Guiding food safety authorities in inspection strategy design: A systems approach to food safety regulation

The Nederlandse- Voedsel en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) asked the at-first-sight simple question of how to combine risk-based and random methods for inspection. Risk-based and random inspection methods have contrasting incentives. Risk-based inspection increases efficiency and allocates resources efficiently but fails to regulate low and emergent...

The Future of The Metaverse: Creating Policies and Regulations for a Metaverse Built on a Blockchain

The Metaverse, although not a new concept, has had many developments recently. One of the core contributions for this is the current developments around blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens. Although it might be possible to create a metaverse on the blockchain, it would also be possible to create it on traditional technology, namely...

Applying agent-based modelling as a risk analysis tool for enforcement: a case study of the regulation of the Dutch plant protection products chain

The problem-solving approach to public regulation places new demands on regulatory agencies in terms of risk analysis: every regulatory problem that is to be solved demands a new, unique analysis to find effective intervention strategies. Many risk analysis tools are available to regulators, however, to date agent-based modelling has not been...

Fighting Child Sexual Abuse Material better together: A stakeholder central review of the government policies

This study aims to make recommendations about how the Internet can be more thoroughly cleaned of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), focusing on the Dutch government policies. In the past years, several organizations, including the European Commission, called out the Netherlands for the role Dutch companies have in the hosting of CSAM. According...

Developing Responsible Commercial Drone Technology: Balancing the Regulation and Innovation: A case study of commercial drone manufacturers in the Netherlands

The rapid growth of commercial drone raises concern regarding its close operation to the public. This research aims to support the development of commercial drone that also align with the concept of responsible research and innovation. To achieve this aim, first, the development of drone technology will be analyzed by identifying the influence...

A North Sea offshore grid governance model: The allocation of ownership and operating responsibilities for a Meshed Offshore Grid

EU climate goals force EU member states to increase the share of renewable electricity generation in their respective electricity markets. To reach these climate goals, offshore wind energy is regarded as one of the main technologies that can contribute to a full transition towards a fossil-free electricity system. Furthermore, 230 Gigawatts (GW...