Grant for project on data memory of citizen collectives' movement

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Professor Tine de Moor
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A research project led by Professor Tine De Moor from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) has received an additional grant of €30,000 from NWO Impact Explorer. This funding will be used to enhance data collection and management within citizen collectives through the deployment of a knowledge broker as part of the CollectieveKracht-platform. This broker will identify relevant knowledge and develop data structures to assist network organisations in collecting and analysing data.

The grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) is a top-up grant for ongoing research projects in the Open Competition or Talent Programme, to explore unforeseen opportunities for societal impact that have emerged during the curiosity-driven project.

Impact of new methods to collect data

For the UNICA-project, led by RSM Professor Tine De Moor, the knowledge broker is a part of the CollectieveKracht-platform. They will play a crucial role in identifying relevant information for the citizen collective movement. This will be done by initially assessing the data that needs to be collected. Previous research has shown that bottom-up organisations often lack the necessary capacity and expertise to collect, classify, and analyse data in a structured manner. This results in incomplete and less useful overviews of the development of citizen collectives, which also obstructs collaboration with researchers. The knowledge broker can provide support in this area as well

With the help of the knowledge broker, better quality data will be collected on the development of citizen collectives across various sectors. This will assist umbrella organisations and other stakeholders in better understanding this movement, improving their practices, using resources more efficiently, and formulating more targeted policies. Additionally, the data collection strategy will enable future researchers to compare developments across sectors over time.

The project will strengthen the position of citizen collectives and lay a solid foundation for future research and policy. Ultimately, the aim is to build a future-proof network of citizen collectives in the Netherlands.

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Read the full article on the RSM website.

More information about the NWO Impact Explorer.

For more information about RSM or this release, please contact Erika Harriford-McLaren, communications manager for RSM, on +31 10 408 2877 or by email a harriford@rsm.nl.

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