Things are going in the right direction in the Netherlands, but this is also putting pressure on future generations and other (low income) countries, states the "Monitor Brede Welvaart 2021". Jan Pieter Smits, professor at History Lab and researcher at CBS, led this important publication. The year 2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19
In April 2021, the program Towards a Sustainable Economy and Society: the Second Deep Transition in the Netherlands received seed money funding from the SEED Alliance program. The program is a collaboration of research groups at Utrecht University, Wageningen University & Research, and Eindhoven University of Technology. For the TU/e History Lab, Harry Lintsen, Frank
Together with colleagues from India, Brazil and Amsterdam, we organized the 2nd online workshop on Transnational histories of resources in the postcolonial Anthropocene on May 6. The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the introduction and papers of our special journal issue on this topic. The workshop is part of the NWO GREASE program.
Annual highlight of the teaching season: The teaching of this year's version of USE (User-Society-Enterprise) basic: Ethics and history of technology has started in April and lasts throughout Q4. The course is mandatory for all 1st year TU/e Bachelor College students--over 1800 this year. For History Lab staff, this is the most intensive education period