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Cumulus Park: open innovation district in Amsterdam Zuidoost
10 October 2019 | Faculty of Business and EconomicsThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), ING, the City of Amsterdam, and the ROC have launched a new innovation district, Cumulus Park. It is a profound cooperation uniting partners that traditionally ...
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Cumulus Park: open innovation district in Amsterdam Zuidoost
10 October 2019 | Amsterdam School of International BusinessThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), ING, the City of Amsterdam, and the ROC have launched a new innovation district, Cumulus Park. It is a profound cooperation uniting partners that traditionally ...
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Michiel Horikx appointed Professor of Structural Safety
24 September 2019 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyDr Michiel Horikx was appointed professor by special appointment in Structural Safety at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), effective 1 September 2019, . This concerns a new research group that ...
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Student makes high-protein, nostalgic ice cream for the elderly
20 September 2019 | Urban VitalityIce cream that is high in protein and really tastes good: that’s what elderly people want to see on the menu in their care homes. With this in mind, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) Nutrition and ...
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Is the future of flight electric?
12 September 2019 | Centre for Applied Research TechnologyElectric flight will help make aviation more sustainable; it is cleaner, quieter and more economical than conventional aviation. Knowledge institutes, research institutes and the business community are working with ...
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Occupational science focuses on social transformation
6 September 2019 | Urban VitalityGrowing nationalism, migration, a shrinking welfare state: all these changes have a particularly strong effect on vulnerable groups. Occupational therapy, a care- and welfare-oriented profession, is increasingly ...
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AUAS appoints Kate Raworth Professor of Practice
29 August 2019 | CommunicationToday, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences' Executive Board Chairman, Huib de Jong, announced that Kate Raworth has been appointed Professor of Practice effective January 2020. The Faculty of Business and ...
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Festivals in the Netherlands on the decline
5 August 2019 | CommunicationResearch by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) into Dutch festivals shows that the number of festivals in the Netherlands has decreased by more than ten percent over a two-year period. Professor ...
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Four AUAS projects receive RAAK-PRO grants
1 August 2019 | CommunicationFour research teams from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) have been awarded RAAK-PRO grants. Each of these teams will receive an amount of 700,000 euros to start or continue research into the need ...
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AUAS researchers slate approach to illiteracy
31 July 2019 | CommunicationThe Social and Economic Council (SER) is calling for a more intensive fight against functional illiteracy. However, according to Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) researchers Krispijn Faddegon and Eelco ...
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Congestion poses a threat to hospitality industry distribution
2 July 2019 | CommunicationIn the major shopping cities in the Netherlands, almost one in four retail establishments is a restaurant, hotel, bar or cafe, and this number is increasing. These thousands of hospitality entrepreneurs receive their ...
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Urban knowledge: WeMakeThe.City festival
12 June 2019 | CommunicationHow can we work together to make the cities of the future better? From 17 through 23 June, researchers and students at AUAS will be sharing their latest ideas and insights at the WeMakeThe.City festival – a ...
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AUAS lands 1.3 million grant for sustainable district research
17 May 2019 | CommunicationAmsterdam has received a European grant for the development of an ‘energy-positive’ district in the Buiksloterham neighbourhood. Part of this grant, amounting to 1.3 million euros, will go to research ...
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Struggling entrepreneurs wait too long to seek assistance
2 May 2019 | EntrepreneurshipStruggling entrepreneurs suffer twice the shame and the stigma around failure, because making problems the subject of discussion has direct consequences for cooperation and doing business. In addition, it is in the ...
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Judith Metz elected chair of ESWRA
26 April 2019 | CommunicationJudith Metz, professor of Youth Spot at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, has been elected chair of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA). For the next two years, she will lead this ...
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AUAS receives major grants for innovation in education
18 April 2019 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) has been awarded four Comenius fellowships. These are associated with grants amounting to a total of €500,000 to stimulate innovation in education.
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How do migrant entrepreneurs create innovation?
4 April 2019 | CommunicationThe expanding group of migrant entrepreneurs are translating their specific background and experience into innovation, frequently managing to find niche areas to successfully exploit through new business ideas. In ...
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Professor Didi Griffioen accepted as Principal Fellow
12 March 2019 | Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and LawDidi Griffioen, professor of Higher Education, Research and Innovation at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, is the first Dutch academic to be accepted into the small international group of Principal ...
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Do Dutch youth care about climate change?
6 February 2019 | CommunicationOn 7 February, high school students will again take to the streets for a climate protest. Are they representative of their peers? Lecturer-researcher Adwin Bosschaart of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ...
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‘Working with Girl Power’ wins AUAS Research Award 2019
27 January 2019 | CommunicationThe research by Cynthia Boomkens, Judith Metz and Jolanda Sonneveld was recognised as the best AUAS research of 2019. This was announced during the AUAS Research Day 2019, where awards were also presented for the ...