News
Workshop: How do you navigate through the world of scientific literature?
regenerative technology
Open call for residency at Det Digit Art House
Waag Futurelab and Det Digit Art House join forces for a new residency for artists or researchers working on the interaction of technology and nature.
designing for the future
Waag Futurelab presents renewed research agenda
Waag Futurelab presents its research agenda for 2025 to 2028.
Dutch Design Week
Next Nature Museum and Waag Futurelab launch the National Design Debate
The Next Nature Museum and Waag Futurelab are joining forces for the National Design Debate, the annual platform for critical reflection on the role of design in an evolving technological world.
grip op vernieuwing
Gezocht voor workshop: (lokale) ambtenaren die werken met data, AI of algoritmen
Voor het project Algo-Resist organiseren Tilburg University en Waag Futurelab twee workshops voor gemeente ambtenaren over manieren om weerstand te bieden tegen mogelijk problematische toepassingen van technologie.
Natural Dyes x Digital Textile Printing
Apply now for a 2-week residency at Waag's TextileLab
Are you a natural dye specialist curious about digital technologies? Or a textile designer eager to experiment with printing using natural dyes? Apply now for the Tracks4Crafts residency.
public technology
Waag explores and designs alternative forms of social media
Waag launched Public Nodes: an ambitious programme to regain control of our social media platforms.
What influence does big tech have on our information provision?
Apply for a journalistic residency at Waag Futurelab
Are you a journalist and interested in researching the influence of big tech on our information provision? Apply for a journalistic residency at Waag!
art-science
Water carries, and water lives: how art-science projects connect people around water stories
What does water carry to the port of Amsterdam? During the residencies artsts Michael Pinsky and Arcangelo Constantini investigated the water infrastructure surrounding the Dommel river (Utrecht) and the Port of Amsterdam.
citizen science
Citizens measure air quality on Tata Steel factory site
Starting today, residents of the IJmond region will be measuring air quality at the Tata Steel factory site themselves. The sensor is the first of four sensors to be installed on the Tata Steel factory site.
public stack
The Netherlands needs a public datainfrastructure
Today, Waag is publishing the position paper ‘From open data to public data infrastructure’. In this paper, we argue for a public data infrastructure that contributes to social issues and general well-being.
Smart Citizens Lab
Eight initiatives start the MeentCoop acceleration programme!
On Tuesday 27 January, eight initiatives will start the MeentCoop acceleration programme for the community economy.
public stack
Letter to the Dutch informateur: invest in the development of digital public space
Waag sends a letter to the informateur with a coalition of different organisations to make sure the development of digital public space is a priority in the formation of the new government. Read the letter.
grip op technologie
Marleen Stikker geeft Den Uyl-lezing 2026
Welke antwoorden zijn er op geopolitieke machtsontwikkeling door big tech? Daarover gaat de 31ste Den Uyl-lezing die dit jaar wordt gehouden door Marleen Stikker, oprichter en directeur van Waag Futurelab.
social socials
Marleen Stikker spreekt bij EenVandaag over overheden op X
What are governments still doing on X (formerly Twitter), and why are they using it? On NPO Radio 1's EenVandaag, Marleen Stikker discussed the government's presence on this platform.
digital autonomy
Call to action: DigiD must not fall into American hands
The planned takeover of Dutch company Solvinity by American multinational Kyndryl is causing great concern among experts. They are calling on BTI to be transparent about the matter.
Future Matters Hackathon 2025
Vocational students design the social platform of the future
On 30 and 31 October, Treehouse Amsterdam Noord hosted the first edition of the Future Matters Hackathon: a two-day creative design event where more than 60 vocational students from ROC Noord (NDSM) worked together on a social, digital challenge: design the social platform of the future that stimulates creativity and connection among young people.
Smart Citizens Lab
Care for water: methods for water management
Waag advocates a broader approach in which technology and society are used to strengthen water resilience and ecological health. By focusing on principles such as regeneration and shared care rather than extraction.
digital autonomy
Marleen Stikker on DC-Edic in Trouw
The Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy are jointly launching DC-Edic: the Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium. Trouw interviewed Waag director Marleen Stikker about this important step.
Open Design Lab
Creating Responsible AI Tools with Artists at PublicSpaces 2025
On 13 June 2025, HAMLET’s Waag team organised a panel at the PublicSpaces Conference in Amsterdam, titled Creating Responsible AI Tools with Artists, where questions about AI ethics, copyright, originality, and artist credit were discussed.
elections 2025
Responsible and sustainable digitisation instead of a narrow focus on AI
The AI economy must serve our society, not the other way around. Marleen Stikker, Roel Dobbe and Daniel Mügge explain how and provide focus points for the formation.
elections 2025
Organisations call on new government to make digitisation high priority
It is important that the new government makes digitisation a visible and integral part of their “positive agenda for the Netherlands”. On the initiative of KB, Waag Futurelab and more than 2.000 organisations are advocating for this. Together, they sent a letter with this appeal to informateur Sybrand Buma.
Urban Ecology Lab
Hello world: a new startingpoint for regenerative technology
Waag werkt aan regeneratieve technologie, maar wat is dat eigenlijk? En waarom is regeneratieve technologie belangrijk?
Maker Education Lab