Route: Quality of the living environment
cluster question: 003 Why is biodiversity important and how do we protect it?
Biodiversity in rural areas has declined sharply due to intensification of agriculture, urban development and climate change. Biodiversity loss is […]
View the initiativeRoute: Sustainable production of safe and healthy food
cluster question: 016 How can we develop healthy new food crops that have higher yields while requiring fewer harmful chemicals?
Nitrogen fixation to produce fertilizer is indisputably one of the most crucial steps to provide an ever-growing world population with […]
View the initiativeRoute: Sustainable production of safe and healthy food
cluster question: 015 How can we make agricultural production systems more sustainable as the worldwide demand for healthy, safe food continues to grow?
One third of the total area of The Netherlands and 50% of its agricultural area consist of grasslands. They form […]
View the initiativeRoute: Smart, liveable cities
cluster question: 050 What is the secret of a resilient society?
The provision of sufficient adequate and affordable housing matching diversifying household types and lifestyles is a key challenge in Dutch […]
View the initiativeRoute: Smart industry
cluster question: 054 How do we ensure that the Dutch economy remains competitive?
Digitalization enables firms to switch from developing and selling products to providing integrated product-service solutions. This transition is called ‘servitization’ […]
View the initiativeRoute: Smart industry
cluster question: 053 What are the features of a circular economy and how can we achieve it?
Servitized organisations are increasingly confronted with two contemporary trends. First, the trend of digital transformation (DT) is leading servitized organisations […]
View the initiativeRoute: Sustainable development goals for inclusive global development
cluster question: 094 How do we improve the quality of health care as much as possible while keeping it affordable?
The countries hardest hit by the HIV pandemic will face massive healthcare challenges in the coming years. The tremendous success […]
View the initiativeRoute: Sustainable development goals for inclusive global development
cluster question: 040 How can we improve the effectiveness and legitimacy of legislation, given the global challenges we face with respect to the environment, security, innovation, energy, and climate change?
The envisaged project aims at improving the effectiveness of gender safeguards for indigenous women in transnational environmental projects. It does […]
View the initiativeRoute: Quality of the living environment
cluster question: 078 How does the built environment affect health and wellbeing?
Cities are currently faced with enormous challenging interconnected agendas; becoming climate neutral, accessible, safe, inclusive, healthy and sustainable places to […]
View the initiativeRoute: Measuring and detecting: anything, anytime, anywhere
cluster question: 017 How can we make chemical and biochemical production processes more sustainable, more efficient, and cleaner?
Dutch Process Industry is among the most intensive, productive and technologically advanced in the world and has committed itself to […]
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