Publinova

Publinova is a national platform that makes practice-oriented research discoverable and visible to everyone. In Publinova, researchers and lecturers from Dutch universities of applied sciences can publish and combine their (research) products, projects, persons and parties on one platform to share their expertise with colleagues from other universities of applied sciences and professionals from the field.

Publinova is a service of SURF and a collaboration between the Dutch universities of applied sciences, the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, SIA and SURF.

Publinova is a freely accessible (open access) multidisciplinary database, with mostly full-text publications.

With your own Publinova account, if you are logged in via SURFconext, you can follow or favorite parties, researchers, products and projects. This way you will receive an update when there are new developments in your e-mail. You can also leave a comment under e.g. a product or adjust your own profile.

What is practice-oriented research?

The practice-oriented research of universities of applied sciences arises from a question or problem from practice. Results are knowledge, insights, products and services that contribute to innovation of professional practice and solving social issues. The knowledge that is acquired contributes directly to that professional practice and thus strengthens the quality of higher professional education.

Practice-oriented research is therefore focused and inspired by professional practice and is therefore distinguished from theory-oriented research, which is usually mainly focused on filling in the blanks in theory. With Publinova, practice-oriented research is made more visible, findable and available at a national level, across the boundaries of universities, regions, systems and domains.