POLDER
polder-center.bsky.social
POLDER
@polder-center.bsky.social
POLDER is an initiative based at the UvA Institute for Advanced Study in Amsterdam. We collaborate with policymakers and researchers to tackle complex challenges and co-create tomorrow's policy interventions.

Website: https://polder.center
Systems Thinking & Complex Transitions — Our start-of-the-year thread of reads & resources for those working at the edge of complexity, transformation, and actionable insight.

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January 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
For anyone interested in complexity, governance, and collaborative problem-solving:

IAS is hosting Governance of Complexity: Bridging Research and Practice on 21 Jan 2026. Bringing researchers, MSc students, and policy partners together around complex societal challenges.

⏰ 13:00–16:30
📍 UB → IAS
Governance of Complexity: Bridging Research and Practice - Institute for Advanced Study IAS
This half-day event on Governance of Complexity showcases how the university community and policy partners collaborate on societal challenges. It showcases advanced methods developed by researchers, s...
ias.uva.nl
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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We are beyond excited to announce that the applications are now open for the third Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change!

Come visit a beautiful city, hear from world-renowned experts, and work with passionate individuals on challenges related to climate change.

More info: acscc.nl
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Vacancy: Amplifying Behavioural Interventions w/ Complexity Science
📍 UvA, Amsterdam | 💼 30.4–38 hrs/week | 💶 €3.5–5.5K
⏳ <Oct 26, 2025

Join us to bridge complexity science with real-world policy work.

✉️ j.w.bolderdijk@uva.nl
Vacancy — Amplifying the Impact of Behavioural Interventions with Complexity Science
Are you a systems thinker with affinity with the social and behavioral sciences? Are you motivated to ensure that complexity science makes its way to the real world of government communication and pol...
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Systems Thinking & Complex Transitions — A thread of reads & resources for those working at the edge of complexity, transformation, and actionable insight.

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October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In their recent article, Hadjisotiriou et al. (2025) demonstrate how pandemic effects on education and healthcare are crucially interconnected.

Key finding: Integrated policymaking is essential. Without it, efforts to improve access in one system may unintentionally worsen outcomes in the other.
Identifying key complex relations between education and healthcare in the Netherlands for future pandemic management - Health Research Policy and Systems
Background The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequent policies in the Netherlands extended beyond healthcare, impacting other societal systems such as education. Th...
health-policy-systems.biomedcentral.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The student-led initiative Amsterdam Policy Hackathon (APH) is a weekend-long competition event where students and young professionals form multidisciplinary teams to develop data-informed policies or policy tools to help solve the most pressing local societal issues.
amsterdampolicyhackathon.org
Amsterdam Policy Hackathon
Join our data-driven policymaking hackathon event in Amsterdam | 2025
amsterdampolicyhackathon.org
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM