Urban Governance and Social Innovation
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EU Valorisation Week to showcase RESILIO as best practice
16 April 2023 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’ blue-green roof project RESILIO will be in the spotlight during the EU Knowledge Valorisation Week 2023 – an European Commission event for researchers and ...
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How can we shift from climate anxiety to climate action?
7 February 2023 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) is working closely with international partners to translate the European Commission’s ‘New European Bauhaus’ initiative into concrete ...
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Eight students join CrAFt in an interdisciplinary working group
30 January 2023 | Urban GovernanceEight students from universities in Amsterdam, Bologna, Prague, and Trondheim are selected to join an interdisciplinary working group which is part of the European research programme CrAFt. Their goal is to support ...
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Digital teaching method on Positive Energy Districts
6 July 2022 | Urban GovernancePositive Energy Districts (PEDs) are all about working towards a climate-neutral built environment in integrated fashion. Projects according to this working method have already been implemented in Amsterdam and ...
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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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Urban managers must be Jacks and Jills of all trades
25 April 2022 | Urban GovernanceWhat qualities and characteristics should an urban manager have? This is the focus of the EUREKA-European Urban Innovator: Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes Report, which was published at the beginning of April. This ...
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Launch of European Project to Train Urban Innovators
7 July 2021 | Urban GovernanceLarge cities face multifaceted issues and complex challenges with regard to quality of life, sustainability, inclusion, accessibility and security. This requires a specific type of professional: an urban manager who ...
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AUAS realises positive energy districts throughout Europe
4 June 2021 | Urban GovernanceA 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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Three new neighbourhood campuses in Amsterdam
3 February 2021 | CommunicationThe Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and the Amsterdam Public Library (OBA) are joining forces to create Neighbourhood Campuses. These are physical places in OBA branches where Amsterdam residents from ...
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Mark Rutte lauds UASNL during EU launch event
10 November 2020 | Communication“Universities of Applied Sciences are important players in the region. They connect theory and practice, ideas and implementation, research and applications. This makes them a linking pin spanning research and ...
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More engagement in priority neighbourhoods since coronavirus
4 September 2020 | Urban VitalityIn the Netherlands, the impact of coronavirus is being felt even harder in priority neighbourhoods than in other areas. At the same time, many positive new initiatives, such as free meals and grocery services, have ...
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AUAS unveils climate-proof ‘RESILIO’ rooftop
30 June 2020 | Urban VitalityA rooftop that improves urban biodiversity whilst protecting us against high temperatures and collecting and regulating excess water after heavy showers. Although this idea has a utopian ring to it, Amsterdam Oost ...