DIT Platform

The Design Impact Transition (DIT) Platform at Erasmus University empowers radically new ways to do research, education and engagement for a just and sustainable future. We bring together academics, students, non-academic staff and external stakeholders around complex and persistent societal challenges.

Learn about our vision and how we work

4 tips for making your research more impactful – by Karen Maas

Karen Maas shares 4 tips to make research more impactful.

Tuesday 5 Sep 2023
Blogpost

Meet the sustainability educators at EUR

Introduction to the sustainability educational activities at EUR, and the challenges educators face as they strive to teach sustainability.

Monday 17 Jul 2023
Blogpost

The Transdisciplinary University: Exploring Institutional Design Futures

A reflection on the workshop “The Transdisciplinary University” which was hosted by Dr. Julia Wittmayer, Femke Coops and Rachel Williams during DIT Day 2023.

Monday 10 Jul 2023
Blogpost

Fashion Justice: Towards a Sustainable and Ethical Industry

Why is fashion justice important? And how can consumers, designers and big companies contribute to a better system?

Monday 12 Jun 2023
Blogpost

Researcher Annelli Janssen embraces impact by asking: What can I offer?

Annelli Jansen, senior researcher and advisor at DRIFT, talks about transformative research and its pivotal role in shaping the future of academia and EUR.

Friday 9 Jun 2023
Blogpost

Why it’s taking us so long to make EUR more sustainable – and how we can speed things up

The speech by Jilde Garst tackles the different dimensions and complexities associated with sustainability agendas, and how the university is (un)-tackling them