Moderator at the conference ‘Trump’s World’  at the Asser Institute

Moderator at the conference ‘Trump’s World’ at the Asser Institute

On 27 January, the Asser Institute hosted the conference “Trump’s World – The Trump Administration and International law”. Its aim was to discuss the foreign policy options available to the new Trump Administration and to evaluate the potential consequences of President Trump’s positions for the international order at large. I moderated this conference.

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Maaskantprijs 2016: Tracy in Nederland

Maaskantprijs 2016: Tracy in Nederland

Op  4 november kreeg ik uit handen van burgemeester Aboutaleb de Maaskantprijs 2016 uitgereikt. Dit is een tweejaarlijkse oeuvreprijs voor het stimuleren van het debat over architectuur, landschapsinrichting en stedenbouw door publicaties, onderwijs of opdrachtgeverschap. Die dag lanceerde ik ook het multimedia project tracyinnederland.nl dat ik ontwikkelde samen met multimediaproducent Submarine, tekenaar Jan Rothuizen en podcastmakers De Kostgangers. Onderdeel van dit project is het essay ‘Vlucht naar voren’, met vormgeving van Hamid Sallali

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Salty Water, Sweet City: my talk at What Design Can Do

Salty Water, Sweet City: my talk at What Design Can Do

In June 2016 I was keynote speaker at What Design Can Do. My lecture was called ‘Salty Water, Sweet City’.

What Design Can Do showcases design as a catalyst of change and renewal and promotes it as a way of addressing the societal questions of our time. The story is told through the annual conference in Amsterdam, additional conferences in other parts of the world, the worldwide What Design Can Do Challenge, as well as their own publications and the WDCD blog. This year I was also part of the selection committee for the Refugee Challenge

Watch the video of ‘Salty Water, Sweet City’ here:

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Tackle floods? Singapore update on water

Tackle floods? Singapore update on water

The Straits Times van Singapore schreef een artikel genaamd ‘Tackle floods? Create more space for water’ over mijn lezing. Deze gaf ik op 18 februari getiteld ‘Water – Holland’s ‘Frenemy’ voor het Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore. 

Nederland staat bekend om zijn beheersing van het water. Maar nu het klimaat verandert, verandert ook de Nederlandse benadering van het water management. In steden wordt meer ruimte voor water gemaakt, het landschap wordt opnieuw ontworpen om het water binnen te laten en soms worden zelfs dijken verlaagd. Het water is van enemy nu friend geworden – of beter gezegd, frenemy. Read the article…

Tackle floods? Singapore update on water

Tackle floods? Singapore update on water

The Straits Times of Singapore wrote an article about my lecture with the title ‘Tackle floods? Create more space for water’. I gave this lecture, called ‘Water – Holland’s ‘Frenemy’, on February 18th, 2016 for the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore. 

The Netherlands is known for its control over water. But now that the climate is changing, the Dutch are also changing their approach towards water management. In cities more space is being created for water, the landscape is being redesigned to let water in and sometimes the dikes are even being lowered. Water is becoming a friend instead of an enemy – or better said, frenemy.
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