News
09 January 2023
Opinion piece by Niek Mouter in the NRC about resistance to climate measures
Plans for wind turbines often meet with strong resistance. It is not uncommon for residents in such a case to be implicitly or explicitly dismissed as NIMBYs, while for the residents it is often about fundamental values.
28 November 2022
Paper published in Journal of Choice Modelling on tools in the specification of a portfolio choice model
Three procedures are proposed, based on association rule (AR) and random forest (RF) learning to support the specification of a portfolio choice model applied in data from complex choice experiment data.
14 November 2022
What are the vulnerabilities of a citizen forum?
In the panel of Betrokken bij Klimaat, Niek Mouter spoke about the possibilities and impossibilities of a National Citizens' Forum on Climate Policy.
14 November 2022
Six reasons to combine a citizens' forum with a Participative Value Evaluation
On 4 July, Minister Rob Jetten announced that the cabinet wants to organize a national citizens' forum on climate policy in the spring of 2023. In the same letter to parliament, he indicated that the cabinet wants to give citizens influence through a Participative Value Evaluation (PVE).
14 November 2022
Paper published in Social Science & Medicine about the PVE Dutch long-term COVID-19 strategy
The results suggest that policies that focus on prevention (through advising low-impact hygiene measures) and early response to moderate threats (by scaling up to moderately restrictive measures and boostering) can count on substantial support.