Citizens & Living
Requests

Within the scope of my studies I am looking for an Internship (up to 6 months) in the field of Sustainable Urban Planning; Green Cities; Sustainable Societies from November 2017 on. Currently, I am studying ‘Global Studies’ (MA) at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden with a focus on the field of ‘human ecology’ – a broad domain which initially engages in researching the impact of human societies on nature (anthropogenic environmental change) and which involves concepts/approaches on how to challenge a human-based world-view and how to make our societies more sustainable to change/transform this world-view and create more sustainable societies in the future. I very much focus on local sustainable development in terms of "green urbanism" (ecological&urban can go together) i.e. adaptation strategies of local communities to climate change which preferably involve urban planning/creating green spaces in urban areas (urban gardening/community gardens);behavioral change i.e. 'nudging' people into thinking about how they themselves could do something good for nature in their daily life's (take the bike to work/buy less meat/recycle/install solar panels/challenge food waste) as well as the possibilities of establishing and support local agriculture which enables a certain food security and sovereignty.
Amsterdam City seems to be very progressive when it comes to Sustainable Urban Planning and I would very much like to be a part of it for some time (during my internship), but could also imagine to make Amsterdam a long-term living option. Since there exist so many networks and organizations and collaborations in Amsterdam regarding my chosen field I am a bit lost and would appreciate it if you would help me out!
Thank you!

Hello :)
I’m Christine Linnartz and currently studying “Urban Culture, Society and Space” at the University Duisburg-Essen (Germany). In my master’s thesis “Who owns the smart city?” I want to clarify which role citizens, technology and companies play in today’s smart cities. Although the basis for my thesis is the current literature, I want to know what experts perceive and think.
My plan is to do remote interviews, either I send you the questionnaire with the questions via e-mail and you fill out them right way or I’ll call you.

Thanks in advance!

The company I am working for is looking for personal stories, information concerning the positive aspects of tourism. Tourism is being displayed in a negative way a lot. We want to show that tourism can be a good thing, that every city can benefit from tourism. We need your help. Contact me if you want to know more or if you have a story or information for me about this subject. Thanks!

In the Smart City, smart citizens, data and technology are the biggest enablers. That is why Amsterdam Smart City and Datalab joined forces to organize six ‘Smart Data, Smart City’ events in 2017. Event number 1 is on Citizens & Data. This event is organised in collaboration with the Amsterdam Economic Board. You are most welcome to join us in the audience!
23 March - Datalab, Weesperstraat 113, 15.30 - 18.00 hrs.

More information on the event and registration can be found here: https://amsterdamsmartcity.com/events/smart-data-smart-city-1-citizens--data

Are you involved in a project with data and citizens? Does this project contribute to a smart city? What is the role of citizens in your organization or what should their role be? And do you like to get ideas from our community of innovators? Pitch your project/initiative/organization and engage the audience!

Don't have an initiative to pitch but interested in the event? Register and join the audience!

Contact Nancy Zikken, community manager Amsterdam Smart City at nancy@amsterdamsmartcity.com if you are interested!

Currently, we are working on our online portal called UrbanGuide. Our aim is to give residents of Amsterdam the possibility to create city guides based on their interest. When a tourist want’s to visit Amsterdam he can search for guides based on his interest and buy them. We are currently working to release out Beta version of the platform next month and we are looking for people who want to help us test the platform as a tourist or as a writer.

In order to make sure you are only contacted for the right reason, we created a sign-up form on our coming soon page.

https://www.urbangui.de/

All the help is greatly appreciated!

Hello my name is an Hannah Weber and I am looking for a project that I can tap into for one or two days, as a volunteer. I am doing a project working with people with disabilities in southern Germany.
Does anyone have any suggstions? Any ideas on workshops or projects will be highly appreciated as I am having trouble finding anything online.
Thank you so much,
Hannah Weber

Hello,

My name is Teska and I am currently writing my masterthesis about civic engagement in the smart city developments. As a case I am analyzing this platform and look how different stakeholders position civic engagement, since the citizen is presented as an important link between the different stakeholders. I am looking for people that are also interested in the role of citizens within the smart city developments. Do you have a company or project that is focused on citizens or do you mainly follow the theme Citizens & Living on this platform?

Send me a direct message or email to teskadrosten@gmail.com. It will be valuable to talk with some people about this subject next to my own analysis.

Thank you in advance!

Best,

Teska Drosten

Working on Residential Living Labs we offer internships dealing with circular housing, co-creation, cohousing in relation to IoT, data collection, community integration etc.
As intern you can contribute to the developments by assisting in
- Residential Living Lab developments
- community building
- pr & communication
- Living Lab programs
- research connected to residential living of the future (there should be a link with materials, construction systems, circular design, IoT, robotics, engineered architecture, public procurement, legal, social, green issues: don't hesitate to discuss your research proposal)

Interested candidates can send their motivation and background to info@residentiallivinglab.org (website www.residentiallivinglab.org ).

Our company is establishing residential living labs for special user groups or mixed use on temporary or permanent locations. While testing, improving and applying innovation in circular construction, energy, IoT, social participation we improve urban livability and residential living. We cooperate with cities, universities, organisations and direct and indirect involved users/inhabitants.

If your city, university or organisation is interested to participate in this program, please contact info@woodyshousing.com, initiator of the International Residential Living Lab where data of different residentials living labs lead the way to the future of residential living and housing. If you like to become engaged on a personal level, please indicate your background and motivation.

