Respect4U

Privacy is becoming a business asset. A number of developments contribute to this repositioning of privacy. In the first place, the extreme growth in the creation of data in the past few years makes the protection of persons in relation to the processing of their data more relevant. Secondly, the advent of new services that are largerly based on...

Manual Setting up investment plans for large scale RDI initiatives: Deliverable 5.4

This report results from the H2020 project entitled “EU-GREAT!”.1 Objective of the report is to capture the methodology and supporting documents that constitute a methodology for the development of a business and investment plan for an LSI.

Report assessment match/mismatch and issues with combined funding: Deliverable 5.3

Objective of the report is to assess how to finance the set-up and / or continuation of what is defined as Large-scale RDI initiatives (LSIs, see Box 1). The report analyses the potential use of different public and private funding sources, and how these can be combined. The analysis will result in initial recommendations for adjustments in...

The Effects of Repetitive News Framing on Political Opinions over Time

This study tests how repeated exposure to the same news frame influences political opinions over time. In a survey experiment (N = 296), we repeatedly exposed participants to the same news frame (at the start of the study, after one day, one week, and two weeks) and measured effects on opinions (at the start, after two weeks, and after six weeks...

Understanding the political PNR debate in Europe: A discourse analytical perspective

In this article, the debate on passenger name records (PNRs) in European politics will be perceived from a discourse analytical perspective. After the 9/11 attacks, the US government required PNR from aircraft passengers travelling from or to the USA. This, and the negotiations of the European Commission with the USA, led to heated debates in...

European innovation policy: New rationales and challenges

Political Aims & Policy Methods

Zooming in on Transposition: National Execution Measures for EU Directives 1986–2002

This study empirically investigates the transposition patterns of European Union EU directives in 15 Member States and in 5 major sectors of the economy with a view to analysing the political-economic reasons behind sector and national differences in national execution measures. Specifically, we analyse whether, in the course of transposition,...

Implementing the parent management training oregon model in The Netherlands

In cooperation with its American developers, the Parent Management Training Oregon (PMTO) model was introduced into the Dutch youth care system at the beginning of 2006. In general, implementing new interventions in practice is no simple matter. Several factors related to the socio-political context, the organizational context, the intervention...

Social innovation, the new challenge for Europe

Purpose - This study sets out to describe activities within The Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation, one of the earliest national bodies to promote and develop the concept of social innovation. Design/methodology/approach - The paper describes the concept of social innovation and then illustrates how the activities of The Netherlands Centre...

Regional atmospheric budgets of reduced nitrogen over the British isles assessed using a multi-layer atmospheric transport model

Atmospheric budgets of reduced nitrogen for the major political regions of the British Isles are investigated with a multi-layer atmospheric transport model. The model is validated against measurements of NH3 concentration and is developed to provide atmospheric budgets for defined subdomains of the British Isles. The study shows that NH3...

Energie Verslag Nederland 2000

An overview of developments and events in the Netherlands in 2000 inthe field of energy is presented. This edition comprises three parts. In the first part (Chronicle) a chronological overview is given of events in 2000 regarding governmental and energy policy, developments in the sectors natural gas and petroleum exploration, refineries and...

Targets as a tool in health policy: Part II: Guidelines for application

The use of health targets as a tool in health policy is receiving more attention. Beyond political will and daring, there awaits the challenge of the fruitful use of health targets. This means an adequate response to the complexity of population health in a target structure that is transparent, controllable, and adaptable in changing...

International mass migration: A threat to Europe's borders and stability?

Western Europe has become an 'epicentre' of international migration. Theoretical considerations about the onset and persistence of international migration flows suggest that major inflows over extended periods would result if the migration process would be allowed to unfold in a natural fashion. However, massive migratory inflows would put...

FOM revisited 1996; een onderzoek naar de kwaliteiten van de FOM-organisatie zoals gezien door universitaire onderzoekleiders

Evaluation and diffusion of excimer laser treatment of myopia in the United States and in the Netherlands

Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is an experimental treatment to correct myopia (short-sightedness) that is diffusing into use without convincing evidence of safety and efficacy. It has been claimed that PRK may render conventional methods of correcting myopia, such as wearing glasses or contact lenses, obsolete. Since about 25%...