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Marit Hoefsloot, Waag.

Marit HoefslootConcept Developer

Marit is a concept developer at Waag Academy, where she works on the development and running of the Public Stack Academy. 

In projects such as ACROSS, Mobifree and Responsible Business Models, Marit researches value-driven digital platforms and their underlying business models. In doing so, she builds on the Public Stack model and puts the values of inclusion and equity at the heart of the design process. In the Public Stack Academy, she translates these theoretical values into practical principles, where she likes to use methods in co-creation and Art of Hosting. As a certified yoga teacher, she enjoys starting her workshops with a yoga exercise and gives weekly yoga classes in the office. In addition, Marit applies her enthusiasm and commitment to the Works Council. 

At Amsterdam University College, Marit developed an affinity for philosophy of technology. She continued this during the MSc Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society and the UTwente. During her studies, Marit helped found educate., an NGO for grassroots education projects in Honduras.

Labs

Current projects

Masterclass Netpolitiek, Waag, 2022
Future Internet Lab

Masterclass Net Politics 2025

Waag Futurelab organises an annual Masterclass Net Politics where people working on digital society learn about topics such as digital transparency, public values on the internet and decision-making regarding large tech platforms.
Beeld van electronica en textieldraden, en 3 personen die met hun handen bezig zijn om draad te verbinden
Maker Education Lab

Techkwadraat

New developments – from AI to the climate transition – call for citizens who are critical thinkers, creative and technologically literate. With Techkwadraat, Waag is committed to bringing about a structural improvement in education, from primary through to secondary school.
Groene en paarse lichtstrepen
Maker Education Lab

PULSE-ART

PULSE-ART integrates arts into education to enhance cultural expression and awareness and address gaps. Through tools tested in seven different countries, it fosters collaboration and lifelong learning, shaping policies to strengthen arts in education across Europe.
Game illustration from the Escape Fake game, from the Museum of Fake scenario. In the middel we see a female looking character, brown skinned with long hair tied in a bun atop their head, with dread locks circled around them. The person is wearing pink tainted sunglasses. She is surrounded by a gallery of pixellated portraits.
Maker Education Lab

Escape Fake

Escape the Fake uses augmented reality (AR) to transform media literacy education, empowering educators and students to combat disinformation through experiential learning and critical thinking.
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.
Lachende vrouw houdt Fairphone voor haar rechteroog
Future Internet Lab

Mobifree

Mobifree aims to bring about change in the development and use of mobile software in Europe by citizens, businesses, non-profit organisations and governments.

Closed projects

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.
Masterclass Netpolitiek, Waag, 2022
Future Internet Lab

Masterclass Net Politics 2022

Together with ISOC, Waag organises an annual Masterclass Net Politics where people working on digital society learn about topics such as digital transparency, public values on the internet and decision-making regarding large tech platforms.
VU Humanitieslab, Waag, 2022, Gunnar Ridderström via Unsplash
Future Internet Lab

VU Humanities Lab

Commissioned by the Vrije Universiteit, Waag conducted an exploration of the digital resources that can be used by humanities students and what digital skills students need to take advantage of these resources.
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.
Politiedrones en ethiek - Christopher Burns via Unsplash
Future Internet Lab

Police Drones and ethics

The Dutch national police plans to use more drones. Waag organised citizen focus groups to research the ethical considerations necessary.
Evening air traffic in Europe
Future Internet Lab

ACROSS

ACROSS improved privacy-friendly data exchange between EU member states' public services.