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public investment for public good

Waag Futurelab Nieuwmarkt 4 1012CR Amsterdam<a href="https://www.waag.org/en/accessibility">Accessibility information</a>

Waag Futurelab

Public investment unaffordable? Join this workshop on Sunday 14 September and learn how to counter this common narrative, and how governments can use their money for good. 

Good Money

Sunday 14 September | 12:00 - 20:30 hrs | € 25 (incl. lunch and dinner)

On Sunday 14 September, Waag Futurelab and Modern Money Lab will host an extensive programme on the possibilities of public investment. The common narrative dictates that public investment is unaffordable or must be paid for by implementing austerity measures. But is this really true?

Workshop: Good money

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.

Sander van der Waal in EenVandaag over Google Maps

In the EenVandaag programme, research director Sander van der Waal spoke about the monopoly position of Google Maps. Because Google determines how routes run and where the location pin is placed, the company has a lot of influence on local businesses, traffic and traffic situations.

panic - yes or no?

From September 3 to 7, the annual Ars Electronica Festival will take place in Linz, Austria. Waag Futurelab will be there—find out where you can meet us.

Ars Electronica Festival 2025

3 - 7 Sep | Linz, Austria

Waag at Ars Electronica 2025

celebrating 10 years of Waag's TextileLab

During GLUE, visit the exhibition at Waag Futurelab and rediscover the city as a harvesting ground for natural colors. 

Chromatic Relations

18 - 28 September | 11:00 - 17:00 hrs | Waag | free entrance

For 10 years, Waag has researched textiles and natural dye-making from within her TextileLab, located at the heart of the city of Amsterdam. With the exhibition Chromatic Relations during GLUE Amsterdam 2025, Waag highlights this journey, showcasing the urban environment as potential source for natural colors.<h2> </h2>

Exhibition: Chromatic Relations

Week of Participation

Marleen Stikker and Christine Dedding kick off the Week of Participation with a talk on the impact of digitisation on social economy, labor market and society.

Talk: Digital technology and the future of work

6 Oct | 10:00 hrs | Hybrid

Digital tools and technologies seem to make life a lot easier. But for many people this does not apply. For example, those with physical or mental disabilities or language difficulties may experience high barriers when using digital technology. How can we make the digital world more accessible?

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Future Internet Lab

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

Mobifree

Are you involved in an organisation with a social mission? Waag is looking for people in this sector who would like to test a Murena Fairphone for two months. In addition to user-friendliness, we will be testing software for maintaining contact with volunteers, planning shelters and accessibility in crisis situations.

Testers wanted for the Murena Fairphone

We question the dominant narrative about money

Money is not neutral