New Entrepreneurship

Van Gogh Homeland is a multidisciplinary, long-term program that draws on Vincent van Gogh’s unique perspective on Brabant and the imaginative power of the hospitality domain. Its goal is to engage a broad audience in today’s major sustainability challenges in an appealing and accessible way.

Uit voorgaand onderzoek ‘Van Award naar Impact’ bleek dat de gewenste transitie naar een duurzame maatschappij niet louter aan de markt of marktdenken overgelaten kan worden. Het doel van dit project is om te onderzoeken of wij samen met de praktijkpartners een prototype van collectieve innovatie kunnen ontwerpen dat wel werkt om onder andere de biobased transitie te versnellen.

This project focuses on the transition from the linear to a circular chemical industry in western North Brabant. The project partners are working to develop advanced chemical recycling techniques, combined with comprehensive education and training programmes, to achieve a sustainable future.

Onderzoekers van Avans' Centres of Expertise (CoE) MNEXT en BWNO nemen deel aan een grootschalig onderzoeksinitiatief gericht op het aanpakken van de maatschappelijke, juridische en economische aanpassingen die nodig zijn om de overgang naar een waterstofeconomie te ondersteunen.

In the IMPACT-UP Knowledge Coalition for Brabant impact entrepreneurs project, we are working together with Breda University of Applied Sciences, Tilburg University, Has green academy and Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Together, we connect research capacity and develop knowledge to strengthen a sustainable and social economy in the region.

Transformative communication: Seeking the golden mean between greenwashing and green hushing.

The annual international conference ELEC, held each year in a different European city, focuses on knowledge exchange within and between education and business on Lean thinking as a management and improvement philosophy.

Fair Jobs is an action research project on how the staffing industry works when it comes to mediating migrant workers. The project tests whether it is possible to do this fairly by putting the interests of temporary workers first.

The Digging 2 Serve project aims to provide insights into the increasing digitization of service SMEs and how relationship management is shaped in an international setting.

With research at two long-term elderly care organizations, researchers are testing their own developed model "Elements of a continuously improving organization." By doing so, they also want to contribute to the improvement culture within these organizations.

This fall, Den Bosch is the setting for the 9th edition of the European Lean Educators Conference (ELEC). For three days an international audience will be challenged to discuss the future with and of lean management.