De laatste jaren is burgerwetenschap ofwel Citizen Science sterk in ontwikkeling. Burgers geven input voor onderzoeksvragen, beoordelen onderzoeksvoorstellen en voeren metingen of analyses uit. Meer handen voor de wetenschap dus, maar... wat kun je ermee en wat zijn de nadelen? Zijn alternatieve feiten zo gek nog niet? Maar hoe zit het dan met objectiviteit en de kwaliteit van de gegevens? Aan de hand van voorbeelden neemt Lea den Broeder u mee in de wereld van de Citizen Scientist. Discussieer mee over prikkelende stellingen en scherp uw gedachten.
Wood is an increasingly demanded renewable resource and an important raw material for construction and materials. Demands are rising, with a growing attention for re-use and upcycling. This opens opportunities for new business models, empowered by the use of digital design and technologies. A KPI-framework has thus been developed to assess the impact of waste wood upcycling, to provide new business perspectives. It is conceived as a tool to enable circular businesses to select the most appropriate circular wood applications for their portfolio. The framework currently consists of eight indicators addressing circularity, environment, society and economics. This paper presents these indicators and shares insights for further development and enhancement of the framework.
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When everything is destined to be designed, design disappears into the everyday. We simply don’t see it anymore because it’s everywhere. This is the vanishing act of design. At this moment design registers its redundancy: our products, environments and services have been comprehensively improved. Everything has been designed to perfection and is under a permanent upgrade regime. Within such a paradigm, design is enmeshed with the capitalist logic of reproduction. But this does not come without conflicts, struggles and tensions. Chief among these is the situation of design in a planetary procession toward decay. Our dispense culture prompts a yearning for longevity. The computational compulsion to delete brings alive a desire to retrieve objects, ideas and experiences that refuse obsolescence. Society is growing more aware of sustainability and alert to the depletion of this world. For the ambitious designer, it’s time to take the next step: designing the future as a collective relation attuned to life.
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Tot op heden is er weinig tot geen inzicht in de beweegredenen achter routekeuzes. Deze informatie is van belang om fietsgedrag te kunnen beïnvloeden en stimuleren. Ter verbetering van de bikeability zijn in Groningen de Slimme Routes bedacht, waarbij fietsers om drukke plekken heen worden geleid. Hiermee moeten drukke en onveilige situaties tussen weggebruikers voorkomen worden. Met behulp van objectieve monitoring is getracht zowel kwantitatieve als kwalitatieve data te verzamelen over het fietsgedrag richting het Zernikecomplex met als dit gedrag te kunnen beïnvloeden.