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Empowering Cities and Citizens
The Empowering Cities and Citizens conference on 6-7 November 2018 was part of the 105-year anniversary of Erasmus University Rotterdam, and marked the first year of activity for the Erasmus Initiative Vital Cities and Citizens (VCC).
Over 350 participants and 50 speakers from academia, local governments and other Dutch and international institutions got together to discuss how cities and communities learn and co-create knowledge, in order to meet current needs in cities.
Vital Cities and Citizens researcher Dr. Amanda Brandellero received NWO-vidi
Brandellero will receive 800.000 euros for her research proposal: Crafting future urban economies?
Cities across the world are looking for ways to make their economies more circular, and localised production is seen as key to this process. Brandellero will comparatively examine how making locally is articulated and valued, in order to understand its potential role in sustainable urban futures.
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World Bank mentions BIG’R in report
Erasmus University Rotterdam and the municipality of Rotterdam encourage positive behavior of citizens -
Erasmus Trust Fund grant for research into emotions in real estate developments
Interview with Timeless Grant winner dr. Jasper Eshuis.
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‘Innovation not only comes to life in the West, but also in lots of African households’
Interview with Professor Peter Knorringa, Scientific Director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa
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What are the most wicked problems of cities nowadays?
Empowering Cities and Citizens – a report.
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Nina Glick-Schiller: 'There isn’t a city that I can think of that was not built by migration'
Prof. dr. Nina Glick-Schiller (University of Manchester) about migration and citymakers.
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How to be a successful entrepreneur?
Are entrepreneurs able to create their own opportunities and prevent risks that could hurt their business? PhD candidate Dewi Kanters believes they can.
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Business students Sofia Ali en Tania Bhulai founded Diandre: where students can help refugees
Business students Sofia Ali en Tania Bhulai are the founders of Diandre: a foundation to help refugee-students and refugee-entrepreneurs.
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As soon as you leave the university, you can start giving back
Some university students start giving back to society during or right after their study. Minguel Baker is one of them.
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