Synthetic data generation for research – enabler for privacy-enhancing health data sharing?: A multidisciplinary research on synthetic data generation in healthcare

Data-driven health research, specifically the development of AI models, is hampered by poor data availability and associated administrative burdens, caused complex and fragmented data protection regulation. To reap the benefits of using high quality health data, while safeguarding data protection of patients, the synthetic data generation is...

Smart grid, Smart rules or Smart context?: A comparative case study of smart grid implementation in three (experimental) community energy projects

The Paris Agreement seeks to limit global temperature rise and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The UN's Sustainable Development Goal 7 emphasizes sustainable energy access, with smart grids playing a crucial role. These grids adapt to user behavior and interconnect various components. While smart grids address challenges in integrating...

Institutional Analysis of Direct Air Capture in the context of Aviation Sustainability

The aviation industry is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise. There is an urgent need to reduce emissions in order to meet its committed goal of achieving net-zero flying by 2050. Along with the existing and proposed decarbonization options such as electric aircraft, hydrogen fuel, and operational<br/>improvements, a hard-to-abate...

An Analysis of Coordination Mechanisms to Address Drought and Heatwave Climate Risks in the Beer Industry - A Heineken Case Study

Amidst the burgeoning challenges of climate change, certain sectors, like the beer industry, find themselves at the forefront due to their dependence on climate-sensitive agricultural inputs. The changing climatic conditions not only influence the flavor profile but also the beer's accessibility, by affecting the quality and yield of essential...

Local values towards a local heat transition: Guiding neighbourhood participation in the Dutch urban heat transition through the IAD framework

This thesis sets out to support decision-making processes throughout the Dutch urban heat transition. Over the last few years, calls from both academic literature and practise have emerged stating that participation throughout these processes is of utmost importance. Not only to gain acceptance for implementation plans in the making, but also to...

Institutions and contact tracing applications: Comparing design processes in France, Germany and the Netherlands

After the start of the COVID19 pandemic, many countries decided to develop digital contact tracing applications to assist in contact tracing. This aimed to warn people who were potentially infected as early as possible and stop them from spreading the virus further and bringing down the total amount of new infections. Even though there was some...

Drivers and Obstacles to Implementing Co-creation in Sustainable Heating: A Multiple Case Study Addressing the Institutional Rules underlying Co-creation

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is vital to limit global warming to 1.5◦C. Decarbonizing the heating sector that is globally responsible for half of total energy consumption is necessary to achieve climate-neutrality goals. The complex nature of the heating sector (characterized by variable market demands, and complicated stakeholder...

Institutional enablers and barriers towards social resilience: A case study in Rotterdam Bospolder-Tussendijken

Solutions to contemporary urban challenges are increasingly the outcome of the complex interactions between formal and informal actors that take part in a variety of networks. Resilience-thinking has become a global popular perspective for the governance of urban systems, concerning the ability of communities to deal with urban challenges, that...

Property Rights for Decentralised Organic Waste Processing

The increase in consumption of resources has led to more waste being generated, which then needs to be managed at the end of their life-cycle as waste. Current practices of waste management are not efficient as they lead to a release of emissions and a loss of value that is present in the resource, which is discarded as waste. New legislation...

Interventions to support the formation of Dutch thermal energy communities

Institutional interactions in climate adaptation of interdependent transport infrastructures: The case surrounding the Port of Rotterdam

Transport infrastructures that connect ports to the hinterland are important enablers of economic growth and development in the region. Therefore, infrastructure owners and governments on different levels are engaging in climate adaptation to adapt transport infrastructures to actual or expected climatic hazards. Existing research on the...

A Process Design Towards the Yacht Environmental Transparency Index

A trend in current society is reducing the environmental impact of products. One of the industries in which this trend is noticeable is the yachting industry. Yachts with a lower environmental impact are being demanded. Furthermore, regulations are being put in place that are likely to limit the effect yachts can have on the environment. One...

Institutional Reform for Community Participation: Towards Community Adoption of Piped Water Supply Systems in Arsenic Affected Regions of Rural Bangladesh

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh is one of the largest naturally occurring groundwater calamity in South Asia. The rural people, about 64% of the population (104 million people) suffer the most from this grand challenge as they are still heavily dependent on groundwater based tubewells which are arsenic contaminated. Government...

The process of urban systems integration: an integrative approach towards the institutional process of systems integration in urban area development

Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. This makes them centres of resource consumption and waste production. Sustainable development is seen as an opportunity to respond to the consequences of urbanisation and climate change. In recent years the concepts of circularity and urban symbiosis have emerged as popular...

An institutional analysis framework to close the regional water cycle

Climate change and urbanization put increasing stress on urban water management (UWM). Prolonged periods of drought in densely populated areas threaten the quantity and quality of freshwater sources. Closing the water cycle by wastewater reuse can alleviate pressure on these freshwater sources. However, a closed water system requires a different...

Institutional Analysis of Geothermal Energy Investment in Indonesia: Operationalization of the IAD Framework

The Cooperation Problem in the Establishment of a Common Service Platform for Elderly Care

Smart Home, or the automation of home and household activity, has been believed to be the home of future. It makes the operation of home apparatus much easier, more flexible and comfortable by enabling control at a certain range of distance, time and magnitude. After decades of gradual development, this domain is recently experiencing a rapid...

Innovativeness of Innovation: A study on the effects of social institutions on innovation practices in the Westland horticulture sector

The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. The horticulture sector in the Netherlands is facing economic difficulties, which have become more severe since the crisis of 2008. The innovation strategies the growers select to stimulate their organizations, are identified...