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Public preferences for the allocation of societal resources over different healthcare purposes

Boxebeld, Sander (author), Geijsen, Tom (author), Tuit, Charlotte (author), Exel, Job van (author), Makady, Amr (author), Maes, Laurence (author), van Agthoven, Michel (author), Mouter, N. (author)

Objective: Increasing healthcare expenditures require governments to make difficult prioritization decisions. Considering public preferences can help raise citizens’ support. Previous research has predominantly elicited preferences for the allocation of public resources towards specific treatments or patient groups and principles for resource...

journal article 2024

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Experts and expertise in practices of citizen engagement in climate policy: a comparative analysis of two contrasting cases

van Beek, Lisette (author), Mouter, N. (author), Pelzer, Peter (author), Hajer, Maarten (author), van Vuuren, Detlef (author)

The need for engaging citizens in climate policymaking is increasingly recognised. Despite indications that the form of expert involvement can strongly influence participatory processes, this remains scarcely researched. We analysed two unique and contrasting cases of citizen engagement in national climate mitigation policy: (1) the Irish...

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Data-driven Methods to Study Individual Choice Behaviour: with Applications to Discrete Choice Experiments and Participatory Value Evaluation Experiments

Hernández, J.I. (author)

Since its origins in the 1970s, choice modelling has become an important field of study in diverse areas, including transportation, health economics, environmental economics and marketing. Choice modellers have developed several methods to collect and model individual choices. Researchers and policymakers use such methods to understand...

doctoral thesis 2023

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The Future of Citizen Participation in Public Decision-Making in the Netherlands

Termaat, Milu (author)

This master’s thesis explores the future of citizen participation in public decision-making in the Netherlands. Citizen participation is regarded as an important aspect of the Dutch democracy since it is used to gain insights into what the citizens consider important. Currently, there is scarce scientific literature on the future of citizen...

master thesis 2023

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Climate change mitigation policy alternatives and citizens' preferences trade-offs: A Participatory Value Evaluation in Peru

Gonzales Pecho, Hillary (author)

Climate change is a topic being addressed by many countries worldwide. One of the most recent treaties is the Paris Agreement signed in 2015 by 196 parties, where they agree on a common goal: restrict global warming to be climate-neutral by 2050. Peru by being one of the signing parties that played a relevant role before and during the Paris...

master thesis 2023

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Breaking the mold of participation: A case study on the influence of Participatory Value Evaluation on strategic formation processes within higher education institutions

Andeweg, Annelotte (author)

With the increasing need for entangling the complexity around worldwide crises and transitions, the transdisciplinary collaboration between governmental organisations, multidisciplinary academic institutions and companies is becoming increasingly crucial. Involving citizens within the policy-making processes regarding those crises and...

master thesis 2023

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From complexity to policy: Exploring the motivations behind choices in the Participatory Value Evaluation of the National Environmental Program: A Latent Class Cluster Analysis

van der Kaaij, Sterre (author)

The major social issues currently faced by the Dutch government require the involvement of all stakeholders early in the policy-making process. A Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) is a public participation method in which citizens can advise the government on a specific decision-making problem. The PVE information is becoming increasingly...

master thesis 2023

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The Effectiveness of Participatory Value Evaluation in National Transport Projects: Uncovering the Added Value of Participatory Value Evaluation in the Multiyear Program for Infrastructure, Spatial Planning, and Transport Process through Policymaker Interviews and Respondent Answer Analysis

Mulder, Reinout (author)

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, responsible for major infrastructure projects in the Netherlands, is exploring methods to incorporate well-being in its project evaluations and designs. To address the limitations of expressing well-being in monetary terms, a new evaluation method called Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE)...

master thesis 2023

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How do I want the city council to spend our budget? Conceiving MaaS from a citizen's perspective … (as well as biking infrastructure and public transport)

Bahamonde-Birke, Francisco J. (author), Geigenmüller, Iris M. (author), Mouter, N. (author), van Lierop, Dea S. (author), Ettema, Dick F. (author)

While several governmental and research efforts are set upon mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), most of them are driven by individual travel behavior and potential usage. However, considering only individuals’ preferences carries the risk of neglecting societal benefits going beyond individual travel behavior. This study addresses the valuation of...

journal article 2023

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Value Sensitive Design meets Participatory Value Evaluation for autonomous systems in Defence

Boshuijzen-van Burken, C.G. (author), Spruit, S. (author), Fillerup, Lotte (author), Mouter, N. (author)

We use Value Sensitive Design for the development of an ethical framework for autonomous systems in Defence in the Australian context. Two novel empirical data gathering methods are deployed for mining stakeholder's values, namely Group Decision Room (GDR) and Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE). GDR findings reveal a general concern for...

