Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland

Het KIN (Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland)

Het Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland, kortweg het KIN, verbindt onderzoek en de maatschappij.  In de zomer van 2023 lanceerden we de 'KINcast', een greep uit wat er zoal gebeurt op klimaatgebied. Want kennis verbindt. In het najaar van 2025 lanceerden we seizoen 2, 'Impossible Projects The Podcast', een Engelstalige in samenwerking met Foundation We Are. Deze podcastserie nodigt je uit voor een doorlopend gesprek over de toekomst van onderzoeksfinanciering en hoe we kunnen investeren in wat écht belangrijk is.

  1. Episode 6 — Including, Opening and Adapting

    29-11-2025

    Episode 6 — Including, Opening and Adapting

    Idea featured: Designing the Otherwise, by Irene Luque Martín Theme: How can we fund other forms of knowing? In this episode we listen to “Designing the Otherwise” by Irene Luque Martín and question how our current systems value knowledge — and whose knowledge counts. We discuss how feminist, decolonial, and indigenous perspectives could reshape research, and what it would take to fund open-ended, critical, and plural ways of knowing. We discuss examples of participatory and community-led approaches and discuss how competition, standardisation, and rigid timelines restrict our research imagination. What might happen if we treated research as a shared process rather than a product, one that welcomes uncertainty, slower rhythms, and collaboration across differences? Host: Alex Szwaj Speakers: Lizanne Schepers, Jonas Torrens and Kornelia Dimitrova Knowledge Agenda for the Dutch Caribbean and Bonaire: www.nwo.nl/en/researchprogramm…ean-research-agenda hetkin.nl/en/projecten/bonaire-knowledge-agenda/

    33 min.
  2. Episode 5 — Creativity, Curiosity and Collaboration

    29-11-2025

    Episode 5 — Creativity, Curiosity and Collaboration

    Idea featured: Choir of the Sea, by Remco de Kluizenaar How can artistic practices reshape research itself? What happens when art and science collide? In this episode, we listen to “Choir of the Sea” by Remco de Kluizenaar and together we look at how creative, speculative, and embodied practices can expand what counts as research — and why funders should care. We discuss the hurdles in funding art-science collaborations, and what lessons science can learn from the cultural sector and what the role of openness, experimentation, and imagination is. How can artistic research challenge the boundaries of what is considered scientific? More scientists and artists team up to collaborate, but can't find funding. In this episode we discuss what gets funded, and who gets to explore the unknown. The conversation opens up questions about the hidden “gateways” that determine access to funding, the need for more divergent and transdisciplinary funding models, and how embracing discomfort might lead to more transformative forms of knowledge-making. Host: Alex Szwaj Speakers: Jonas Torrens and Kornelia Dimitrova More about Remco de Kluizenaar: www.remcodekluizenaar.nl/ Audio credits: music composed by Remco de Kluizenaar (exerpts from "Voice of the North Sea" (2023) and "Soil, LIVE!" (2024) Voice of the North Sea is made possible by contributions from Wageningen Municipality and WUR. "Soil LIVE" concert is written in collaboration with Wageningen Soil Biology Group and made possible by support from the Wageningen Biodiversity Inititative and a Wageningen University grant as part of the Biodiversity Positive Foodsystems investment theme. Orchestra in the audiorecording: Stedelijke Muziekvereniging De Harmonie Wageningen. Relevant connections mentioned in this episode: Wendy Brown (University of California, Berkeley): polisci.berkeley.edu/150w/wendy-brown Regeling voor Artistiek en Ontwerpend Onderzoek (SIA and Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie): www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/nieuws/nieuw…nd-onderzoek Collaborations for Future: collaborationsforfuture.com/ Innovatielabs: innovatielabs.org/

    26 min.
  3. Episode 4 — The Mavericks

    29-11-2025

    Episode 4 — The Mavericks

    Idea featured: Transition Income, by Ad Vlems and Monique Vissers How do we support the pioneers working outside the system? Listening to “Transition Income”, an idea by Ad Vlems and Monique Vissers, we meet the “transition pioneers”: researchers and innovators who don’t fit the mold. The conversation explores what it takes to challenge academic conventions, the emotional side of risk-taking, and what new career paths and research environments could look like if we funded differently, with more trust, flexibility, and vision. What would it mean to fund people rather than projects? In this episode we unpack the challenges faced by “mavericks” or “transition pioneers”, those who work across systems, disciplines, and institutions to push boundaries and make tangible change. The discussion dives into why current funding models struggle to support such people, what alternative structures could look like, and how long-term, flexible funding could sustain those shaping the transitions we urgently need. Host: Alex Szwaj Speakers: Stephanie Holst and Mattijs Taanman Find out more about the idea creators here: Ad Vlems, Monique Vissers, www.ecodorpboekel.nl/ Relevant connections mentioned in this episode: Thrive Institute: thriveinstitute.nl/knowledge-broker/ RARA Radio: rararadio.org/

