Research projects
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Working under pressure?
Quality of education depends heavily on the availability and quality of teachers. It is well known that the teacher shortage is partly caused by dropout of beginning teachers and burnout of experienced teachers.
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Reflexive Regulation using Narrative Methods
The aim of the RUN-study is to develop reflexive regulatory arrangements, using narrative methods, putting service users center stage and enhancing accountability and dialogue.
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Vive la Commune! Communalism as a Democratic Repertoire
This interdisciplinary research project seeks to approach ‘democracy’ as the subject of conflict and contestation and hypothesize that ‘The Commune’ may be regarded as the key signifier of a long-standing democratic repertoire in its own right.
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The controller profession
This project aims to inventory developments for controllers, based on surveys and interviews in cooperation with the Dutch VRC (Vereniging van Registercontrollers).
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GEARING Roles
The GEARING Roles project targets the questioning and transformation of traditional gender roles in research institutions at the micro, meso, and macro levels and assesses the design and implementation of Gender Equality Plans.
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INSpECT: INfrastructure interdependencies in Sustainable and inclusivE CiTies
INSpECT will explore these interdependencies to allow a more integrated approach towards strategic investments in transforming urban neighbourhoods.
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Open Strategizing for Infrastructures in Transition (PRONTO)
PRONTO investigates what practices of open strategizing are enacted by infrastructure agencies and develops governance and modelling approaches in support of the development of cross-sectoral infrastructure strategies.
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Sustainable plastics
We combine environmental life cycle assessment, participative system dynamics modelling, and ex-ante policy evaluation to assess the relevant sociotechnical systems around circular plastics and bioplastics.
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Calcium Looping To Capture Co2 From Industrial Processes By 2030 (CaLby2030)
CaLby2030 focuses on TRL6 demonstration of its pioneering Calcium Looping (CaL) CO2 capture systems using the wellestablished Circulating Fluidised Bed (CFB) technology to a state ready for largescale commercial deployment by 2030.
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AZOPRO - Azolla farming on rewetted agricultural lands
The AzoPro project investigates the potential of Azolla for phosphate removal from former agricultural lands in transition to nature.
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On the Move: Transition towards Sustainable Mobility
The negative effects of spatial mobility (e.g. congestion, unsafety, fossil fuel use and land use), create a strong pressure to transition towards a more sustainable mobility system. This asks for trend-breaking change strategies.
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Prevention and Health
The Prevention and Health project of Radboud University and Radboudumc aims to find out how health differences between citizens can be reduced.
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Focused Ultrasound Initiative
With focused ultrasound stimulation new forms of non-invasive surgery can be developed. This project aims to connect and accelerate aspects of this new neurotechnology.
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Resilient Indonesian Slums Envisioned (RISE)
To help slums in Indonesia become more resilient to the threat of water-related disasters, social scientists at the RISE project develop inclusive solutions on the basis of research into social-ecological interactions
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VMBO Sportlab
In the research project vmbo sportlab, a consortium of young people, practitioners and researchers will provide insights and knowledge about how to tackle inactivity among VMBO students and get them playing sport and exercising into later life
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Rewriting Global Orthodoxy
Parishes and monasteries are also following the social trend of sustainability. The Rewriting Global Orthodoxy research project aims to examine and analyse the Catholic Netherlands’ approach to environmental friendliness and sustainability.
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Green Parishes and Monasteries in the Netherlands
Parishes and monasteries are also following the social trend of sustainability. The Green Parishes in the Netherlands research project aims to examine and analyse the Catholic Netherlands’ approach to environmental friendliness and sustainability.
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BlackGEM telescope array
When neutron stars and black holes collide, gravitational waves are released and a hot luminous ring of gas is created. BlackGEM is a series of telescopes that helps researchers to more accurately determine where a collision has occurred.
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Look Who’s Talking
Digital discussion partners such as chatbots can make complex topics more accessible. The Look Who’s Talking project will develop and test a new generation of chatbots that can engage in lengthy and interesting conversations.
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Hybrid Human-AI Regulation
This project focuses on the development of a ‘Hybrid Human-AI Regulation System’ (HHAIR system), which teaches 10- to 14-year-olds self-regulation skills. This will allow them to learn with support from adaptive or self-adaptive learning tools.
