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View article: The (un)Sustainable foodscape: An ethnographic study of food practices in Dutch suburbia
The (un)Sustainable foodscape: An ethnographic study of food practices in Dutch suburbia Open
Addressing the role of food practices in greenhouse gas emissions requires attention to their interconnections and material foundations. This study examines four key practices in the Netherlands using Social Practice Theory, extended with …
View article: Turning rejection into adoption: enhancing the uptake of externally developed design proposals through boundary spanning
Turning rejection into adoption: enhancing the uptake of externally developed design proposals through boundary spanning Open
Public organizations increasingly apply design approaches from the creative disciplines.
\nGenerally, they do this in isolation from their daily activities. Consequently, the
\nresulting design proposals are rarely adopted. Using Fuzzy-set…
View article: Between Suspicion and Benevolence: How the Social Status of Initiators Plays a Role in Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Assessments of Citizens’ Initiatives
Between Suspicion and Benevolence: How the Social Status of Initiators Plays a Role in Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Assessments of Citizens’ Initiatives Open
Citizens with lower social status are underrepresented in participatory democratic innovations like citizens’ initiatives. Much research focuses on the barriers to participation that these citizens experience. The current study concentrate…
View article: Productive interactions in a port city: a proximity approach to coordination in science-policy collaborations
Productive interactions in a port city: a proximity approach to coordination in science-policy collaborations Open
Background: Many different concepts have been invoked in the literature to describe coordination between scientific and policy practices. However, a framework to understand different types of this boundary management is lacking, which allo…
View article: Applying design in public administration: a literature review to explore the state of the art
Applying design in public administration: a literature review to explore the state of the art Open
The attention for applying design-oriented approaches in public administration has increased significantly. Applying design is seen as a promising way to deal with wicked problems and create more responsive policies and services. We aim to…
View article: The Public Value of Citizens’ Initiatives: Evidence from a Dutch Municipality
The Public Value of Citizens’ Initiatives: Evidence from a Dutch Municipality Open
Active citizens who take initiative are generally regarded as desirable. However, the precise reasons why citizens’ initiatives are considered valuable and what their value consists of remain unclear, vague, and often unanswered. In this s…
View article: Making way for design thinking in the public sector: a taxonomy of strategies
Making way for design thinking in the public sector: a taxonomy of strategies Open
Public organizations are increasingly turning to design thinking to address wicked societal issues, enhance innovation, and improve services. However, in general, public organizations do not provide the most receptive context for design th…
View article: Policy integration in urban living labs: Delivering multi‐functional blue‐green infrastructure in Antwerp, Dordrecht, and Gothenburg
Policy integration in urban living labs: Delivering multi‐functional blue‐green infrastructure in Antwerp, Dordrecht, and Gothenburg Open
Policy integration required for delivering multi‐functional blue‐green infrastructure (BGI) is difficult to achieve, because environmental policymaking is characterised by sectoral responsibilities and institutional structures that hinder …
View article: Delivering Blue-Green Infrastructure: Innovation Pathways for Integrating Multiple Values
Delivering Blue-Green Infrastructure: Innovation Pathways for Integrating Multiple Values Open
Realizing a multifunctional blue-green infrastructure (BGI) as a nature-based solution for the urban water system and built environment within crowded city areas is seen as a promising route for the process of climate adaptation. BGI proje…
View article: Stimulating civic behavior? The paradoxes of incentivising self-organization
Stimulating civic behavior? The paradoxes of incentivising self-organization Open
Crowding theory has highlighted the unintended consequences that well-meant financial incentives can have on behaviour. Using field research, this study applies crowding theory to self-organising citizens’ initiatives in the Netherlands. C…
View article: A Framework for Governance Capacity: A Broad Perspective on Steering Efforts in Society
A Framework for Governance Capacity: A Broad Perspective on Steering Efforts in Society Open
In the network society, the capacity to deal with societal issues is spread among interacting actors in governance networks. Knowledge about this capacity, often called “governance capacity,” is still fragmented and quite incoherent. The a…
View article: Un-Dutching the Delta Approach: network management and policy translation for effective policy transfer
Un-Dutching the Delta Approach: network management and policy translation for effective policy transfer Open
This study identifies network management as a facilitator of effective policy transfer. We reconstruct the unconventional collaboration between Dutch private-sector experts and national governments of Vietnam and Bangladesh to develop mult…
View article: The clear model as a predictor of candidacy for council membership
The clear model as a predictor of candidacy for council membership Open
This paper tests to what extent the dimensionof the CLEAR model can be used as reliable predictors of an individual’s decision to pursue council membership. By using the CLEAR framework as an extension of known frameworks such as self-dete…
View article: The lifecycle of public value creation: eroding public values in the Dutch Marker Wadden project
The lifecycle of public value creation: eroding public values in the Dutch Marker Wadden project Open
This paper examines the durability of public value coalitions in the Dutch Marker Wadden project: an internationally acclaimed water project. The paper compares public value creation by coalitions before and after project appraisal. Activi…
View article: A qualitative comparative analysis of collaborative governance structures as applied in urban gardens
A qualitative comparative analysis of collaborative governance structures as applied in urban gardens Open
Many public issues require collaboration between governments, private actors, NGOs, civic organizations, and individual organizations. Initiating such a collaboration is challenging, but sustaining such a partnership can be even more diffi…
View article: Climate adaptation on the crossroads of multiple boundaries. Managing boundaries in a complex programme context
Climate adaptation on the crossroads of multiple boundaries. Managing boundaries in a complex programme context Open
Programme management is increasingly used in The Netherlands to realize more integrated regional development, where different sectoral policy objectives are combined. To understand how integration of different objectives is realized in pro…
View article: Flood Risk and Resilience in the Netherlands: In Search of an Adaptive Governance Approach
Flood Risk and Resilience in the Netherlands: In Search of an Adaptive Governance Approach Open
In the Netherlands, dealing with the risk of flooding in the face of the current climate change requires a governance approach that is less based upon the long-standing tradition of prevention and protection, and more oriented toward ideas…
View article: Improving public policy and administration: exploring the potential of design
Improving public policy and administration: exploring the potential of design Open
In recent years, design approaches to policymaking have gained popularity among policymakers. However, a critical reflection on their added value and on how contemporary ‘design-thinking’ approaches relates to the classical idea of public …
View article: Pleidooi voor een ontwerpgerichte bestuurskunde
Pleidooi voor een ontwerpgerichte bestuurskunde Open
A Plea for a Design-oriented Public Administration Public Administration as a scientific discipline can increase its scientific and social relevance if it takes a more design-oriented approach. With that I go back to the classical notion o…
View article: Innovating and optimizing in public organizations: does more become less?
Innovating and optimizing in public organizations: does more become less? Open
textabstractTo enhance public service performance (PSP), public organizations are challenged to
\noptimize and innovate their processes, techniques, policies and services. But can
\npublic organizations go too far when innovating and optim…