Projects (117)
New technologies such as CT and PET scans have enabled doctors to look into our brains. Increasingly, abnormal behaviour is now ...
The Netherlands faces enormous challenges in terms of spatial planning. Around a quarter of the country’s area must be entirely ...
The Rathenau Institute made an inventory of the applications of new technology in elite (professional level) sport, and the social implications. ...
We are learning ever more about the link between diet and health. We can manipulate or 'enrich' food products to make them even better for us. ...
The Chernobyl disaster of April 1986 brought the debate on nuclear energy to a halt. For almost two decades, that debate was put 'on hold'. ...
Developments in nanotechnology raise a number of issues. What are the risks to human health and the environment, for example. What about patient interests? ...
Genomics is a relatively new field of research. It is the study of the genome of living organisms, which entails mapping their DNA ...
The Dutch government is in favour of digital identification, both in the public and private domains. However, there is no general ...
Scientific research into brain function and human behaviour has seen major advances in recent decades. The neurosciences and biological ...
In early 2002, parliament debated the government's Integrated Policy Document on Biotechnology. One of the outcomes of the debate ...