by admin_user | Sep 22, 2026 | Engage, Governance, Perspectives, Reflections
Governance begins where the difficult decisions are Last night I spoke with members of the Zaanstreek-Waterland subregion at the Purmerend City Hall, about a deceptively simple question: how can national government, regional authorities and market actors develop a...
by admin_user | Jun 17, 2026 | Engage, Inspiration, Perspectives
Towards post-growth infrastructures symposium review Last week, Federico Savini and I hosted our symposium ‘Towards post-growth infrastructures: rethinking the material and cultural conditions of prosperity’ at the University of Amsterdam and its newly renovated and...
by admin_user | Apr 29, 2026 | Governance, Perspectives, Reflections
Why planners should pay much more attention to State Avoiders There is an increase in people who are discontented with the Dutch State and no longer trust that state institutions work for the common good (de Ridder, 2025). This can be explained by recent failures of...
