Project Details
Description
The Van Gogh Homeland foundation has the ambition to make sustainability transitions tangible, experiential and understandable via the Leisure Tourism and Hospitality domain. It adopts the core compentencies of the sector to design leisure experiences for a better society.
The primary task of the extra-ordinary professor to coordinate, plan, supervise and interpret research. This research provides the evidence needed to substantiate, evaluate and improve the approach and impact of the activities of Van Gogh Homeland foundation.
Societal issue
Sustainability transitions require policy makers, organisations, professionals and citizen to collaboratively move forward in the same direction. The leisure sector is able to design and orchestrate visitors experiences and dialogues about our common future in Brabant as a contribution or even catalyst for sustainability transitions.
The primary task of the extra-ordinary professor to coordinate, plan, supervise and interpret research. This research provides the evidence needed to substantiate, evaluate and improve the approach and impact of the activities of Van Gogh Homeland foundation.
Societal issue
Sustainability transitions require policy makers, organisations, professionals and citizen to collaboratively move forward in the same direction. The leisure sector is able to design and orchestrate visitors experiences and dialogues about our common future in Brabant as a contribution or even catalyst for sustainability transitions.
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/01/25 → 31/12/27 |
Funding
- Van Gogh Homeland
Keywords
- leisure for a better society
- experience design
- experience impact
- sustainability transitions
- Vincent Van Gogh
- Van Gogh Homeland
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Research output
- 2 Paper
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Connecting heritage to our common future: using Van Gogh’s legacy to repaint the societal role of leisure.
Smit, B., 25 Aug 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Van Gogh Homeland: an unusual event as transition catalyst
Smit, B., 20 Mar 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper