Towards implementing the Sendai Framework, using water as a leverage: Reflections on occasion of the 2022 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
| Date: | 13 October 2022 |
| Author: | Angelo J. Imperiale |
Today, 13 October 2022, is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR). The IDDRR is held every 13 October and is meant to be an opportunity to acknowledge and review the progress being made by members states toward preventing and reducing...
12 years after: Learning from the L'Aquila disaster (Abruzzo, Italy)
| Date: | 06 April 2021 |
| Author: | Angelo J. Imperiale |
Twelve years ago, at 3.32 a.m. on April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, the capital city of the Abruzzo region in central Italy, and its surrounding area were devastated by an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Moment Magnitude Scale (5.9 on the Richter Scale), killing...
What governance do we need to reduce disaster risk and enhance our democracies amid COVID-19 crisis?
| Date: | 13 October 2020 |
| Author: | Angelo J. Imperiale |
Expert Briefing: African Perspectives on Migration to the EU
| Date: | 11 November 2019 |
The expert briefings were held in Brussels and Berlin from the 15 – 18 October 2019. The briefings, organized under the auspices of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and MEP Birgit Sippel (S&D Group) in the European Parliament, sought to solicit and highlight...
Sustainable place-shaping: what, why and how? Findings of the SUSPLACE program
| Date: | 11 October 2019 |
| Author: | Prof. Ina Horlings |
SUSPLACE, the acronym for SUStainable PLACE-shaping, is a European Marie Curie (ITN) funding scheme for Innovative Training Networks funded by the European Commission. The overall aim of SUSPLACE was “to train Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in innovative,...
Lagos, Nigeria; ‘’Traffic, traffic, traffic. There is always traffic.’’
| Date: | 23 September 2019 |
| Author: | Stefano Blezer |
In June 2019, I participated in the #CoCreateMyCity Lagos project in which 15 Dutch master students collaborated with 15 Nigerian students in an interdisciplinary and multicultural setting to address five challenges the city is facing: A fresh fish supply...
In Holwerd aan Zee is de nieuwe Lely opgestaan
| Date: | 07 May 2019 |
| Author: | Tialda Haartsen |
Impact award 2019: Research communication about young regional stayers
| Date: | 07 March 2019 |
| Author: | Eva Maersk |
In recent years Europe has seen an increase in research grants which requires societal impact and research communication in the applications for funding. The ACCOMPLISSH-project under Sustainable Society at University of Groningen has been the number one...
Food Democracy and the Berlin Food Policy Council
| Date: | 12 November 2018 |
| Author: | Stephen Leitheiser |
Citizen-led Food Policy Councils (FPCs, called an Ernährungsrat in Germany) have been long-standing in the United States and Canada. But, in recent years Europe has seen an increasing emergence of food initiatives seeking transformative political change...
Gezondheid vs geluk, waar ligt de norm?
| Date: | 12 October 2018 |
‘Weet wat je eet’, ‘elk pondje gaat door het mondje’ en ‘doe gezond eet een appel’. Aan adviezen over eten en gezondheid geen gebrek. Het debat over voeding en gezondheid wordt over het algemeen ingegeven door wat acceptabel en verantwoordelijk is en wat...