BK-Launch Researchers Featured in Dutch Parliamentary Report on National Innovation Agency
Research conducted by Jip Leendertse and Hans Wamelink (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft), both part of our BK-Launch team, has been included in a parliamentary study on the potential establishment of a National Agency for Disruptive Innovation (NADI) in the Netherlands.
The parliamentary study, commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, examines how the Netherlands could better support disruptive innovation at a national level. Among the sources cited is "The Pilot Trap", a research project by Jip Leendertse, Heleen Smit, Hans Wamelink, and Marleen Hermans from the TU Delft. The project investigates a challenge familiar to anyone working in innovation: why do promising new approaches so often get stuck after the pilot phase and rarely make the leap to widespread adoption?
We're proud to see this work, funded by BK-Launch, gaining traction in national policy discussions. The inclusion of this work in a ministerial study sent to parliament is a meaningful signal. The questions they are asking clearly resonate beyond academia.
The NADI proposal is now under parliamentary review. Depending on how the debate unfolds, it could have real implications for how disruptive innovation in the built environment is funded, supported, and scaled in the years ahead.
We'll be following the developments closely.
Read the report here.
Category: Research