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'Biodegradable plastic is often not as environmentally friendly as it seems'
Plastic pollution is a major international problem. PhD candidate Sara Gonella investigates what is needed for a transition toward a sustainable plastics industry.
What needs to happen if we still want to drink coffee in 20 years
To ensure coffee consumption in the future, it is essential to make growing and harvesting coffee more sustainable by distributing the gains accordingly. “We are not investing enough in sustainable coffee plants and soil.”
Second edition of Young Innovators kicks off: 420 students visit 85 SMEs
The second edition of Young Innovators will kick off. No fewer than 420 first-year Business Administration students will head out into the region that day to take a look behind the scenes at 85 SMEs in the Green Metropolitan Region.
At the table with the big players: students conduct research into chemical recycling
Is gasification a good alternative to waste incineration? In the Honours Programme Project Impact, students from various study programmes investigated the current status of this alternative technology.
Yvonne Benschop and Beatrice van der Heijden winners of Academy of Management Awards
This summer, the Academy of Management once again presented its annual awards. During this year’s Academy of Management meeting in Copenhagen, two of our colleagues were granted major awards.
Rethinking impact: empowering early-career researchers through micro-practices
Tina Miedtank, assistant professor of Strategic Human Resource Management, together with our former colleague Marleen Wierenga and others, challenges the traditional view of impact within management sciences.
FutureCare targets innovation space for new care models and collaboration in long-term care
Lander Vermeerbergen and Patrick Vermeulen are committed to innovation within long-term care in the FutureCare project.
Students visit baker, data company and NEC: how sustainable are they?
How sustainable are companies in Nijmegen? First-year business administration students visited numerous companies in the city to find out. Student Mart Polman and associate professor of Strategic Management Stefan Breet tell us more.
Pressure on infrastructure can only be sustained if demand changes
The pressure on infrastructure cannot be sustainably resolved by increasing supply. Something needs to change in terms of demand. That is the core of the SPINES research project, for which Radboud researchers have received 1.2 million euros.
“My research helps me to remain hopeful”
Together with colleagues from Switzerland, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani, Assistant Professor in Qualitative Research, is developing a methodology to get to the heart of complex problems.
1.2 million euros for SPINES research project to strengthen infrastructure
Roads, the electricity grid, drinking water: the Dutch infrastructure is creaking at the seams. Supply can barely keep up with demand, but it keeps trying. Is there another way? That question is central to the SPINES research project.
Why you should listen to your own people as an organisation in unstable times
Organisations that want to successfully adapt to a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment would do well to utilise the knowledge of their own employees. This is evident from research conducted by Mirjam Goudsmit and others.
'Consumers should not have to think about whether a child made their trousers'
Working conditions in the garment industry are degrading, but there is now a major shift in how Western companies deal with this. Nora Lohmeyer is researching how these companies are implementing new regulations around human rights due diligence.
NSvP Valorisation Grant for research into the value of practically trained professionals in Learning Communities
This year's NSvP PhD Valorisation Grant has been awarded to Wouter van Zwol, who, together with Amber Kornet (Saxion University of Applied Sciences), is starting a project focused on a current social labour market issue.
Research into more effective interorganisational collaboration in complex societal challenges
In their paper, Van de Sande, Lauche, Blazevic and Ziggers investigate how organisations can collaborate more effectively across organisational boundaries when tackling complex societal challenges.
In the lecture hall or online: students perform equally well
For academic performance, it doesn’t matter whether students attend a lecture in person, stream it, or watch it later. The key is that they choose for themselves and actively participate. This is shown by research from Tilburg and Radboud University.
Residential care communities: the future of elderly care under the microscope
Residential care communities are a booming business. What are the preconditions for this new organisational form? Lander Vermeerbergen and Patrick Vermeulen have started two research projects to get a handle on this.
The hidden costs of war: restoring agricultural lands will cost billions
The war in Ukraine is not only taking lives but also destroying vast areas of farmland. Together with colleagues, Killian McCarthy, associate professor of Strategy, mapped and quantified the damage.
'We ensure resource security in the region'
With the ‘Circular Top Region Arnhem Nijmegen’ project, associate professor Sjors Witjes and director of Lifeport@ Kristie Lamers hope to drive the transition to a circular economy.
Vera Blažević appointed Professor of Digital Marketing
As of February 15, 2025, Vera Blažević has been appointed Professor of Digital Marketing at the Nijmegen School of Management.