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In addition to the PhD program, all levels of education play an important role at Wetsus. In the education and talent fields, Wetsus closely cooperates with the other actors in WaterCampus Leeuwarden and with national organizations. Many of these programs are characterized by a STEM approach. STEM is based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate subjects, they are as much as possible integrated into cohesive learning models based on real-world applications.
Together with the partners at WaterCampus Leeuwarden, Wetsus is dedicated to play an important role in the inspiration of young people to choose for a scientific or entrepreneurial career in which they can help solve the global water problems.
New theoretical ideas and empirical research show that very young children’s learning and thinking are strikingly similar to much learning and thinking in science. Preschoolers test hypotheses against data and make causal inferences; they learn from statistics and informal experimentation, and from watching and listening to others.
To stimulate this behaviour, Wetsus sends Water professors to primary schools. More than 750 schools have already been visited by the ‘Waterprofessor’.
In addition, we offer an excellence program; a unique course that offers 4 lessons that are adapted to the level of highly gifted students. The kids are challenged to solve world water problems, using technology.
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Together with teachers, researchers and companies, the Talent Program translates water technology to a level that allows youngsters to discover its impact and how it is applied in the sector. The results of this cooperation have led to the development of events, competitions, teaching material and a variety of programs, such as:
Honors Program; a selected group of students is invited to work on their own research project at Wetsus, supported by a team of Wetsus PhD’s. After one year of research the young researchers qualify for participation in an international Science Fair.
Lab Experience day; twice per month a practical course ‘water technology’ is organized for 2nd grade students at Wetsus. The one-day course encourages research skills, cooperation, accuracy, ‘out of the box thinking’ and taking initiative.
Orientation day; students can receive support from PhD’s or experts during their thesis or science projects. The orientation day is offered to share the latest developments in science and water with the students enabling them to elevate the level of their projects.
Wetsus cooperates with 4 universities of applied sciences (Dutch HBO) in the Netherlands that have a minor in water treatment: Van Hall Larenstein, NHL Stenden Hogeschool, Hogeschool Zeeland and Saxion Hogeschool. Wetsus supports these institutes and their applied research water technology professors in several ways, in order to help them to continuously improve the curriculum, to connect them with the sector and to enable them to attract more and better students.
Wetsus offers an internationally unique master program in water process technology. Wageningen University, University of Twente and the University of Groningen started in 2008, in co-operation with Wetsus, a new master track Water Technology in order to combine research and education. In 2013 the involved universities and Wetsus have formally changed the mastertrack into a master program Water Technology with a joint degree. This way, Wetsus’ research program is used simultaneously to educate new talents in the field of water technology. The quality of the Master was externally evaluated in 2018, resulting in the qualification ‘good’.
Typically, the attended bachelor programs of the participating students are based on one discipline. The master program is based on multiple disciplines and thus requires a high level of (new) interdisciplinary knowledge assimilation and inquisitiveness from the student. Therefore, student recruitment emphasizes on quality (talent) more than quantity (number). Students register at Wageningen University, and will hence automatically be registered at the two other universities. After successful completion of the master program, students receive a joint MSc degree from the three universities. Here you can find more information.
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The realisation of a circular economy has thus far unfolded under the assumption that it would fit within existing economic arrangements. In practice, we witness many circular initiatives struggling to give shape to their ambitions, let alone develop to maturity. These past months, various material recycling organisations terminated their activities, seeing virgin alternatives from other parts of the world flooding the market at prices against they cannot compete. If the transition towards a circular economy (i.e. an economy of value preservation) is to be taken seriously, a new perspective on value in our economic system seems unavoidable, as the rewriting of the rules of the economic game. At this moment, current perceptions of value stand in the way of this transition both at micro as well as macro levels. Several contours for a collective exploration of new directions of value and economic configuration that foster circular transition will be addressed.
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In his key note he will conclude after a life of innovations that it is impossible that humanity will stay within the save planetary boundaries with innovation only. We should be more critical about the behaviour of the rich population in the world and more critical about new innovations that prove to be dangerous, like the PFAS crisis shows at this moment. In his keynote he will investigate how to look at the world that can stay within the save planetary boundaries, how should we change ourselves? It is clear if we only talk about the words of science and systems we miss the essential words of how we should cooperate and change ourselves. And his search for coherent save innovations. Which innovations will be save and will lead to a fair and sustainable world? And will lead to a world we want to live in.
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There is a growing number of new sustainable, inclusive, cohesive, participatory, just and humane economic models. A possible next step in the discourse about them is the comparative analysis in order to find out key commonalities, potential synergies, and “requirements” for a future-fit economic model. The author and initiator of the Economy for the Common Good provides an overview of these „new sustainable economic models“ and compares them according to underlying values, principles, and practical ways of implementation. The keynote addresses the cooperative spirit of the conference and prepares the ground for its public highlight on the eve of June 3rd, the round table with representatives of diverse future-fit economic models.
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The scientific debate on whether economies should always continue to grow increasingly becomes a political and societal debate. On the one hand further growth for the most affluent countries seems neither possible nor valuable, but on the other hand there is still lack of understanding and knowledge what a non-growing economy should look like and could best be governed. In this lecture we discuss various policy measures that can be realistically implemented, take into account government finances and aim at a higher quality of life despite a non-growing economy.
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Democracy is under pressure, and less and less able to stir the economy into a sustainable direction. Therefore, to stabilize democracy and to make possible the socio-ecological transformation of the economy, democratic principles need to be implemented directly in the economy. This is not only a matter of morality, but also has practical advantages. Democratizing the economy can increase legitimacy and take advantage of the “knowledge of the many” to accelerate the transformation. Democratic practices, especially deliberation, allow bringing together different forms of knowledge, which is crucial for the local implementation of principles of social and ecological sustainability. This talk explores what this idea means in more concrete terms, from democratic participation in the workplace to the democratization of time.
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Over the past decades, markets have conventionally been seen as the best instrument to stimulate economic growth and enhance prosperity and well-being. The automatic link between markets and economic growth is increasingly questioned, however, as well as the automatic link between economic growth and enhancement of well-being. This has led to attempts to capture well-being development more directly than through GDP per capita figures and has produced a more variegated picture of well-being growth. Also, this has led to a shift of focus to other coordination systems than the market, as primarily the state but increasingly also the association. Analyses of the historical record suggest that especially the latter could be a vital component in future well-being.