    27 min.
  4. Episode 3 — Beyond Project Thinking

    29-11-2025

    Episode 3 — Beyond Project Thinking

    Idea: Port as a Pulse, by Dr. Lucy Gilliam and Tanner Tuttle What if research started from place? In this episode, we listen to “Port as a Pulse” by Dr. Lucy Gilliam and Tanner Tuttle. The conversation explores the idea of location-based and long-term research — beyond the limits of short-term, projectified funding. We talk about what it means to fund research that grows from specific places, communities, and ecologies, and what kinds of infrastructures are needed to sustain deep collaboration and learning over time. What happens when we stop treating research as a series of isolated projects and start seeing it as an evolving, place-based practice? In this episode we reflect on “projectification” (the tendency to structure research around short-term deliverables and milestones) and how this limits imagination, collaboration, and continuity. We discuss open-ended funding models, yearly consortium memberships, and intermediary organisations that sustain relationships between research, policy, and practice. How can transitions be rooted in place and invite communities to co-own the process of imagining and realising new futures? Host: Alex Szwaj Speakers: Jonas Torrens and Mattijs Taanman Find out more about the idea creators here: Dr. Lucy Gilliam, Tanner Tuttle, www.oneplanetport.org/ Relevant connections mentioned in this episode: Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium (TIPC): tipconsortium.net/ AMS Institute (Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, Amsterdam): www.ams-institute.org/

    26 min.
  5. Episode 2 — Knowledge for Whom?

    29-11-2025

    Episode 2 — Knowledge for Whom?

    Idea featured: Adaptieve Intelligentie voor iedereen, by Mattijn van Hoek and Ton Botterhuis Can AI help democratise science? In this episode, we listen to our first Impossible Project Idea: “Adaptieve Intelligentie voor iedereen” by Mattijn van Hoek and Ton Botterhuis. We discuss how emerging technologies could transform who creates, accesses, and benefits from scientific knowledge. Centered on a proposal that envisions an AI-driven platform for open, collective knowledge-making, we discuss who research is really for, how current funding systems limit participation, and what it would take to make science truly public. This episode discusses what it means to democratize expertise, and how this might bridge the gap between research and community needs. It explores how we can move from knowledge production to knowledge use and action: when do we know enough to start action? How can evolving technologies make our ability to “know” and act upon knowledge accessible beyond academia and how might this shift the role of researchers? The discussion reflects on how science can move from observation to participation, and how institutions like KIN and NWO might create space for research that begins not with answers, but with staying with what we don’t yet know. *While the idea is presented in Dutch, the discussion is in English. Host: Alex Szwaj Speakers: Mattijs Taanman and Kornelia Dimitrova Relevant connections mentioned in this episode: Designing Democracy (Foundation We Are): www.foundationweare.org/news/designing-democracy/

    29 min.
  6. Episode 1 — Rethinking What’s Possible

    29-11-2025

    Episode 1 — Rethinking What’s Possible

    Why do we need new ways of funding research? This opening episode dives into the reasoning behind setting up an experimental open call for Impossible Projects and why and how new ways of funding need to be explored. We set the stage, and discuss: How do existing funding models dictate the research we conduct, and what do we risk by sticking to funding as we know it? The conversation explores how funding structures quietly shape what kind of knowledge gets produced. From invisible constraints to the creative freedom sparked by a simple three-minute audio call, the team reflects on what emerged when 37 researchers and collectives shared their “unfundable gems.” The discussion touches on the shared frustrations between designers and scientists, the need for cross-institutional collaboration between funders, and the opportunity to move from rigid project cycles toward more open, process-driven ways of supporting research. Host: Alex Szwaj Speakers: Kornelia Dimitrova, Jonas Torrens and Stephanie Holst Relevant connections mentioned in this episode: Center for Unusual Collaborations: unusualcollaborations.ewuu.nl/ Collaborations for Future: collaborationsforfuture.com/

    22 min.

  7. 01-09-2023

    Editie 30 - Een mondiale klimaatwet

    Het KIN verbindt onderzoek en de maatschappij. Deze zomermaand een greep uit wat er zoal gebeurt op klimaatgebied. Kennis verbindt. Vandaag in editie 30 van de KIN-cast: regels over het milieu moeten vastgelegd in het recht.

    2 min.

  8. 31-08-2023

    Editie 29 - Duurzame stad

    Het KIN verbindt onderzoek en de maatschappij. Deze zomermaand een greep uit wat er zoal gebeurt op klimaatgebied. Kennis verbindt. Vandaag in editie 29 van de KIN-cast: begint een beter milieu bij jezelf?

    3 min.
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Het Klimaatonderzoek Initiatief Nederland, kortweg het KIN, verbindt onderzoek en de maatschappij.  In de zomer van 2023 lanceerden we de 'KINcast', een greep uit wat er zoal gebeurt op klimaatgebied. Want kennis verbindt. In het najaar van 2025 lanceerden we seizoen 2, 'Impossible Projects The Podcast', een Engelstalige in samenwerking met Foundation We Are. Deze podcastserie nodigt je uit voor een doorlopend gesprek over de toekomst van onderzoeksfinanciering en hoe we kunnen investeren in wat écht belangrijk is.

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