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Een microsoft scherm met de tekst Computer says no en not oke
Week of Participation

Waag Futurelab hosts special programme on digital inclusion

How can we make the digital world more accessible? Waag Futurelab and De Omslag are organising Participation Week from 6 to 9 October, which will focus on this question.
Plenaire zaal Tweede Kamer
elections 2025

Our input for the election manifestos: four suggestions for policy on digitisation

Together with PublicSpaces and Commons Network, we are sending a letter to political parties with four text suggestions for their policies on digitisation in their election manifestos.
Tegen een lichtblauwe achtergrond zien we het hoofd van een vrouw die schuin naar links te camera in kijkt. Over haar gezicht worden digitale cijfers geprojecteerd in lichtgroen.
artificial intelligence

By regulating AI we can prevent harm

Last week, 44 CEOs of big tech companies sent an urgent letter to the European Commission, requesting a two-year delay in the implementation of the AI Act. Is this wise? Marleen Stikker responds.
Cover: Op een neongroene achtergrond staat een grafische pixelige bloem. Boven de bloem staat de titel 'The demonstrator' met kleine boventitel 'Designing regenerative technologies'.
Urban Ecology Lab

Designing Regenerative Technologies: The Demonstrator

If we want to stay within the planet's limits, we need to change our relationship with the planet and technology. Waags Demonstrator shows how ecological awareness and digital creativity can intersect.
Afbeelding ter promotie van de Staat van het Internet, dat een collage is van een portret van Marleen Stikker en verschillende tech miljardairs als Jeff Bezos en Bill Gates. Ook is er een beeld van het personage 'Dr Evil' te zien. Over de collage heen lijkt zwarte vloeistof te druipen.
grip on our tech

Re-watch the State of the Internet 2025 with Marleen Stikker

During the State of the Internet, Waag Futurelab gauges the state the internet is in each year. In this 30th anniversary year of Waag, the lecture was given by none other than our founder and director Marleen Stikker.
4
Sept
19:30
21:30
Visit Waags dye garden at the Marineterrein
sold out

Waag Open: Botanical prints

18
Sept
28
Sept
celebrating 10 years of Waag's TextileLab

Chromatic Relations

2
Oct
09:00
18:00
save the date!

Kennis Maken: National Citizen Science Expo

6
Oct
10:00
12:00
Week of Participation

Talk: Digital technology and the future of work

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.