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Julia Jansen

Julia JansenConcept Developer

Julia was a concept developer at Waag. She researched and contributed to new forms of commoning as part of the Commons Lab. In her work, Julia combined creativity and curiosity, and strives to find how we can make the world a fairer place.

Previously, Julia worked as a researcher for the Rathenau Instituut. Here, she focused on the governance of knowledge development for societal challenges and digital democracy. Julia graduated in Urban Studies (MSc) and Sociology (BSc) with minors in Anthropology and Computer Science from the University of Amsterdam. 

Labs

Current projects

Public Stack Summit
Future Internet Lab

Public Stack Design Proces

Together with INFO, TU Delft (Cities of Things Lab), Waag dives into the design process of an open source service and a commercial service.
Public Stack Summit
Commons Lab

Atelier

Atelier is a project funded by the European Commission that focuses on shaping energy-positive neighbourhoods. Residents, local stakeholders and companies will work together in these neighbourhoods to create a local energy system that generates energy sustainably.

Closed projects

Metro traffic data
Future Internet Lab

Grip on Own Data

Waag Futurelab investigated how citizens could get 'grip on their own data'. We analysed existing tools that the government made available to give citizens insight into data that the government processed about them.
Energie Referentiearchitectuur, Waag, 2023
Commons Lab

Energy Reference Architecture

Commissioned by Top Sector Energy Digitization and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Waag Futurlab researched a reference architecture for the Dutch energy infrastructure.
Mensen die aan een tafel met een workshop bezig zijn. Ze praten met elkaar en op tafel ligt een vel papier met stiften ernaast.
Future Internet Lab

Responsible Business Models

In this project, Waag Futurelab and HvA investigated the conditions for digital public spaces and the fundamental aspects of a responsible business model.
Open HEM nu, Waag, 2022, Vivent Solar via Unsplash
Commons Lab

Open HEM now!

Commissioned by the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland and Top Sector Energy, Waag developed a Public Stack for home energy management systems: Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS).
Platformcoöp Accelerator-programma
Commons Lab

Platformcoöp Incubator

Together with the Commons Network, Waag worked on a Platform Co-op Accelerator programme that connected and advanced start-up initiatives that worked with the commons. This way, we encouraged a circular, local and fair economy.
Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash
Future Internet Lab

MicroMemberships

MicroMemberships focussed on the question how innovative online revenue models could improve the independence of makers.
Transparante Laadpaal (The Incredible Machine)
Future Internet Lab

Public Stack: charging infrastructure for electric vehicles

Commissioned by the RVO, Waag is developing a Public Stack for the charging infrastructure of electric vehicles.
Public Stack visual
Future Internet Lab

Public Stack: the alternative internet

The internet is broken, but alternatives are available. We call the collection of these open, fair and safe alternatives the Public Stack.
Contemporary Commoning
Commons Lab

Contemporary Commoning

The research project Contemporary Commoning focused on the ways the commons could contribute to new forms of (digital) public space and initiate different forms of urban development.