Welzijnsdashboard Amsterdam – Meten wat er toe doet

Wellbeing Dashboard Amsterdam

Measure what matters

The Amsterdam Wellbeing Dashboard is a project in which local residents and researchers from the University of Amsterdam work together.

Venserpolder

In Venserpolder, we did an initial measurement on 16 topics. Together, these form a Wellbeing Dashboard that reflects residents’ needs. Three topics they found most important:

Residents in Dialogue about Wellbeing

Many residents do not feel seen by the municipality and feel that it often misses the mark. Local officials and other organisations also struggle to take the right actions. A Wellbeing Dashboard shows how residents are doing. To do this, we measure topics that are important to residents. This makes it a tool to measure the economy with the human at its centre, with residents as co-managers.

With these figures in hand, residents can enter into dialogue with the municipality and other organisations. Together, we work on solutions for a better neighbourhood!

Our strategy:

"We want to show what a neighborhood needs by measuring what matters..."

"The wellbeing dashboard must be understandable for residents."

"Making decisions with the residents instead of about the residents."

"Talking with each other instead of talking past one another."

We continue...

The project started in the Amsterdam Venserpolder neighborhood. Now we are expanding it to other neighborhoods and districts in Amsterdam. We collaborate with G-Buurt, Reigersbos, Wegener Sleeswijkbuurt and Dobbebuurt. The plan is to regularly update the Dashboards afterwards. We are currently working on the new measurement for Venserpolder.

Academic research

Read more about the underlying wellbeing theory.

You can find our research in reports (Dutch) and master’s theses (English).

Do you also conduct this kind of research? Our Learning Community (English) might be of interest to you.