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Emma Schep door Jimena Gauna voor Waag

Emma SchepCommunicator

Emma Schep is a communicator with Waag's Smart Citizens Lab and Urban Ecology Lab within the research group Life.

In addition to her work at Waag, Emma works as a design researcher at KETTER&Co. She studied Language and Culture Studies at the University of Utrecht and followed the Master's in Gender & Postcolonial Studies. She obtained a master's degree in Information Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven.

Labs

Current projects

Air pollution in Europe
Smart Citizens Lab

Enforce

The European project Enforce focuses on the challenges, for both residents and authorities, in reporting data so that it is usable for environmental enforcement.
Hackathon de groene stad
Smart Citizens Lab

New plan for work

What does the future of work look like? In the project New plan for work, Waag Futurelab and Michiel Zonneveld explore how to design a new perspective on the future of work.
Uitzicht over het IJ
Urban Ecology Lab

Stem van het water

In Stem van het water, Waag designs a method to make perspectives of both humans and animals, plants and micro-organisms on the IJ visible to each other. How can visibility and interventions help to be more considerate of each other?
Mensen zijn met elkaar in gesprek aan een tafel in een bibliotheek.
Smart Citizens Lab

Kenniscloud 2.0

In the project KennisCloud 2.0, Waag, Bibliotheek Midden-Brabant and VPRO are updating the platform KennisCloud by making it open source and based on public values.
Kévin Bray. Vertical Atlas, 2018.
Urban Ecology Lab

Designing regenerative technologies

In the project Designing Regenerative Technologies Waag investigates the impact of digital technology on our planet and develops ways of designing regenerative technologies.
Hollandse Luchten IJmond Bijeenkomst
Smart Citizens Lab

Pilot measuring wood smoke

In this pilot, Waag, citizens, TNO and Omgevingsdienst IJmond investigate whether we can measure wood burning with sensors.
Co-creatie public stack summit Waag
Smart Citizens Lab

Science in the Cloud

The project Science in the Cloud researches how online platform KennisCloud should be designed for scientists, citizen scientists and knowledge institutions to collaborate on social and scientific issues.
Beveiligingscamera in de stad
Smart Citizens Lab

Human Values for Smarter Cities

In Human Values for Smarter Cities, Waag Futurelab investigates the process of procurement when applying smart city technology in public spaces.
FabLearn onderwijsconferentie
Smart Citizens Lab

Imagining public connectivity

The lack of meaningful imaginaries about 5G and the knowledge concentration within industries are catalysts of public distrust. We aim to create a shared knowledge base among citizens and governments to include citizens in official local decision-making processes around 5G.
Thermo-staat
Smart Citizens Lab

Thermo-staat

Together with citizens, investigative journalists and scientists, Waag research heat stress in the Netherlands.
Opening Planet B @ Amsterdam Science Park
Urban Ecology Lab

T-Factor

Within T-Factor, Waag will help enrich and steer the Amsterdam Science Park masterplan towards urban ecology-related innovation and enterprise.
NWA route Smart Liveable Cities
Smart Citizens Lab

NWA Route Smart Liveable Cities

Waag organises the route management around public programmes relating to ‘Smart, liveable cities’, aiming to better connect science with society.
Woman with sensor
Smart Citizens Lab

Hollandse Luchten

Hollandse Luchten is a citizens science project where we involve citizens in measuring air quality in their environment in the Province of North Holland.

Closed projects

expeditie toekomst
Smart Citizens Lab

Public Civil Cooperation

In this project, Waag investigates new knowledge and process models, which support sustainable cooperation between citizens and governments.