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Ukrainians talk about information in wartime
28 July 2022 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCI'Dispatches from Ukraine' shows the first results of the Tactical Media Room Ukraine project (TMR), an initiative of the Network Cultures research group at AUAS and Waag Futurelab. The publication compiles ...
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Art, science and technology crucial for EU cities of the future
30 June 2022 | CommunicationHow can you make cities climate neutral, beautiful and inclusive? Which local collaborative governance models can help to achieve this? These questions are at the core of a new project which will be carried out by ...
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Once your door, now your coffee table
30 June 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyTechnology at its best: with the aid of computational design and industrial robots, researchers at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) are working on ways to give waste wood a second life. Currently, this ...
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Improved version of CataloguePlus
27 June 2022 | HvA LibraryAs of Monday, 4 July, it will be possible to use CataloguePlus to search databases. On that day, the AUAS Library will integrate the databases from the database selector into CataloguePlus. Users will not experience ...
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Collaborative Organizing for Grand Challenges
13 June 2022 | Centre for Economic TransformationOn 7 June, Lori DiVito, lecturer Collaborative Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the AUAS, presented her inaugural lecture. The CIE professorship focuses on the collaborative paradigm in economic transformation and ...
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10k is selected as Best Practice
22 March 2022 | EntrepreneurshipWe are proud to inform you that the incubator programme 10K has been selected as one of the 'best practices' highlighted during the EU Knowledge Valorisation Week.
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Building for Well-Being research project kicks off
15 March 2022 | Faculty of TechnologyHow can we promote urbanites’ well-being at the same time as tackling the housing crisis? The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is researching this question using new technologies in the Building ...
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Hafid Ballafkih appointed tenure-track professor
14 February 2022 | Centre for Economic TransformationHafid Ballafkih has been appointed tenure-track professor of ‘Labour and Human Capital in Transition’ in The Work Lab research group. A tenure-track professor is an AUAS position for talented postdoctoral ...
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Working on tomorrow's economy in CoE Economic Transformation
8 February 2022 | Centre for Economic TransformationWith effect from 1 January 2022, the AUAS Centre for Economic Transformation has become a Centre of Expertise (CoE). ‘‘Transformation’ means accelerating in large and bold steps rather than moving ...
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Marc Noom Professor of Prevention of Juvenile Problem Behaviour
2 December 2021 | CommunicationMarc Noom has been appointed professor of Prevention of Juvenile Problem Behaviour by special appointment effective 1 January 2022. His research at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) focuses on how ...
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Using eye tracking to see how people experience high-rises
18 November 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesDuring the next decade, cities will become more crowded – and taller. The Netherlands aims to build an additional 1 million homes in 10 years, the majority of them in cities, alongside existing buildings. How ...
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AUAS researchers shine at Amsterdam International Water Week
9 November 2021 | Centre for Economic TransformationWillem van Winden, Daniel van den Buuse and Marie Morel took the stage at the Amsterdam International Waterweek at the RAI in Amsterdam. They presented and discussed findings of the EU-funded RESILIO project on ...
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U!REKA hosts panel at the European Week of Regions and Cities
5 November 2021 | CommunicationExperts from U!REKA institutions and the Secretary of State for European Affairs from the German State of Hessen discussed the role of urban universities in contributing to the sustainable and green recovery of cities.
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Five major grants for AUAS research projects
4 November 2021 | CommunicationAUAS has received five SPRONG grants from the Taskforce for Applied Research SIA. Over the next four years, these subsidies of one million euros per project will allow AUAS to set up research groups with other ...
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AUAS professor Jeroen Kluck wins IXA Impact Award 2021
28 October 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyFlooded streets, basements full of water and people getting ill or even dying during heatwaves. The Netherlands is already experiencing the consequences of climate change. Jeroen Kluck, Professor of Water in and ...
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Using cow dung to build houses: these students believe in it
14 October 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesCow dung is a promising material with which houses can be built in the future, especially in times of climate change. That is the firm belief of three students of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) ...
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AUAS leaders showcase applied research innovations to EU
8 October 2021 | CommunicationGeleyn Meijer, AUAS Rector, and Frank Kresin, Dean of the Faculty of Media and Creative Industries (FDMCI), participated in an UAS4EUROPE event in Brussels today focusing on the innovative power of applied research. ...
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AmSIA 2021 finale: cast your vote
29 September 2021 | CommunicationWhich innovative idea should be in the running for the Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards? Let us know! Voting is open now until 11 October – cast a vote for your favourite innovative idea devised by ...
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Data-Driven Craftsmanship should take the lead in fashion
17 September 2021Fashion has become a statement, but we no longer understand what we are actually wearing, for example the properties of wool or cotton. ‘We have lost our connection with the material’, says Troy ...
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Lori DiVito lector Collaborative Innovation & Entrepreneurship
26 August 2021 | Centre for Economic TransformationThe AUAS Executive Board has appointed Lori DiVito as professor Collaborative Innovation & Entrepreneurship as of August 1st, 2021. The professorship Collaborative Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) looks at ...