conference paper 2023

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Data-driven assisted model specification for complex choice experiments data: Association rules learning and random forests for Participatory Value Evaluation experiments

Hernández, J.I. (author), van Cranenburgh, S. (author), Chorus, C.G. (author), Mouter, N. (author)

We propose three procedures based on association rules (AR) learning and random forests (RF) to support the specification of a portfolio choice model applied in data from complex choice experiment data, specifically a Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) choice experiment. In a PVE choice experiment, respondents choose a combination of...

journal article 2023

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The face validity of the Participatory Value Evaluation method: Assessing the face validity of the Participatory Value Evaluation method by applying an established framework in the case study of the Schiphol Environmental Council

Tuit, Charlotte (author)

This study evaluates the face validity of the Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) method. The PVE is an online method that enables participation for a large group of participants. This method is designed for citizens to evaluate a complex situation from a policy makers point of view. If a consultation lacks face validity, there is a likelihood...

master thesis 2022

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When Digital Mass Participation Meets Citizen Deliberation: Combining Mini- and Maxi-Publics in Climate Policy-Making

Itten, A.V. (author), Mouter, N. (author)

The upcoming vogue of climate assemblies and other forms of mini-publics are to give citizens a central role in climate policy-making and to break the political impasse. Yet climate mini-publics face challenges in political environments too, such as co-option, favoring expert opinions, and losing touch with the broader public. To remedy such...

journal article 2022

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Stepping into the shoes of the policy maker: Results of a Participatory Value Evaluation for the Dutch long term COVID-19 strategy

Mouter, N. (author), Jara, Karen Trujillo (author), Hernández, J.I. (author), Kroesen, M. (author), de Vries, M.O. (author), Geijsen, Tom (author), Kroese, Floor (author), Uiters, Ellen (author), de Bruin, Marijn (author)

Background: The COVID-19 outbreak early 2020 was followed by an unprecedented package of measures. The relative calmness of the pandemic early 2022 provides a momentum to prepare for various scenarios. Objectives: As acceptance of COVID-19 measures is key for public support we investigated citizens’ preferences towards imposing measures in four...

journal article 2022

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Representativity and inclusivity of Participatory Value Evaluation: A case study on relaxation of COVID-19 measures in the Netherlands

van Delft, Selma (author)

To be able to solve the increasingly complex problems, governments need to collaborate with various parties. This way of policy development is called interactive policy making. Citizen participation is a specific form of interactive policy making and focusses on involving citizens in the policy making process. A relatively new online...

master thesis 2021

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Including young people, cutting time and producing useful outcomes: Participatory value evaluation as a new practice of public participation in the Dutch energy transition

Mouter, N. (author), Shortall, R.M. (author), Spruit, S. (author), Itten, A.V. (author)

To achieve a successful energy transition, it is vital to integrate citizens’ needs into government policies through participatory processes. However, offline participatory approaches can be overly intensive which leads to an over-representation of citizens who think that the issue is in their immediate interest. Hence, elected officials often...

journal article 2021

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Participatory value evaluation for the evaluation of flood protection schemes

Mouter, N. (author), Koster, Paul (author), Dekker, Thijs (author)

Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) is a new survey method which elicits citizens' preferences over the allocation of public budgets as well as their private income. In a PVE, citizens are asked to choose the best portfolio of projects given a governmental and a private budget constraint. First, this paper aligns PVE with the traditional Kaldor...

journal article 2021

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Citizen preferences regarding the public funding of projects promoting a healthy body weight among people with a low income

Mulderij, Lisanne S. (author), Hernández, J.I. (author), Mouter, N. (author), Verkooijen, Kirsten T. (author), Wagemakers, Annemarie (author)

Overweight and obesity are a growing problem, especially among people with a low income. Policymakers aspire to alleviate this problem by implementing publicly funded projects. This study has three aims: 1) to explore citizen preferences regarding the public funding of projects promoting a healthy body weight among people with a low income, 2...

journal article 2021

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Contrasting the recommendations of participatory value evaluation and cost-benefit analysis in the context of urban mobility investments

Mouter, N. (author), Koster, Paul (author), Dekker, Thijs (author)

Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) is a new method to assess the desirability of government projects. In a PVE, individuals select their preferred portfolio of government projects given a constrained public budget. Individuals’ preferences for (the impacts of) government projects can be determined based on these choices. The obtained...

journal article 2021

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The benefits of participatory value evaluation in a company environment: A masters thesis on the possible benefits from the use of PVE in a company environment by conducting a PVE survey for Liander asset management

Heijnen, Tom (author)

This thesis explores how the benefits and drawbacks found in previous government-citizen use cases of Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE) translate to a company environment PVE use case. This research is conducted at and with the help of Liander. Liander is one of three energy distribution system operators in the Netherlands. The following...

master thesis 2020