geheel eigen wijze …

Jo-An Kamp is a lecturer, researcher and coordinator at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. She coaches ICT students in the fields of UX, research, (interactive) media, communication, (interaction) design, ethics and innovation. She does research on the impact of technology on …

What do human rights look like when we present them as action-based, bottom-up concepts, and not exclusively as legal items? After all, when we narrow down human rights to a legal concept only, we do not do justice to its meaning. In many professions and branches the idea of human rights is used in …