Circular social innovation and local government: Qualitatively assessing governance of circular citizen initiatives in Rotterdam

There is a lack of academic attention towards the relationship between local governments and circular economy social innovations. While academic evidence suggests that local governments and policymakers can positively affect the success of social innovations, there is a lack of in-depth studies on how exactly they support social innovation. The...

Towards Inclusivity In Entrepreneurship: Utilizing Highly Skilled Refugees: A Research on Supporting Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurs in Germany and the Netherlands through Collaboration between Business Incubators and Local Governments

Recent findings by the OECD highlight that a significant proportion of refugees in Europe possess high levels of education, often being overqualified for their roles. However, literature seldom addresses the unique challenges these highly educated refugees face when integrating into the labor market. This research examines the role of...

Continuous Adaptation of Climate Adaptation: Understanding climate adaptation governance and its capacities in Amsterdam Oud-Noord

This research aims to understand the local governance capacity of Amsterdam Oud-Noord and discover how this area, together with its stakeholders, can improve its climate resilience through transformative climate adaptation governance. This was done by first understanding the research area, its challenges and needed climate adaptation, and by...

Local Government Responses to the Emergence of Social Citizen Platforms

Digital platforms have worldwide transformed the way citizens organise themselves to address public issues, resulting in social citizen platforms that affect traditional forms of public service delivery. Simultaneously, governments seek a smaller, partner-level role in public service delivery. Governments therefore both have an interest in...

Transition towards Sustainable City

Location for graduation project – Kaunas, Lithuania. Lithuania is one of the countries that have been for 50years a part of the communist bloc. 50 years of central planning and plan economy highly influenced the form of cities, the traditions of spatial planning and the habits of people to use space. After becoming independent, cities went...