The governance of blockchain systems from an institutional perspective, a matter of trust or control?

Blockchain Technology is considered as a general-purpose technology with far reaching effects. As can be seen from the discussions on blockchain applications, both practitioners and researchers struggle to get to the core of blockchain technology consequences. Especially practitioners in the governmental sector explore adequate responses to...

Applying Hybrid Governance Approaches to Achieve Integration Across Sustainable Transitions: Considering applications of governance mixes for the integration of climate adaptation and the heat transition

The Netherlands must be natural gas-free by 2050. This means that neighbourhoods throughout the Netherlands will have to be overhauled for the construction of heat networks. In addition, we are increasingly faced with the effects of climate change, such as flooding and increasing heat. Both tasks require physical changes in the built environment...