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Vijf Nederlandse universiteiten stellen onder leiding van de TU Delft eenenvijftig promovendi aan om voor en met het Afrikaanse continent oplossingsgericht onderzoek te doen. Hun focus ligt op urgente uitdagingen als klimaatverandering, de energietransitie, betaalbare wereldwijde gezondheidszorg, toegang tot schoon water en duurzame stedelijke ontwikkeling.

This project aimed at building expertise and skills in Problem-Based Learning (PBL) with ten higher education institutes in Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Nepal, India and Bhutan. The project, led by Aalto University in Finland, was supported by the TU Delft Global Initiative with expertise from the TU Delft Centre for Entrepreneurship, the department of Industrial Design Engineering and the department of Architecture and Build Environment. As part of the project deliverables, the ten institutes co-created online course materials to foster problem-based learning by following an action-learning approach.

On May 24th, Prof. dr. Kornelis Blok gave his valedictory lecture as he says farewell to working fulltime at the TU Delft. His lecture “Energy Transition: The Need For Speed” reflected on the #energytransition of the past, present, and its potential future. “The main challenge is: how can we accelerate the energy transition? Developments in the field of alternatives to fossil energy sources such as solar and wind energy, electric cars or heat pumps are moving fast, but not fast enough.”

Modulaire woningen die snel aangepast kunnen worden aan een gezinssituatie, puin slim hergebruiken als bouwmateriaal voor tijdelijke woningen, noodopvang in tentenkampen zo opzetten dat toch gemeenschappen samen kunnen zijn. Met zulke woonoplossingen en ontwerpen kwamen 50 studenten van de TU Delft na een onderwijsweek over aardbevingsbestendig bouwen en architectuur na humanitaire rampen.

During the plenary opening of the UN2023 Water Conference on March 22nd in New York City, all representatives were asking for more awareness, discussions, and most importantly, #WaterAction. Researchers from the TU Delft | Water for Impact programmes were present in New York to do just that: share knowledge, activitate participants and bring together international water experts to accelerate the search for global solutions.