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city heritage
100% Amsterdam Textiles: craftsmanship and sustainable textiles in the city
The 100% Amsterdam Textiles project demonstrates how circular textiles can be revived in Amsterdam. How does this process work?
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. Who will take action against big tech?
Smart Citizens Lab
Strengthen your initiative in the acceleration programme for the community economy
Are you working on a food initiative, energy collective or other initiative, and are you encountering challenges? Or would you like to further develop your initiative? Sign up for the acceleration programme offered by MeentCoop and AmsterDOEN!
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.
art x science x society
Collaboration between art and science at Beyond the Canvas
On 17 September, the third edition of Beyond the Canvas will be held at Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden. This event is designed for artists and scientists who are eager to delve into the vibrant intersection of art and science.
artificial intelligence
Exploring the role of AI in the cultural and creative sectors
We invite professionals working in the cultural and creative sectors to share their experiences, concerns, and reflections in a short survey.
google maps
Sander van der Waal in EenVandaag over Google Maps
Since Google controls how routes are calculated and where location pins are placed, the company holds siginificant influence over local businesses, residential traffic, and traffic situations. In EenVandaag, we explain why this is a problem.
TextileLab
A celebration of 10 years of Waag’s TextileLab
Waag is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its TextileLab! Read more about 10 highlights from the past 10 years.
Local colors
Rediscovering Colors in the City
What if our plants interacted with birds, bees, and simultaneously contributed to something essential, like textiles? A conversation on natural dyes and local production with Cecilia Raspanti.
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.
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.
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.
artificial intelligence
Marleen Stikker talks AI on NPO Radio 1
On Monday morning, 30 June, Marleen Stikker joined the NPO Radio 1 studio to discuss the biography of Sam Altman, the creator and co-founder of OpenAI. What ideology drives the development of AI?
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.
textilelab
Het Parool highlights Waag Futurelab's sustainable textile research in Amsterdam
On 24 June 2025, an article appeared in Het Parool about Waag Futurelab's research into textile production, written by journalist-in-residence Anna Roos van Wijngaarden.
Smart Citizens Lab
Hollandse Luchten receives honourable mention in the European Union Prize for Citizen Science 2025!
This prestigious prize is awarded annually to the most outstanding citizen science initiatives for their social and political impact on the development of a diverse, inclusive and sustainable society in Europe.
thenextsocials
Waag Futurelab, Mentaal.nl and PublicSpaces launch TheNextSocials
Together with Mentaal.nl and PublicSpaces, Waag Futurelab launches TheNextSocials: a growing movement of people and organisations building social media that is truly social.
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.
fabricademy 2025
Listening differently through textile practices
De afgestudeerden van Fabricademy Amsterdam van dit jaar hebben ons laten zien hoe textielpraktijken ons helpen om anders te luisteren.
Cabinet: prioritise the constitutional state, our freedom and digital autonomy
The cabinet has lost its majority. Together with Bits of Freedom, SETUP and PublicSpaces, Waag calls on the new cabinet to focus on digital autonomy and strengthening our democracy.
Berenschot x Waag Futurelab
Digital security biggest concern with increasing use of AI
According to the AI Trend Report 2025 by Berenschot in collaboration with Waag Futurelab. Read Waag's reflection on the results.
Maker Education Lab
Democracy? Will this count towards my grade?
How to create a setting in the classroom to discuss democracy.
call for democratic tech
Call: government, invest in a democratic fund!
Together with Commons Network, Bits of Freedom, PublicSpaces and SETUP, Waag calls on the Dutch government to invest in democratic technology now.
Waag Futurelab: Annual report 2024
Waag Futurelab publishes its 2024 annual report: read all about Waag's activities and the impact of Waag's research, Academy programmes and public programme in 2024.