Route: Energy transition
cluster question: 020 How can the sun meet all our energy needs?
How can we design our buildings, cities, mobility systems and landscapes in such a way, that every surface will be […]
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CE.20.013 – Circular Society (CiSo)
Route: Circular economy
cluster question: 053 What are the features of a circular economy and how can we achieve it?
The Netherlands has the ambition to be a 100% circular economy by 2050, requiring a system transition: a fundamental change […]
View the initiativeCAD.20.024 – effective healthy classrooms
Route: Child and adolescent development, upbringing and education
cluster question: 078 How does the built environment affect health and wellbeing?
Unsatisfactory environmental conditions within classrooms can have both short & long-term health effects and can affect productivity or learning ability […]
View the initiativeCE.20.002 – GROW-T – Bio-fabricating textiles from mycelium for sustainable fashion
Route: Circular economy
cluster question: 052 How can we create a truly circular economy so that industrial goods manufacturing depends less on primary raw materials?
Fashion industry is known as a very unsustainable sector and has a disastrous societal and environmental impact. Over the last […]
View the initiativeCE.20.004 – REWEAVING the Fabric of Dutch Society: Understanding, rethinking and reformulating the impact of textiles on space, society, culture in the Netherlands and beyond
Route: Circular economy
cluster question: 044 Can globalisation and development be reinvented in a way that, in time, will mitigate differences in prosperity between world regions?
Textiles, their production, trade, use, and disposal reveal the challenges which global inclusive and sustainable development poses to Dutch society. […]
View the initiativeCAD.20.019 – Towards a paradigm shift in education using virtual reality, intelligent tutoring systems, serious games and learning analytics
Route: Child and adolescent development, upbringing and education
cluster question: 065 What should education be like in the future?
Despite the successes of national educational system, there is reason for concern: technology has hardly been implemented in the classroom, […]
View the initiativeCAD.20.013 – HAPPY Research and Intervention Program
Route: Child and adolescent development, upbringing and education
cluster question: 057 Can we find the right balance between freedom of information and privacy?
The HAPPY project will provide personalized behaviour interventions for children and adolescents to optimally support their development, well-being and participation […]
View the initiativeCAD.20.016 – Eat the rainbow!
Route: Child and adolescent development, upbringing and education
cluster question: 105 How can Big Data and technological innovation (e-health) contribute to health care?
Nutrition science is a complex field with aspects ranging from single molecules to eating behavior. Dietary advice seems often overcomplicated […]
View the initiativeCAD.20.005 – Teaching Robots and AI in Schools (TRAINS)
Route: Child and adolescent development, upbringing and education
cluster question: 065 What should education be like in the future?
How should children and adolescents be educated about artificial intelligence (AI) and robots? And, conversely, how can robots and AI […]
View the initiativeBR.20.015 – CO2-OCEAN
Route: The blue route: water as a pathway to innovation and sustainable growth
cluster question: 012 How do the seas and oceans function, and what role will they play in the future?
Ongoing anthropogenic CO2 emissions increasingly affect our planet. In the scientific community, there is broad consensus on the severe impact […]
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