In 2001, higher professional education received a research function by law. This new research role is incorporated into so-called lectureships. In these lectureships, which are analogous to university chairs to some degree, experts in specific fields function as intermediaries between higher professional education and the networked knowledge society. Their role is to 1) develop and distribute knowledge, 2) provide human resource development for teachers, 3) improve the curriculum, and 4) support innovation in business and non-profit organisations. This contribution presents the preliminary results of a participative action research in the lectureship Pedagogy of vocational and professional education. The aim of this research is to help professionals in this lectureship develop a research identity as part of their professional development and as such constituent for their innovations. Our research question is: how can we improve their professional development as action researchers and consequently their innovative practices? We present first an overview of the Dutch debate about the new research role. Then we will focus on our own Institution and its HRM policies on research. Third, we describe the School as Career Centre and our translation of its design rules into our lectureship. Then we give a historical account of our lectureship, followed by an outline of the action research we, the professor and senior researcher, conduct and of how we try to help the professionals in our lectureship. We conclude with some general remarks about the new research role for higher professional education.
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In the Netherlands, a new research role was introduced in higher professional education. In our lectureship participants improve their practices and generate knowledge as action researchers. We started our own action research to better help them. Our question is: how can we help our researchers develop their research identity as part of their professional development and so help them improve their innovation practice? Reflecting on our findings so far, we notice a pedagogy of increasing structure. We believe a research identity involves more than techniques; a research culture (and especially ethics) must be developed if research is to become a tradition.
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Urban farming projects often involve the (temporarily) redevelopment of urban space by local co-productions of citizens and/or entrepreneurs. To realize their ambitions these coalitions often need support of public (government) resources such as time, money, space and regulation (Green Deal Stadslandbouw, 2013). This paper asks the question to what extent the development of urban farming projects can be understood as an example of planning through direct citizen participation/ participatory governance (e.g. Cornwall, 2004; Roberts, 2004) and what this means for the role of the municipal planning professional or civil servant in making these projects successful. Literature on the role of the municipal planner or civil servant in urban farming projects mainly concerns the role as enabler of projects given the many difficulties for projects. However, when looked at the development of urban farming as an example of citizen participation/ participatory governance and the transfer of social functions towards society other roles and tasks of planners seem to be important to make urban farming successful. This discussion paper looks to the role of planners and civil servants in some related government domains such as landscape (e.g. Van Dam et al. 2008, 2010, 2011) and neighbourhood development (e.g. Frieling et al., 2014) to complement our understanding of the role of planners in making urban farming projects successful. With this analysis the paper sets the scene for further research into tools for the planning professional or civil servant to support urban farming. In the paper the situation in Amsterdam serves as an example.
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AI4debunk is een vierjarige EU-innovatieactie, gefinancierd door Horizon Europe, gewijd aan de bestrijding van desinformatie. Het project brengt 13 partners uit acht landen samen om burgers te empoweren met door AI aangedreven tools. Te midden van toenemende nepnieuws en propaganda streeft AI4Debunk naar het bevorderen van betrouwbaar online gedrag, in navolging van de oproep van de Europese Commissie voor een verstandige toepassing van AI.
In recent years, ArtEZ has worked on a broadly supported strategic research agenda on the themes New Ecologies of Matter (ecological challenges), Social Equity (social-societal issues), (Un)Learning Practices (educational innovations) and (Non)CybernEtic Fabric (technological developments). Building on these strategic themes, the ArtEZ Research Collective as developed an international research strategy to become a valuable partner in the relevant Horizon Europe (HEU) areas of Environment, Industry and Social science and humanities. With its specific knowledge position and approach from arts and creativity, ArtEZ is convinced that it can play a distinctive role in European consortia to tackle various challenges in these areas, in particular from the perspective and research topics of the professorships Fashion and Tactical Design. To achieve its ambitions and goals in its targeted research topics, ArtEZ is convinced that a combination of international connections and local applications is key for successful impact. Building upon existing relations and extending the international research position requires extra efforts, e.g., by developing a strong international framework of state-of-the-art research results, impacts and ambitions. Therefore ArtEZ needs to (further) build on both its international network and its supportive infrastructure. With this proposal ArtEZ is presenting its goals and efforts to work on its international recognition as a valuable research partner, and to broaden its international network in cutting-edge research and other stakeholders. With regards to its supporting infrastructure, ArtEZ has the ambition to expand the impact of the Subsidy Desk to become a professional partner to the professorships. This approach requires a further professionalization and extension of both the Subsidy Desk organization and its services, and developing and complementing skills, expertise and competences to comply to the European requirements.
"Artificial Kinship" is een innovatief artistiek onderzoeksproject dat de synergie tussen kunst, technologie en zorg onderzoekt. Het project bouwt voort op de ervaring met belichaamde kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) in de robotkunst en zet die kennis in om de complexe en dynamische interacties binnen de zorgsector te herdefiniëren. Traditionele, rigide robotsystemen hebben moeite met de menselijke dynamiek in zorgverlening. Tegelijkertijd laten de ethische principes van de zorg weinig ruimte voor de onvoorspelbaarheid van praktijkexperimenten. Robotkunst heeft binnen de robotica een rijke geschiedenis in het bevragen van wetenschappelijke tradities. Een terugkerend thema is het contrast tussen het feilloze imago van robots in gecontroleerde omgevingen en hun ogenschijnlijke hulpeloosheid in de onvoorspelbare buitenwereld. Dit thema wint aan maatschappelijke, maar ook artistieke urgentie nu de verwachtingen van AI-toepassingen stijgen. Om op die urgentie te sturen heeft artistiek onderzoek naar AI meer uitwisseling tussen, en ontwikkeling van relevante praktijken nodig. Dit project verkent zulke verbinding en ontwikkeling in onderzoek naar AI-toepassingen die beter aansluiten bij de vaak onvoorspelbare realiteit van zorgsituaties. Het project is opgezet als een multidisciplinaire samenwerking waarin studenten, onderzoekers, zorgprofessionals en kunstenaars gezamenlijk experimenteren en in dialoog treden. We onderzoeken hoe kunstzinnige experimenten bijdragen aan het ontwerpen van mensgerichte zorgsystemen. Hierbij combineren we de potentie van AI om zorgprocessen te ondersteunen met de lessen uit de robotkunst over de mogelijkheden en beperkingen van AI in de realisatie van "Artificial Kinship": empathie, affiniteit en verbondenheid tussen mens, machine en omgeving. "Artificial Kinship" benut technologie en artistieke kennis om zorg en welzijn toekomstbestendig te maken, met als doel inzichten te genereren die zowel de zorgsector verrijken als artistieke praktijken rond deze thema’s verder ontwikkelen en beter met elkaar verbinden. De resultaten worden breed gedeeld, zodat de opgedane kennis direct bijdraagt aan vernieuwende benaderingen in het onderwijs en de praktijk van zorg en welzijn.
