DRIFT is looking for a communications intern (m/f/x) 10 November, 2023 Will you help our research institute for sustainability and justice interact with more people? Sign up now! read more
Closed: sign-up for the wildcard for our Transition Management course 12 September, 2023 We are looking for two people who would love to get started with transition management but don’t have the financial means to sign up for this course. read more
Are you our new just wind energy transitions intern? 23 May, 2023 Are you interested in working on just sustainability transitions in the context of wind energy? Apply before 16 June 2023. read more
Our researchers are joining the fight against biodiversity loss in Europe 16 May, 2023 In research project BIONEXT, we co-develop knowledge on the biodiversity crisis in relation to domains like water, mobility and healthcare. read more
How Erasmus students can help crack your social enterprise’s challenges 11 May, 2023 We are looking for social entrepreneurs & sustainability start-ups to team up with students from the minor ‘New Economic Thinking & Social Entrepreneurship’. read more
Local organisations offered €22 000 to support the EU Green Deal on justice & sustainability 30 November, 2022 You have until 31 January 2023 to apply for funding and training to become local partners of the SHARED GREEN DEAL project. read more
IT’S ABOUT TIME! 10th Architecture Biennale Rotterdam opens 22 September 22 June, 2022 A new exhibition on the role of time in transitions starts 22 September. We are involved as curator and by organising transition ateliers. read more
Now open: sign-up for the wildcard ‘Transitiemanagement’ course fall 2022 16 June, 2022 Are you that person who would like to take this course, but doesn’t have the means to do so? We are keeping one spot open for the fall of 2022. read more
Now online: our third ‘Voer voor verandering’ podcast episode on breakdown in energy transitions 11 May, 2022 To get to sustainable and just energy systems, we need a lot of breakdown. This is the topic of this episode with Julia Wittmayer. read more
Join our event series on just sustainability transitions! 11 April, 2022 Let’s deepen, translate and connect knowledge. We are co-organising a free online event series on justice and sustainability transitions! read more
IABR Curatorial Statement: It’s about time! 18 March, 2022 In this statement, the IABR curator team urges architecture to respond to socioecological urgencies by considering time in design. read more
Register your interest for the course Ruimte in Transitie 2022 24 February, 2022 In September 2022 we’re organising a second edition of this course, and you can now register your interest with us, no strings attached! read more
Beeldkracht: new imagery for the energy transition! 15 December, 2021 In this project, we’re creating open access images of what the energy transition is really like. And you can use these, and sponsor more images! read more
Zooming in and out: “Special issue on local transition governance” 25 August, 2021 Transitions research has paid increasing attention to the different spatial scales of transitions. This special section considers whether fundamental changes in structures, cultures and practices can be addressed at local or district scales. read more
Beeldkracht: Get involved in creating the right imagery for the energy transition! 24 June, 2021 Werk jij aan de energietransitie, en kun jij ook nooit de juiste beelden daarvoor vinden? Help dan mee aan onze nieuwe beeldbank Beeldkracht. read more
New: the Interdisciplinary Sustainability Transitions MA specialisation 15 June, 2021 That’s a first! At Erasmus University Rotterdam, you can now follow a full-time master’s program in Interdisciplinary Sustainability Transitions, co-created by DRIFT, DIT and others. read more
You can now sign up for the next MCVET edition! 7 June, 2021 It’s not the question whether the energy transition is happening, but how. This Dutch-language masterclass helps you shape that change. read more
We are now a knowledge partner of Amsterdam Smart City 1 June, 2021 It’s official: as of today, DRIFT is an official knowledge partner of Amsterdam Smart City, Amsterdam metropolitan area’s innovation platform. read more
You can now sign up for ‘School of System Change Basecamp: Europe’ 27 May, 2021 Applications for this 6-month, fully online learning journey for change leaders from across Europe are open until Monday 26 July, 12:00 CEST. read more
Funds in transition: real contributions require change 6 May, 2021 Even small funds are capable of contributing to large transitions. On 22 April, Derk Loobach discussed the matter with representatives of around 40 funds. read more
“We really get to have a conversation, right?” Where will De TransitieMotor bring us on 30 April? 28 April, 2021 A DRIFT interview with TransitieMotor coordinators Jelleke de Nooy van Tol and Onno van Sandick, together with Derk Loorbach. read more
“Out with party programmes, in with transtions agendas!” Join fellow scientists in this call to Dutch politicans. 23 April, 2021 On 30 April 2021, Derk Loorbach and other Dutch scientists are making an appeal to their country and its politicians. read more
You can now sign up for ‘COIL – Samen leren voor de warmtetransitie’! 22 April, 2021 This is your change to listen, learn and think along with how we can give sustainable low-temperature heating initiatives a fair chance. read more
Derk Loorbach appointed chief curator of the 2022 IABR: SHOCK AND ROLL 29 March, 2021 Derk Loorbach will be the next chief curator of the 2022 edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, SHOCK AND ROLL. read more
New DRIFT training for early-career changemakers 11 March, 2021 Our new Transitiemaker Training teaches the transition knowledge and skills that are hard to come by at the start of your career. read more
“Beyond Lux(e)!” for a zero-carbon and resilient Luxembourg just made it to the finals! 25 February, 2021 DRIFT is working as part of a consortium to co-create spatial visions for a sustainable future of the Luxembourg functional region. read more
Beets and cheese for the food transition: We’re joining “Rotterdam de boer op!” 18 February, 2021 DRIFT is proud to be part of a unique coalition of 19 partners is joining forces to transform urban and rural Rotterdam. The dream: nature-inclusive and circular agriculture. read more
DRIFT is supporting the Flemish government with the transition ‘Leven, leren en werken in 2050’ 4 February, 2021 This transition programme is supporting nine transition experiments. DRIFT is helping out with monitoring and evaluation. read more
Join the positive financial transition on 28 January 12 January, 2021 You’re invited to a Zoom webinar on the book ‘Finance in Transition’, the nature-positive economy and your role in fundamental change. read more
We are now accepting applications for the Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership 16 December, 2020 The call for applications for the fourth cohort of the Postdoc Academy for Transformational Leadership is now open! read more
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