This thesis explores the justice implications of implementing Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems in Amsterdam South-east (ASE). ASE is characterised as a rapidly developing and socioeconomically diverse urban district in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. While V2G is often presented as a technological solution to net congestion and renewable integration, this study argues that its implementation must be critically examined through the lens of social justice. Furthermore, this study emphasises the importance of integrating justice principles into theories for socio-technical transition. Therefore, this study combines the Multi-Level-Perspective on socio-technical transitions with theories on distributive, recognition, and procedural justice in the energy and mobility transition. This helps to conceptualise what a just V2G system could look like over time.
The study is designed as a single-case qualitative analysis. A literature review, stakeholder analysis, and semi-structured interviews reveal justice implications of V2G implementation. The empirical insights are used to develop two contrasting narrative scenarios, a business-as-usual and a just V2G scenario. These scenarios are complemented by user personas to make the justice dynamics tangible and relatable.
The findings of this study highlight that current V2G pathways risk reinforcement of existing injustice through how public infrastructure is allocated and financed, benefit concentration around affluent EV owners, and limited procedural inclusion of vulnerable groups or people with different mobility behaviour. This study conceptualises a just implementation of V2G as a system with a hybrid governance structure: standardisation and technical feasibility combined with decentralised ownership, equitable revenue sharing, and meaningful citizen engagement. Central to this is a multi-stakeholder core, able to balance community, technical, and institutional interests, ensuring that V2G becomes a shared asset. This thesis contributes to current literature on V2G through proposing a framework to assess justice implications of urban socio-technical transitions, in this case V2G. Next to that, the research provides strategies for just deployment of V2G technology for ASE, its stakeholders, and can be applied in similar contexts.

Life in the 21st century moves faster than ever, leading to a society that is increasingly unsustainable for both people and the planet. This thesis proposes a shift toward slowness in the Netherlands by encouraging everyday walking through better spatial planning and design. It explores how planning and design can support both behaviour change and broader social change—by starting with walking.
Using practice theory, walking-based research, and case studies in Heerde and Zwolle, the project rethinks walking in the Netherlands—not just as transport or leisure, but as something deeply personal and part of daily routines. This broader view challenges current strategies that rely mostly on infrastructure, individual nudges, or one-size-fits-all solutions.
The thesis introduces a new way of planning for walking, with clear aims, new methods, and practical tools. It focuses on three goals: 1) encourage walking, 2) sustain walking habits, and 3) create time and space for walking. Methods include walking-based research, using personas and daily routines in design, and imagining better future scenarios. A pattern language is developed, linking eye-level walking experiences and larger-scaled spatial, social and policy interventions.
The project proposes a phased strategy, explored in Heerde and Zwolle: starting with small changes encouraging rethinking daily spaces and habits, creating a foundation of localized, quality spaces and practices supporting walking, restricting fast practices, and finally supporting long-term walking practices, with flexibility, diverse experiences and ever evolving meanings of walking.
All in all, walking is shown to be more than just a slow experience, as promoting it reflects values of Slowness like quality and local connection. This prompts policy-makers, designers and citizens alike to reflect on the values shaping our everyday lives and spaces, recognising how small changes in day-to-day life, such as walking, can contribute to broader societal shifts. Walking thus emerges as a practice, method and a framework for envisioning desirable, sustainable futures rooted in wellbeing.

Urban viaducts are essential components of main road networks in large cities. Balancing the enhancement of urban traffic efficiency with the preservation of urban space vitality is a significant challenge for many major cities in China. The Renmin Road Viaduct in Guangzhou exemplifies the conflict between unsustainable traffic development and daily life, serving as the primary focus of this study.

This project aims to achieve the macro goals of community livability and sustainable transportation through the integrated transformation of the Renmin Road Viaduct. The objective is to convert the viaduct from a negative urban space into one that positively impacts the city, thereby improving the living conditions of surrounding residents and alleviating messy traffic situations.

The project employs a combination of literature review, GIS traffic data processing and analysis, and surveys. By focusing on cultural, economic, social, and ecological dimensions, the design goals of "neighborhood livability" and "sustainable mobility" can be achieved through the transformation of integrated infrastructure. Transforming the Renmin Road Viaduct into a pedestrian-priority bridge offers innovative ideas and references for the renovation of similar urban viaducts in China.