Voor het Stadsmakerscongres 2025 interviewde OPEN Rotterdam mij over ons onderzoek Ruimte voor Meiden op Zuid. Wij deden onderzoek rondom Zuidplein: op welke plekken komen meiden graag en welke plekken mijden ze liever? In deze korte video gaan we langs… Continue reading

Are you interested in how creative practices and competencies foster better collaboration between citizen collectives and local governments? Apply for this PhD position and join the ECCO consortium! Citizen collectives (CCs) are essential actors in shaping transitions, because they innovate… Continue reading

I’m extremely happy to announce that we have a new paper published in Cities and it’s about citizen participation tools. But, you may think, there are already so many papers on tools?! Indeed! So in this paper, that resulted from… Continue reading

Co-design and participation seem to be standard urban practice. But what does this really mean beyond inflated buzzwords? Do you want to unfold the complex practices of genuine urban co-design? Then please apply!! This PhD project gives you the opportunity… Continue reading

Great news! Thanks to an award of a whopping €6.8 million by the NWO, the ECCO project can start in 2026. The goal? To strengthen citizen collectives and improve their cooperation with governments. Scientists, government parties and civil society organisations… Continue reading

Untangling the participation buzz in place-making: mechanisms and effects I am so proud and extremely excited that this work with my Danish bestie Nicolai Brodersen Hansen got published in CoDesign. Place-making has recently gained traction from a variety of domains.… Continue reading

Are you a 3rd year BSc student looking for a minor? Do you want to learn about socio-spatial inequalities, policies, and how the built environment impacts our wellbeing and health? Consider enrolling for our minor The Healthy Inclusive City where… Continue reading

After months of careful preparation, and years of hard work (mainly by my colleague and PI Juliana Gonçalves), on 1st of April the Citizen Voice platform was launched! Citizen Voice became so much more than once anticipated: it is a… Continue reading

Vorige week gaf ik met Linda Zuijderwijk (dr.) een workshop over veiligheidsbeleving in de stad. Dit naar aanleiding van ons onderzoek Ruimte voor Meiden op Zuid. We lieten de deelnemers kennismaken met een van de co-creatie methodes die we in… Continue reading

Very happy that our paper “The role of digital technologies in urban co-creation practices” is published! We found that:⏩ Building trust between stakeholders and getting familiar with each other is best supported by analogue co-creation tools and activities⏩ Using digital… Continue reading