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Daniël van Middelkoop appointed professor of Professional Agency
26 August 2021 | Centre for Economic TransformationDaniël van Middelkoop was appointed professor of Professional Agency (Cooperating Professionals) by the Executive Board on 1 August 2021. Daniël’s research focuses on bolstering the agency of ...
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Ivar Timmer tenure-track professor Legal Management & Technology
23 August 2021 | Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and LawThe Executive Board of AUAS has appointed Ivar Timmer tenure-track professor of Legal Management & Technology effective August 1st 2021. Timmer researches how technology can be used meaningfully and responsibly ...
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AI, Media & Democracy Lab receives ELSA Lab status
12 July 2021 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCIThe Dutch AI Coalition (NL AIC) has awarded ELSA Lab status to the AI, Media & Democracy Lab, a collaboration between the UvA, HvA, CWI, media partners, social partners and the municipality of Amsterdam. ELSA Lab ...
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The future of interactive architecture on display in Amsterdam
18 June 2021 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCITechnology affects us imperceptibly and can help society, but it can also undermine it. Awareness of this fact is at the heart of the Media Architecture Biennale (MAB), which is to be held in the Netherlands from 24 ...
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Reusing wood the size of Oosterpark
7 June 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyWood, metal, plastic, stone: many materials come available in renovation projects. But a clear overview of amounts and quality is lacking. Which is unfortunate, because they offer opportunities for reuse. A material ...
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AUAS realises positive energy districts throughout Europe
4 June 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyA year and a half ago, Amsterdam received a European grant for the development of a positive energy district (PED) in the city. The result: Buiksloterham PED. The Centres of Expertise Urban Technology (CoE Urban ...
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Comenius Leadership Fellow grant to make AUAS students AI-ready
3 June 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesThe Centre of Expertise Applied AI of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has been awarded a Comenius Leadership Fellow grant of €500,000 for the AI4Students project. Over the next three years, ...
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AUAS improves its SustainaBul ranking
2 June 2021 | CommunicationAUAS ranks tenth among higher education institutions when it comes to sustainability performance, according to the annual SustainaBul 2021 survey. This was announced on Friday 28 May by the national student network ...
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Bas Kokshoorn professor of Forensic Trace Dynamics
3 May 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyBas Kokshoorn of the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) has been appointed professor of Forensic Trace Dynamics by special appointment at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) with effect from 1 May. ...
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Earth Day: Taking a closer look at digital waste
22 April 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesThis Earth Day, students at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences programme Master Digital Design are raising the alarm about an often overlooked source of pollution: digital waste. Work by MDD students Julia ...
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New European Bauhaus partnership focuses on a sustainable future
22 April 2021 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences has become an official partner of the European Commission's New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, which aims to transform the European Commission's sustainability agenda ...
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Service engineers must soon enter cities without diesel vans
19 March 2021 | Faculty of TechnologyService engineers install and repair charging stations and solar panels for sustainable energy, but still drive around in diesel vans. In the Netherlands, service logistics is responsible for 25 to 35% of the ...
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RefWorks discontinued
2 March 2021 | HvA LibraryAs of July 2022, access to RefWorks for both AUAS staff and students will end. RefWorks users need to know this in time so that they can take action if necessary.
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How will AI transform democracy and the media?
22 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research FDMCIHow will AI change media? What new opportunities can AI create for democracy? And what conditions need to be fulfilled for these things to happen? Starting Monday, 22 February, researchers from the University of ...
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AUAS award for research on smart charging of electric cars
11 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe research project SEEV4-City (Smart, Clean Energy and Electric Vehicles for the City) by the Faculty of Technology and the Centre of Expertise on Urban Technology is the big winner of the 2021 ‘AUAS Research ...
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Boost to AI in Amsterdam with new AUAS Centre of Expertise
9 February 2021 | HvA Expertisecentrum Applied Artificial IntelligenceThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is the first knowledge institution in the Netherlands to create a Centre of Expertise on Applied Artificial Intelligence, together with partners from the business ...
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HvA Research Database launches during first Knowledge Parade
9 February 2021 | HvA LibraryThe launch of the first AUAS Knowledge Parade also marked the start of the AUAS/HvA Research Database. This database is a new public platform where you can find Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences research and ...
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Robot makes desk for Johan Cruijf ArenA from residual wood
4 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research Technology"Soon we will ask robots to produce objects from residual wood according to our design choices" says Marta Malé-Alemany, leader of the Robot Studio and head lecturer in digital production at ...
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Get rid of the throwaway mentality
1 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyThe ambition is for the Dutch economy to run entirely on reusable raw materials by 2050. This requires consumers to shift from ‘ownership to use’. It also requires manufacturers to change their views on ...
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“AUAS students must be critical about digitalisation"
19 January 2021 | Faculty of Digital Media and Creative IndustriesMarleen Stikker is known for the acclaimed Dutch TV programme Zomergasten (‘Summer Guests’) and is one of the founders of research institute Waag. She says that it’s possible to have a different ...