News
How the donut helps us imagine a Planet B
Our current economic model needs to change. Kate Raworth helps us do so.
Future Talks: Artists can change the world
During Future Talks, renowned artists engaged in discussion on how to change the world through art.
Smart Citizens Lab
The road to citizen scientific journalism
What might a structural collaboration between public and journalism look like?
Future Heritage Lab
Side programming & workshops Makers van Noord
Surrounding the Makers van Noord exhibition in Museum Amsterdam Noord, there's a lot to do! Check it out.
Open Design Lab
STARTS Prize: Winners of 2022!
Holly Herndon and Giulia Foscari won this years two START Prizes! Learn more about their work.
Future Heritage Lab
Spotlight on a Maker of Noord: Daan Meeuwig
Who are the Makers of Amsterdam-Noord? With an exhibition in Amsterdam Museum Noord and an online blog series, we introduce them to you!
Future Internet Lab
Fair online revenue models for creative makers
Big tech is doing it wrong. Join us at MicroMemberships, June 23 at Waag!
TextileLab
Join Waag’s textile and technology academy today!
Fabricademy is a 6-month educational programme exploring the intersection of textiles, digital fabrication and biology. Apply now!
Smart Citizens Lab
The State of Citizen Science
Citizens, policymakers and scientists together in the Waag to reflect on the role of citizen science.
Expedition to planet B: background reading, watching, and listening
With Waag's background tips you can read more about what the rules of the current system are, who defined them and how it could be done differently.
Future Internet Lab
Highlights of PublicSpaces 2022
Two days filled with keynotes, sessions and inspiration for an internet based on public values: we lined up the highlights for you.
Future Internet Lab
Living autonomously in a world of Big Tech
A conversation with philosopher and PublicSpaces speaker Miriam Rasch about her new book. Join the PublicSpaces conference on 17 and 18 May to design digital public spaces with us, and break free from Big Tech.
Open Wetlab
Academy Show 2022: Recap and moving forward
During the Academy Show 2022, BioHack Academy students presented their final works.
Smart Citizens Lab
The trouble with 'citizens'
Researcher Max Kortlander on the problems with the term 'citizens' in relation to citizen science, and the search for a new word for us.
Future Internet Lab
Tactical Media Room: No single solution to fake news
During the first public meet-up, the Tactical Media Room (TMR) explored the landscape of disinformation and how to navigate in it.
Future Internet Lab
International collaboration for digital spaces
Waag's research director Sander van der Waal on the international collaboration sessions of the PublicSpaces conference.
Future Internet Lab
Press release: European Commission to force platforms to read user's conversations
Waag and Bits of Freedom respond with dismay to a proposal the European Commission presented on 12 May.
Open Design Lab
What we can learn from lichens
In order to learn more about our environment, we can use measuring sensors. But we can also take a look at lichens to learn more about pollution.
Let's change the rules of this game
There is no alternative? Time to re-open that debate. If we could design a whole new planet, what would our economic system be?
Smart Citizens Lab
More self-monitoring in patient treatment
The research project Beter Leven shows how we can achieve more self-monitoring by patients in six steps.
Future Internet Lab
Web3 from the perspective of creative makers
This is the second blog within the MicroMemberships project explores the possibilities of Web3 for artists.
Future Internet Lab
How EU-funded projects can become more sustainable
How a shift of the European funding opportunities from research to making can increase the sustainability of EU projects.
Future Heritage Lab
Building a circular future: an afternoon in Noord
We look back on the workshops and walks Waag organised during the Ware Noorden Lichtroute: how do we build a circular future together?
Open Wetlab
What is a lab?
Maarten Smith wonders what a lab is. During the BioHack Academy, participants playfully broaden the function of a 'traditional' lab.