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September 26 2019

Affordable Tech: Doing better with less @European Research and Innovation Days 2019

September 9 2019

"Collaborations to develop and deliver frugal Innovations addressing critical health challenges" @ Triple Helix 2019

Leading the new CFIA Kenya Hub - Q&A with Dr. Elsie Onsongo

Dr. Elsie Onsongo, Kenya Hub, CFIA

Paper presentation at SASE 2019, New York

Paper presentation at EURAM 2019, Lisbon

Vacancy: CFIA Science communicator

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CFIA Celebratory get-together

Keynote speech by Prof. Peter Knorringa @REPOA2019

keynote REPOA

Keynote Peter Knorringa @REPOA2019 'Industrial policy, local economic development and frugal innovation'

Peter Knorringa in The Citizen: "Scholar underscores importance of frugal innovation"

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Minor event @TU Delft

"Innovation not only comes to life in the West" Interview with prof. Knorringa in LDE Magazine

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February 14 2019

Workshop on “Water Innovation in Africa”

Capturing Frugal Innovation: a NIAS Lorentz week

NIAS Lorentz week

January 22 2019

Seminar #GoFrugal: 22 JANUARY "Constellations of Infrastructural Incompleteness"

Look back on seminar "Talking women: how can they save newborn lives?"

GoFrugal seminar Tanja Houweling

December 10 2018

Seminar ASC & CFIA: Innovation for Inclusive Development and Innovation platforms in Africa (Sara Grobbelaar)

Interview with André Leliveld and students on the new Frugal Innovation Minor

minor frugal innovation

December 4 2018

Seminar #GoFrugal: 4 DECEMBER "Talking women: how can they save newborn lives?"

Working Paper 5 now available on CFIA website

CFIA Working Paper 5

CFIA Working Paper 1

CFIA Working Paper 1

Now available: Kennisdossier, a knowledge overview

Kennisdossier LDE

LDE minor on Frugal Innovation - Kick-off week

The launch of the minor was toasted upon at the Faculty Club

Seminar #GoFrugal: 9 OCTOBER

Call for Papers

Call for Papers by DSA on Innovation for Inclusive Development in Southern Africa

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Frugality as Value and Practice

New research project frugality as value and as practice Dr. Georgina Gomez

Exploring the Endless Possibilities of Simplicity

CFIA workshop

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Sustainable Development Goals and Responsible Innovation: Closing Event

Interview with prof. Knorringa in LDE Magazine

Leiden-Delft-Erasmus

Affordability of nutritious food through business model interventions

Food market

Celebrating global academic cooperation

15th Anniversary Prince Claus Chair

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Seminar #GoFrugal: 31 MAY

WORKSHOP: DESIGN WITH THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF SIMPLICITY

EADI Webinar #5 | Frugal Innovation and Development

Seminar #GoFrugal: 19 APRIL

Detailed information about minor programme online

UN SDG's

5 APRIL: Seminar on New digital farm technologies

CFIA Events, Frugal Seminar Session New digital farm technologies - 5 April

EJDR Special Issue on Frugal Innovation

CFIA news, EJDR Special Issue on Frugal Innovation

A look back at CFIA's first scientific conference on Frugal Innovation

A look back at CFIA's first scientific conference on Frugal Innovation

Sardine-tin lamps and wooden fridges

CFIA in de media, Thomson Reuters foundation news

GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION GEOINNO2018

CFIA Events, Presenting work at GEOINNO2018

SCIENCE071 Broadcast: Interview with Prof. dr. Peter Knorringa

Connecting Practices Conference

CFIA Events, Presenting work at Connecting practices conference NWO MVI

First CFIA International Conference 2017

International Conference CFIA 2017

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Access to CFIA conference papers & presentations

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21 November: Seminar on Grassroots Innovation

Grassroots Innovation Seminar

Registration for CFIA Conference is now closed!

CFIA conference 'Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development'

Check out the programme of the CFIA Conference!

CFIA conference 'Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development'

CFIA at EADI NORDIC Conference

Peter Knorringa presenting at the conference

Open lunch lecture of Saradindu Bhaduri at VIA Water

VIA Water Knowledge Platform

CFIA Early Career Day

Early Career Day

Annual Report Prince Claus Chair published

Prof. Louise Gunning-Schepers, prof. Saradindu Bhaduri and Queen Máxima. Source: Prince Claus Chair Curatorium

Kickstarting the development of LDE/CFIA minor programme

Poster made during the session

Open Access publication of Frugal Thermometer paper

Frugal thermometer

CFIA paper published in "Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments"

Charchoal sales Zambia

Prof. dr. Robert Tijssen publishes on University-driven inclusive innovations

South Africa slum

EADI working group session "Globalization of the Future''

Frugal Innovation fieldwork II: price differentiation and its influence on sales

Water selling kiosk