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The Marine Bio-based Products research group focuses on research into the substances contained in algae, seaweeds and (salt-tolerant) plants (in the sea and on land) and their evaluation. Refining resources into useful ingredients is in line with our development into a susta…

The minor Offshore Renewable Energy focusses on all aspects of the life cycle of offshore windfarms: Design, Installation, Logistics, Operation & Maintenance and Decommissioning. Every week there will be guest lectures from experts in leading companies in the offshore en…

The research group is aimed at the multi-annual program Resilient Deltas. In this program we explore the nature of resilience in relation with multiple interrelated systems in delta areas, design instruments to longitudinal monitor community resilience and its effects, and d…

Our current economy is based on a "take, make and dispose” extractive industrial model. As a result, resources are running out and nature - our home - is destroyed. Therefore, we need to make the transition to a circular economy, which is restorative and regenerative b…

HZ University of Applied Sciences is the only university in the Netherlands based in the Delta Area. The Energy & Water research group is happy to make use of this location. The Delta Area is exceptionally well suited for carrying out research into power generation with …

What is that actually: asset management? Isn't that just maintenance? And the same as management of assets? It seems like a silly word game, but this is about a crucial difference: asset management or managing assets. The simple explanation is as follows (ISO, 2017…

Research group Aquaculture in Delta Areas of the Delta Academy has its focus on sustainable saline aquaculture. Aquaculture is the controlled production of saline crops, algae, seaweed, rag worms, shellfish and fish. Cultivation of these organisms can take place in several (…

Within the Bio-based Building research group, students and lecturer-researchers from HZ and Avans carry out joint research. They deal with both construction and civil engineering applications, with a strong emphasis on the materials side. In addition to constructio…

As a result of changes in societal demand and technical developments, water management and engineering are moving from hard traditional structures like dikes and dams, to designs in which natural structures and processes are incorporated. One of the underlying factors in thi…

While working on a research project in the supply chain or logistics system of a real company, you will learn how new technologies (ICT, robots, autonomous systems) can make logistics and transport processes faster, more responsive, more efficient, more reliable and mor…

In the 1st and 2nd semester of 2020-2021 HZ University of Applied Sciences offers the minor Innovative Entrepreneurship. This is an English-language minor accessible to national and international (exchange) students. HZ has a long history in offering courses in Entrepreneurs…

One of the biggest challenges this century is in curbing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The transition from conventional to sustainable energy requires a large-scale change at system level, also called transition. Solutions to achieve an energy transiti…

The minor “Innovation within SMEs” is one of the themes within the Minor Research and Innovation. This Minor recognizes that contemporary societal developments and changes result in new questions and complex problems. To oversee and handle such problems, professi…

Bij leidinggeven wordt aandacht gegeven aan het operationele deel van leidinggeven (het besturen van MIS), het leiding geven aan projecten (verbouwingen, uitrollen van bonuskaart en dies meer), verandertrajecten (strategiewijziging) en het ontwikkelen / herkennen van een per…

Waarom doen wij wat we doen? Hoe komt het dat je verslaafd raakt aan alcohol of drugs? Onze hersenen hebben er van alles mee te maken. Een bijzonder boeiende minor over biochemische processen die ons gedrag bepalen. Deze minor gaat over de manier waarop de evolutie, genetica…