On this page, you can find an overview of the Centre for BOLD Cities' current projects. Please visit the project pages for more detailed information on the projects and team members.
BOLD Cities believes it is important that citizens and administrators are able to understand, assess and manage the digitalization and the use of (big) data in municipalities. The local council is perhaps the most important link between citizens and…
What problems and opportunities do residents see when it comes to societal challenges? And how does (the use of) data come into play when we address these issues? In this project, BOLD Cities researchers team up with citizens and local initiatives to…
Robot Rosie Pilot Robot Rosie is a pilot of 6 months. This self-driving robot will deliver groceries at the Erasmus University Rotterdam / campus Woudestein to employees, students and residents at the campus. The pilot is aimed at exploring the…
How do local residents, civil servants and visitors understand and use digital technologies in relation to the symbolic trajectories of urban neighborhoods? The city is a site of uneven development, which leads not just to an uneven allocation of…
How can collected data from diferent stakeholders before and during a disaster help to improve emergency relieve? Is it possible to use big, open and linked data to improve emergency relief? Dutch cities are complex and dense urban environments…
In this project, researchers will create a digital concept map of the skills, knowledge and competences that digital illiterates perceive as most urgent and helpful within their everyday life.
The ‘urban lab’ is increasingly used as a site for experimentation. Are these labs actually able to give citizens more voice in decision-making, or do they rather amplify the voices of citizens that are already expressed through other channels?
This research project focuses on the media consumption and production of young people in Rotterdam, and asks how these activities can contribute to what is called an ‘urban identity’ – an identity that is connected to the city.
How to navigate trade-offs between efficient service, public safety and privacy? In this project, researchers develop a practised and networked understanding of privacy.
