Current Projects
HySUCCESS (Social, User aCCeptable, Economically Sustainable Systems for hydrogen)
A consortium including economists, psychologists and public administration scholars from Leiden University will study public acceptance of the hydrogen transition in the Netherlands. They will look at the labour market impact, public perceptions of hydrogen and businesses’ willingness to invest. More information can be found here.
Hybrid Explainable Workflows for Security and Threat Intelligence
In research into threats to safety and security, people and AI collaborate to obtain actionable intelligence. Their sources and methods often have significant uncertainties and biases. Experts are aware of these limitations, but lack the formal means to handle these uncertainties in their daily work. This project will invent a ‘metadata of uncertainty’ for threat intelligence (in both machine-readable and also human-interpretable forms) and validate it empirically. More info here.
Data-driven, urban policy-making for social inclusion of young, vulnerable people
The central aim of this project is to create an inclusive school setting with and for adolescents with autism during their unstructured leisure time at school by looking at innovative data sources to identify and overcome obstacles in the school setting. This includes contextual factors, such as national and local policy, building architecture and the school environment as well as group behaviour and individual indicators. More info here.
Past Projects
Digital Public Service Delivery
This project focuses on data-based solutions at local level in several social policy domains. Together with Prof. Sandra Groeneveld and Prof. Wessel Kraaij (LIACS) the goal is to look at the impact of big data within government and which opportunities and challenges occur for managing and using this new information in local policymaking processes. Linked to this project is the PhD research by Annelieke van den Berg. (More information)
Digitizing decentralized policy
The project focuses on the question What is the impact of the Dutch Digital Omgevingsloket on decentralized implementation? In particular, in relation to issues of discretion and accountability.The ambition to establish rules and routines in a standardized software for data collection and distribution seems to run counter to the emphasis on ‘decentralized discretionary power’ for the implementation at local level. In this context, the project addresses the conflicting aspects arising for bureaucrats working with the digital tools while implementing the Omgevingswet. The project is carried out together with the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).
The Hague Going2Zero
June 2018-March 2019 - This project focused on understanding the complexities of the energy transition in The Hague by widening the perspectives of stakeholders and policymakers, and study the overall dynamics of stakeholder interaction by simulating the decision-making environment that they face in real life. This was done through a data and a policy analysis, which formed the foundation for a serious game. The project was a collaboration of Delft University, Haagse Hogeschool & Leiden University and funded by the Municipality of The Hague as part of the CID challenge.
READ-Urban
June 2017-December 2018 - This project focused on 'Robust Estimation using Aggregated Data for Urban policy making'. Together with Prof. Wessel Kraaij from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Dr. José Miotto (Postdoc, LIACS) and Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the goal was to use a combination of traditional urban data (e.g. survey data) and more dynamic sources of information to support urban decision-making processes in the area of poverty. (More info in Dutch)