Hi there!

I am a M.Sc. student in Climate-Sensitive Urban Planning in Luleå University of Technology, writing a thesis in the Spring of 2017. I have a B.Sc. in Development Studies with a Major in Sociology and I'm looking to combine these niches by writing a thesis focusing on the effects different weathers or microclimates have on human activity, and how different urban design solutions can mitigate this. I think Amsterdam would be an interesting case study because of its typically wet and busy urban environment, and so finding anyone/partner/company who has interest in partnering up to develop this idea would be great! My experience in the field includes working in Singapore and planning for Smart City projects in Dubai, Vietnam and China. Email contact: suzanna@tornroth.co.

Thanks!

In opdracht van AMS (het Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions) voer ik een onderzoek uit naar Urban Living Labs, met het doel om de methode en institutionele inbedding van urban labs te optimaliseren zodat ze hun doelstellingen systematisch kunnen behalen en hun resultaten kunnen worden gerepliceerd.

Onderdeel van dit onderzoek is een verkennende studie naar de methodes die op dit moment gevolgd worden in urban living labs in Amsterdam. Hiervoor zijn we op zoek naar iemand die ( betrokken is bij het proces van het project Energiek ZuidOost en ons veel zou kunnen vertellen over het verloop daarvan.

Als iemand tijd heeft voor een gesprek hierover hoor ik het graag!

Kris Steen (AMS-Institute)

Are you working in the field of (e)Health in the Amsterdam region? Would you like to find out who else is, and team up with them?

The Amsterdam Health community has just been launched and we're inviting you to join! Bringing health innovators together is what Amsterdam Health is all about. Together we create a platform for exchanging knowledge easily and accelerating health innovation in the Amsterdam region.

Build Amsterdam Health with us and:
• Meet fellow innovators
• Share your latest news
• View interesting projects or submit your own

Join Amsterdam Health at: https://amsterdamhealth.nl/

Hi all
I manage a smart city project for the city of Adelaide in South Australia.
I am really interested in learning more about your BAMBEA project as we are looking at the health applications for iBeacons at the moment.
Is the trial up and running? What has been the outcome?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Beth

We are a Startup called ByCycling, and we are developing and testing an app to motivate people to cycle to work offering them cash incentives as rewards.

We are looking for interviews with employers interested in improve their employees health (reducing health costs) and improve their corporate responsibility image. We offer a wellness bike to work program and a platform (SaaS) to employers, so they can incentivise their employees to commute to work by bike. We use an app to track the activities in a secure way, so employers can be sure that their people are in fact commuting by bike.

The objective of these interviews is to do some customer development and to find out what our customers needs/wishes are.

Thanks, for more info please visit:

cashbycycling.com

josh@cashbycycling.com

PostNL has an incredible network of letterboxes on the street. Last September, we investigated the Smart City opportunities for this network by placing sensors measuring temperature, noise and humidity on the letterboxes.

<https://amsterdamsmartcity.com/posts/twenty-seven-pink-potential-smart-city-nodes-in-amsterdam>

I would like to receive ideas for how we can use the letterbox as install-base for sensors measuring e.g. air quality, urban heath, noise, etc.

What kind of user stories can we serve with this network of thousands of letterboxes? And what if we combine the letterbox network with our vehicles and bicycles, covering every street every day?

This workshop at Amsterdam Business School will explore the experiences of projects, researchers and practitioners using participatory design approaches and ICT to engage citizens in co-creating smart sustainable cities including case studies from Bristol, Milton Keynes and other city case studies suggested by participants.

It will take place on September 1st see http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/cssc/ for more details and how to register. It is a morning workshop (09:00-12:30), which costs 12 Euros, and is part of the ICT4S 2016 Conference. http://2016.ict4s.org/program/thursday-1-september/

<http://2016.ict4s.org/>
<http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/cssc/>

Liander has started to offer the 'Slimme Meter' to Amsterdam households. To help tenants reduce their energy consumption it is proven to be helpful to have an energy display visible which shows energy consumption real-time. With this display the 'slimme meter' can be really smart. Starting in Geuzenveld this fall we offer information about the smart use of the smart meter. Partnerships are required to help us purchase these displays for use (rent or buy).

Can you imagine a company with a great mission, lots of opportunities and a real problem solving solution? - Woodyshousing dances on many different floors: from product development in circular design and smart technology, marketing, communication towards financial modelling, lobbying, real estate development.... actually we need you: willing to learn, discover, contribute and setting the next step for "quality housing made affordable by technology". We focus on young people in urban environments and like to work together with our customers. Special interest in smart and circular cities? - Send your motivation to info@woodyshousing.com

WOODYSHOUSING

Great news! After a successful first edition last year,AMS Institute releases a new Call for Stimulus Projects! The aim of Stimulus Projects is to give new and existing AMS partners support to innovative research that has a strong upscaling potential.

To facilitate finding partners for this call, AMS Institute will organise a matchmaking event on Tuesday, May 24th, at AMS Institute. This event has limited capacity, make sure to sign up in time! More information on our website!

For more information about the Call, please check: 

<http://www.ams-institute.org/solution/call-for-stimulus-projects-2016/>

In Barcelona we implemented a solution to allow citizen to connect through their smartphone to the city´s services and access securely with your Mobile Identity to their personal information. I would be happy to discuss with one representative of the city about that project.

Look at what we did in Barcelona on our website!

<http://www.biid.com>