Leisure & Events

In today’s fast-changing world, leisure is more than just a break from work, it is a space where people create meaning, strengthen communities, and...

Students are experiencing more and more problems to meet the expectations held by society, and are struggling to find ways to cope with the associated...

In 2020, the Urban Life and Placemaking (ULP) specialisation was launched as part of the Academy for Leisure & Events portfolio. From the start, ULP...

Events have long been powerful tools for driving social change and fostering community engagement. By bringing people together around a common cause...

Can urban design truly make people healthier and more connected? The concept of healthy placemaking suggests it can, and that thoughtfully designed...

The positive impact that leisure can have on people’s lives has been studied extensively. This usually concerns such things as having fun, finding...

For decades, fashion consumption has been deeply intertwined with leisure, shaping not only how we spend our free time but also how we construct our...

Over the past couple of years, I have engaged with several platforms representing various sub-sectors of the leisure industries, ranging from theme...

Leisure plays a pivotal role in enhancing the human condition, offering avenues for exploration, growth, and self-actualisation (Kleiber, 2017...

Tourism can bring jobs, economic growth, and cultural exchange - but how do we understand whether residents truly and inherently benefit? Tourism...

Everyone wants to experience a beautiful environment, especially when they are on vacation. Some places are more beautiful than others, however...

In the Dutch Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality (LTH) sector, most heritage institutions and organisations rely on volunteering for their functioning...

Despite the high density of visitor attractions in the Netherlands, many are not (fully) accessible. Where attention is paid to accessibility, the...

Centres of Expertise (CoE) are public-private partnerships between universities of applied sciences and the professional field, with a distinct focus...

Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital and largest city, has become a symbol of resilience amidst the ongoing war with Russia. Despite relentless bombings and...

Can you name a medium that has completely disappeared in the last 300 years?
This is the question we often begin with in our presentations. It is...

The tourism industry has long been a driver of economic growth and cultural exchange. However, it is also one of the fastest-growing contributors to...

The Creative and Entertainment Games professorship is about creating knowledge and insights related to commercial and artistic video games. Some might...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the world around us at a breathtaking pace. From health care to climate modelling, from traffic systems to...

The professorship in Events and Placemaking explores events and places as dynamic settings for leisure practices, in which communities, identities...