Spatial strategies for transitions

The report offers a unique insight into the crucial yet often unseen world of private R&D in our country and how the innovation landscape has evolved over the years.

To minimise vulnerabilities, cooperation with like-minded countries within and outside Europe is crucial.

The digital transformation requires stronger and more broadly applied governance, enabling us to steer innovation purposefully and better manage its societal impact.

The digital transformation of the Netherlands is accelerating. Emerging technologies such as agentic AI, digital twins and quantum-safe cryptography are poised to profoundly reshape our society.

Public procurement offers the Netherlands a powerful yet underutilised route to scalable innovation. Read Sabine Kerssens’ reflection.

Europe can avoid complacency only by turning urgent insights into joint European action. Read Lotte de Groen’s reflection.

Prepare the Netherlands for a future in which CCU could even contribute to negative CO2 emissions in the long term.

A new analytical method reveals where the Netherlands excels technologically, where it is vulnerable, and how this shapes our strategic freedom.

How do we break the deadlock in the heat transition when the desire for hard guarantees clashes with fundamental uncertainties? Read Rinus Elsman’s reflection.

Can the Netherlands safeguard its autonomy and economic strength through smart use of space? Read Caroline Schipper’s reflection.

Digital strategic autonomy is essential. TNO Vector shows how governments and industries can safeguard critical technologies in a globalised world.

Security and sustainability - despite ongoing tensions - can go well together, provided that innovative governance solutions are pursued. Read Martijn Groenleer's reflection.

New ways of collaborating are needed to successfully connect the technological and socio-cultural aspects of innovation. Read Anne Fleur’s reflection.

Does innovation grow from idea to impact, or does collaboration stall without innovation orchestration? Read Andrea Kerstens’ reflection.

The Netherlands is deeply embedded in global value chains. Which foreign control points could turn into chokepoints for the Netherlands?