News and current events
Wish to know what’s going on in and around our research? Here you will find the latest news and current developments about our Centre of Expertise, our projects and our team.
November 12, 2024
Sustainable Business Course
Lecturer-researcher Marco Kuijten has published a course consisting of 7 lessons and a test around sustainable business. The course is free to download and use as teaching material.
November 5, 2024
Lancering boek ‘Impactvol Ondernemen’
We are happy to invite you to the launch of the book 'Impactful Entrepreneurship' - Student Edition! Come to Avans Hogeschool in Den Bosch on Tuesday afternoon, November 19.
October 17, 2024
Green Business Club Den Bosch Spoorzone
In collaboration with other CoEs, we are working on a knowledge agenda for a sustainable built environment. One project within this agenda is the Green Business Club Den Bosch Spoorzone, launched on Sept. 19, in which the professorships New Entrepreneurship and Unthinkable Marketing participate.
September 24, 2024
Sign up for the online reading club
Want to delve into alternatives to capitalism and see how you can apply them in your daily work? Join our reading club!
April 4, 2024
Meld je aan voor het SPRONG Kennisfestival
Wil jij ontdekken hoe we de manier waarop we leven en werken toekomstbestendiger kunnen maken? Je bent van harte welkom bij het Sprong Kennisfestival met het thema "Circulair leven en werken in Brabant", op dinsdag 28 mei bij Plaats De Kleine Aarde in Boxtel. Waag de sprong en leer van onderzoekers wat circulair ondernemen betekent.
March 18, 2024
Circular building = Building together
As part of the Week of the Circular Economy, the CoE BWNO | Avans Hogeschool and the Municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch, organize on March 13 the event Circular Building = Building Together.
March 14, 2024
The film STRAF (Punished) in Chassé Theater!
On March 12, the short film STRAF (Punished) will be shown at the Breda theater: an inspiring evening with the film STRAF, panel discussion, cabaret, spoken word and installation art about sustainable action.
February 7, 2024
SUSTAIN Symposium
On Thursday, March 28, 2024, the SUSTAIN research will be concluded with a public closing symposium. A varied program will look back on the research, discuss key insights and look ahead: how do we make lasting space for the arts and who has what role to play in it?
February 6, 2024
Save The Date: BWNO Event ‘entrepreneurship together with impact’
The date is set: the first CoE BWNO event will take place on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The theme is "doing business together with impact.
January 26, 2024
Symposium Continuous Improvement 2024 Recap
On January 25, 2024, the Continuous Improvement Symposium took place at Onderwijsbouleverard in Den Bosch. An inspiring afternoon filled with a Keynote by Arno Koch, graduation projects presented by students of the Continuous Improvement Minor, a lego serious gaming and the presentation of the Lean Green Belts.
January 23, 2024
Interview with BWNO director Arna Arnautovic on Dare to Avans
An equally beautiful and spirited challenge that demands much from our colleagues. That is the Ambition 2025. In the series Dare to Avans, Avans gives a stage to employees who realize the ambition of the university in their own unique way. Passionate professionals who combine ambition with personal attention and agility. Who have guts, seize opportunities and experiment. Who are they? What drives them? In episode 2 Arna Arnautovic, director at the Centre of Expertise Wellbeing Economy and New Entrepreneurship.
November 17, 2023
Circular Cotton Cascade wins SIA-RAAK public price
During SIA's annual conference, the Circular Cotton Cascade project led by assocciate lecturer Karen Janssen won the audience award of the RAAK award. Of the six projects nominated by the jury, 'CCC' received the most (online) votes from the public.