Humanities Lab
AVS @ Humanities Lab is tuned to facilitate the many forms of innovation in the Humanities. It offers a stimulating environment for humanities start-ups to stage experiments and to present themselves. AVS Humanities Lab offers dedicated coaching to enable students, staff and alumni to discover new perspectives on realizing their ambitions.
AVS Humanities Lab applies a new and broad approach that transcends the ‘traditional’ innovation perspective. In doing so it closely cooperates with VOX-POP, the Faculty of Humanities pop-up program offering students, staff, and others a space to organise debates, exhibitions, lectures, and more. Organisers and visitors of VOX-POP events can also make use of the available entrepreneurial expertise.
AVS Humanities Lab is located at the University of Amsterdam’s City Center Campus, at the heart of the historic city. This is also home to the Faculty of Humanities and the University Library. Adding to this, several national humanities research institutes are located here. The close proximity of the museums, cultural institutions and media organisations add to the unique position and strength of this Amsterdam humanities cluster.
AVS Humanities Lab
City Center Campus
Binnengasthuisstraat 9, Amsterdam
Contact – Jonneke Bekkenkamp:
+31 (0)20 525 74 08
j.j.bekkenkamp@uva.nl
Sharing experiences and successes over a drink
Every month the participants in the AVH Humanities Lab gather to catch up, share experiences and success stories over a drink. Last month’s session was hosted by Uitgeverij Lontano, one of the in-house startups. Uitgeverij Lontano is a publishing house that specializes in philosophy and sociology. The company was founded in 2019 by philosopher and […]
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Elk jaar ontvangt Amsterdam meer toeristen en dat creëert een stijgende vraag naar producten en diensten in het toerisme. Daar liggen kansen voor geesteswetenschappers met een drive om het culturele erfgoed van Amsterdam onder de aandacht te brengen. AVS Humanities Lab organiseerde een discussiemiddag rond toerisme en de effecten er van op de beleving van […]
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Optics11 acquired Fugro’s fibre optic FAZ technology to expand its sensing platforms
VU spin-off Optics11, a company offering high-end fiber sensing solutions, has acquired the fibre-optic technology – known as FAZ Technology – from Fugro. FAZ Technology specialises in the research and development of fibre-optic sensing solutions, whose potential is much broader than Fugro’s core markets; hence Fugro’s decision to divest. FAZ Technology’s fibre-optic sensing solutions will […]
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