empowerment

Transforming schools into community partnerships. Maker education and citizen science function as a transformative approach for Open Schooling.

 

How democratic are policy labs, and do they really have influence? We are publishing the master thesis of Elissa Guedes Cardoso on this subject.

 

During the DOIT Conference 2020 on the 24th of September, that takes place online, we explore how we can prepare young people for today's innovation society.

 

In the documentary a Citizen Science Revolution, we follow citizen science groups and take a unique look behind the scenes of this European research project with the question: how do we involve communities in mapping their living environment, and how do we turn this into action?

 

How can the creative industry and maker community help solve humanitarian challenges in a refugee camp?

 

The idea was: a meeting between city makers and the minister. But it proved to be the mayor and the king.

 

Through this project, we supported city-makers, active citizens and social entrepreneurs with their initiatives to make our city a better place for everyone.

 

On 13 May 2015, the first Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab was held. More than 50 citizens, scientists and technicians gathered to gain more insight in their city. By measuring the city themselves in the next months, to investigate and get into action based on the results.

 

Candidates of several political parties will debate about what they are planning on doing to keep our cuties liveable and vital for the next four years. With e.g. Marleen Stikker (Waag), Mei Li Vos (PvdA), Bart Vink (D66), Kees Diepeveen (GroenLinks) and Carolien Gehrels (Wethouder Gemeente Amsterdam).

 

On July 30th, 2012 we organised a workshop to gather new insights in people’s mobility needs. A group of Amsterdam’s inhabitants was invited to share their experiences and inspire us. Their input was used to define the requirements for meeting the user’s needs within the mobility domain. The workshop was meant to be able to extract the universal user’s needs and not to provide the complete picture of users’ experiences.