About

Centre of Expertise Mission Zero has a clear mission: “Empowering learners to create a sustainable future.” 

As a driver of sustainable entrepreneurship and living, we conduct practice-oriented research. Professors, lecturer-researchers, and students tackle current issues. Issues such as ensuring liveable cities by eliminating CO2 emissions and creating opportunities for using waste. Together with our external partners, we develop applicable and useful knowledge and tools for the future. 

The Centre of Expertise Mission Zero combines the expertise of four research groups: Energy in Transition, Circular Business, Future Urban Systems, and Design Value Networks. We look for the common grounds between these fields and make a difference together. This results in a different way of operating. We discover new values, change our perspective of the world, and address current issues with today’s knowledge and technology. Focusing on our planet is an inherent part of that.

Projects

Understanding IT among SMEs in South-Holland

Commissioned by PZH, research groups Future Urban System and Smart Sustainable Manufacturing conduct strategic research on IT capability and capacity among SMEs in the construction and manufacturing industries.
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ReLead: Transforming leadership in the fashion industry

Designers, the creative heartbeat of the fashion and textile industry, often see themselves as the masterminds behind innovative creations, while relying on others to handle the business side and lead their teams. Unfortunately, this often translates into conventional leadership models that prioritise profits above the well-being of our planet and its people.
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Network and trust building at local energy communities

Local communities’ initiatives in energy transition are important to realise the targeted impact of the Paris Climate Agreement. Many studies and approaches in energy transition in the Netherlands, especially those where local initiatives play a role, describe trust as an important factor. 
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News

27 February 2024

Energy coaches are the sustainable superheroes

Research

How can we learn from each other's knowledge to contribute to the energy transition?
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22 January 2024

Bas van den Berg appointed associate lecturer: Learning for regeneration

Research

The Center of Expertise Mission Zero already counted with two Associate Professors: Anja Overdiek and Baldiri Salcedo…
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27 September 2023

The Netherlands and Indonesia work together in living labs to make cities more sustainable

Research

Rizal Sebastian sees potential for mutual learning between the Netherlands and Indonesia.
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Events

2 April, 14:00 - 17:30

Collaborative futures: navigating value networks for lasting impact.

April 2nd, 2024 Liliya presents her research themes and ambitions of the Designing Value Networks research group.
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25 April, 10:00 - 19:00

Research Day Digitalization of the Built Environment

To all researchers, lecturers, and students (Bachelor, Master and PhD) within the knowledge domains of Built Environment and ICT: Let’s join the discussions on ongoing research activities and set common vision for future innovations!
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Team

dr. ir. ing. Sander Mertens

dr. ir. ing. Sander Mertens

Leading professor lector and professor Energy in Transition

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dr. ir. ing. Sander Mertens

Leading professor lector and professor Energy in Transition

In August 2018 Sander was appointed professor of Energy in Transition. In addition to his work as a professor at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, he holds a KIVI chair. 

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dr. Kim Poldner

dr. Kim Poldner

Professor Circular Business

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dr. Kim Poldner

Professor Circular Business

Kim has been a professor in the Faculty of Business, Finance & Marketing at The Hague University of Applied Sciences since 1 January 2019.

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dr. Rizal Sebastian

dr. Rizal Sebastian

Professor Future Urban Systems

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dr. Rizal Sebastian

Professor Future Urban Systems

For Rizal, this starting period focuses on the formulating of a common research vision, and he would like to involve as many people as possible in that endeavour. 

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Anja Overdiek

Anja Overdiek

Associate professor

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Tadeo Baldiri Salcedo Rahola

Tadeo Baldiri Salcedo Rahola

Associate professor

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Rolien Blanken

Rolien Blanken

Coordinator

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Nathalie van der Voort-Remkes

Nathalie van der Voort-Remkes

Business Operations Officer

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drs. Bas van den Berg

Bas van den Berg

Pascalle van Moorsel

Pascalle van Moorsel

Student assistant

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Joia Boode

Jóia Boode

Student assistant

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Marieke Buisman

Marieke Buisman

Student assistant

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Ju Massaglia

Ju Laclau Massaglia

Student assistant

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Karel Mulder

dr. ir. Karel Mulder

Fellow

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Nico Persoon

Nico Persoon

Practor ROC Mondriaan (samenwerking MBO)

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Heleen Geerts

Heleen Geerts

Practor ROC Mondriaan/MBO Rijnland

Mirjam Kibbeling

Mirjam Kibbeling

Professor Publieke Inkoop

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Mark Mobach

dr. Mark Mobach

Professor Facility Management

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dr. Mark Mobach

Professor Facility Management

Since 2013, The Hague University of Applied Sciences has had a partnership with the Hanze and Mark has worked as the head of a research group at THUAS.

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Portretfoto Pepijn van Willigenburg

Pepijn van Willigenburg

Business Developer

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Liliya Terzieva

Liliya Terzieva

Liliya Terzieva

Liliya Terzieva has a PhD in the field of Economic and Organizational sciences of Leisure and Tourism.

Publications

Whitepaper

Evaluating Living Labs?

Living labs are complex multi-stakeholder collaborations that often employ a user-centred and design-driven methodology to foster innovation. Conventional management tools fall short in evaluating them.

Article

IMPACT Magazine

Today more than ever, higher education is finding itself at a crossroad. While the internet is filled with qualitative sources of knowledge, universities can often not provide their students with the...

Whitepaper

Policy brief 2023 Circular Business operations

Our predominantly linear economy based on a take-make-dispose model of consumption is incompatible with the finite resources available to us on Earth.

Book

Tools for Future-Proof Labs

In collaboration with Future-Proof Labs, researchers have developed three tools that provide support for multi-stakeholders that are dealing with challenges like miscommunication, differences in values and...

Whitepaper

Evaluating living labs?

Living labs are complex multi-stakeholder collaborations that often employ a usercentred and design-driven methodology to foster innovation. Conventional management tools fall short in evaluating them.