elections 2025
Dutch elections 2025: who will rein in big tech?
Last month, we published four key points that we would like to see reflected in the election manifestos for the 2025 general election. Now we are taking stock to see which parties have adopted our recommendations. Who will take action against big tech?
2025 elections
Waag comments on the need of digitisation in election programmes
Next Wednesday the Netherlands will be able to cast their votes in the 2025 general election. How has digitisation been included in the election manifestos?
DIY biotechnology
BioHack Academy autumn programme
Are you interested in DIY biotechnology? Sign up for the BioHack Academy!
FabLab
Register now for Fab Academy 2026!
Learn how to make (almost) anything - in twenty weeks! Registrations have started for this worldwide renowned digital fabrication education trajectory at Waag.
artist in residence
'All the Tyres from Iceland' by Michael Pinsky on display at NDSM
From 23 September, Waag presents Michael Pinsky's new work “All the Tyres from Iceland” at the NDSM shipyard. Pinsky is artist-in-residence at Waag.
2025-11-06T19:30:00+01:002025-11-06T21:30:00+01:00
6
Nov
19:30
21:30
the (im)possibilities of social media
Waag Open: social socials
2025-11-09T14:00:00+01:002025-11-09T15:30:00+01:00
9
Nov
14:00
15:30
social socials
Workshop: make socials social again
2025-11-13T19:30:00+01:002025-11-13T22:00:00+01:00
13
Nov
19:30
22:00
TextileLab
Meetup: the regenerative city
2025-11-24T19:30:00+01:002025-11-24T21:00:00+01:00
24
Nov
19:30
21:00
Warming Up festival
From generative to regenerative technology
2025-11-27T20:00:25+01:002025-11-27T23:00:25+01:00
27
Nov
20:00
23:00
Warming Up festival
(De)Growing Infrastructures
2025-12-04T19:30:00+01:002025-12-04T21:30:00+01:00
4
Dec
19:30
21:30
fake it till you make it
Waag Open: fake news, no thanks
2026-01-08T19:30:00+01:002026-01-08T21:30:00+01:00
8
Jan
2026
19:30
21:30
Join us and improve quantum computers
Waag Open: quantum game night
Mission
Waag Futurelab contributes to the research, design and development of a sustainable, just society
- By collectively researching emerging technology, and questioning underlying cultural assumptions;
- By experimenting with and designing alternatives on the basis of public values;
- By developing an open, fair and inclusive future together with civil society.
