Onderzoeksinstituut IVO

What Onderzoeksinstituut IVO does

Onderzoeksinstituut IVO (Stichting IVO – Instituut voor Onderzoek naar Leefwijzen & Verslaving) is a Dutch non-profit social science research institute founded in 1989 and headquartered in Den Haag. It conducts participatory action research, co-creation studies, mixed-method investigations, scoping reviews, and Delphi studies on vulnerable populations, with thematic focus areas covering lifestyle and addiction, youth care, healthcare and mental health, forensic care, and sustainable healthy futures. The institute's flagship initiative is Project Bloesem, a community resilience research effort co-developed with LUMC, Haagse Hogeschool, Hogeschool Leiden, regional GGDs, and the municipalities of Den Haag and Leiden, addressing syndemic vulnerability in two neighborhoods. Its intellectual outputs include a 35-year publications archive, 491 blog entries, a podcast series, factsheets, and policy briefs delivered through open access.

The institute operates without a commercial product or pricing model. Revenue is generated through competitively awarded research grants from Dutch public funders (ZonMw, NWO/Nationale Wetenschapsagenda) and commissioned research from ministries, municipalities, and healthcare institutions. Customers are public-sector policy makers, addiction care providers (Mondriaan, Jellinek, Brijder), municipal health services (GGD Haaglanden, GGD Hollands Midden), and academic partners. Distribution is achieved through open access publications, the ivo.nl and Platform31 websites, newsletters, LinkedIn, podcasts, and symposia.

Effective January 1, 2025, IVO's activities continue under Platform31, a knowledge and network organization for cities and regions, with which IVO had shared housing, Supervisory Board, and back-office functions since 2017. Stichting IVO remains the legal entity for ongoing projects where IVO serves as lead applicant, principal researcher, or project partner, while new projects are developed under the Platform31 brand. The institute employs approximately 10 staff, indicating a lean, grant-funded research operation rather than a commercially scaling entity.

Name

Onderzoeksinstituut IVO

Legal name

Stichting IVO (Instituut voor Onderzoek naar Leefwijzen & Verslaving)

Website

https://ivo.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Onderzoeksinstituut IVO is a Dutch non-profit social science research institute, founded in 1989 and based in Den Haag, that conducts participatory action research on addiction, vulnerable populations, and community health for municipalities, ministries, and healthcare organizations. Activities continue under Platform31 from January 2025.

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Product category

Social Science Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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PRIMARYHLAJAKAN

Global Health Research, Evidence & Technical Assistance Organizations

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health & Development Agencies (NGOs/Multilaterals)

Keywords

• Addiction research
• Public health research
• Social science research
• Community resilience research
• Health inequalities research

Headquarters

HQ city

Den Haag

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Project Funding: IVO generates revenue through competitively awarded research grants from government research councils (ZonMw, NWO/Nationale Wetenschapsagenda), commissioned research from ministries, municipalities, and healthcare institutions. Stichting IVO remains active for ongoing projects where IVO serves as lead researcher or project partner. Since 2025, new projects are developed under Platform31.

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Core offering

Onderzoeksinstituut IVO is a Dutch non-profit research institute that conducts participatory social science research on vulnerable populations, addiction, lifestyle, and public health. The institute delivers practice-oriented research for Dutch ministries, municipalities, regional health services (GGDs), research-funding councils (ZonMw, NWO), and healthcare and welfare organizations across five themes: lifestyle and addiction, youth care, healthcare and mental health, forensic care, and a sustainable healthy future. Its flagship initiative, Project Bloesem (Aug 2022 – Jul 2026), develops a community resilience approach with academic partners to address syndemic vulnerability through co-creation with citizens.

Product overview

Onderzoeksinstituut IVO is a Dutch research institute that operates as a knowledge and network organization (Platform31 since 2025). IVO provides research publications and thematic content across five focus areas: lifestyle and addiction, youth care, healthcare and mental health, forensic care, and sustainable healthy future. The institute produces publications, blogs, and podcasts as its primary service offerings, with Project Bloesem serving as its flagship participatory action research initiative on community health resilience.

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Products and services

• Project Bloesem: Countering Syndemic Vulnerability through a Community Resilience Approach A community resilience research program addressing the clustering of health and social problems (syndemic vulnerability) in Dutch neighborhoods through co-creation with citizens and professionals. Targets Dutch municipalities and regional health services (GGDs) seeking policy-relevant, community-based approaches to health inequalities.
• Early Identification of Gambling Problems Applied research and guideline-development project on the early identification of gambling problems, in partnership with Dutch addiction-care institutions (Mondriaan, Jellinek, Brijder), targeting social-care and addiction-care professionals.
• Tobacco Sales Restriction Research (Ministry of VWS commission) Commissioned policy research for the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) on restricting tobacco sales to specialized tobacco shops, combining economic modeling and expert interviews in collaboration with SEO Economisch Onderzoek.
• Drivers Under Influence Research (SVG Verslavingsreclassering partnership) Research and factsheet-development project in collaboration with SVG Verslavingsreclassering and four addiction-probation organizations (Novadic-Kentron, Vincent van Gogh, Inforsa, Tactus) on approaches to drivers under influence, including factsheets and traffic-check formats.

Quantifiable outcome

• Project Bloesem has been running from August 2022 to July 2026, developing community resilience methods in two neighborhoods

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• MondriaanminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Addiction care institution collaborating with IVO on the early identification of gambling problems project, developing guidelines for social care professionals.
• JellinekminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Addiction care institution partner in IVO's early identification of gambling problems project, contributing expertise to develop guidelines for professionals.
• BrijderminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Addiction care institution collaborating with IVO on gambling problem early identification research and guideline development.
• SVG VerslavingsreclasseringminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Collaboration with four addiction probation organizations (Novadic-Kentron, Vincent van Gogh, Inforsa, and Tactus) to explore approaches for drivers under influence, developing factsheets and traffic checks.
• LUMC (Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022LUMC leads Project Bloesem with IVO as a key research partner. The collaboration focuses on developing community resilience approaches to address syndemic vulnerability in neighborhoods in Leiden and Den Haag. LUMC, Haagse Hogeschool, Hogeschool Leiden, and IVO work together with GGDs and municipalities.
• Haagse HogeschoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Research partner in Project Bloesem, contributing to the community resilience approach research alongside IVO, LUMC, Hogeschool Leiden, GGDs, and municipalities in Leiden and Den Haag.
• Hogeschool LeidencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Research partner in Project Bloesem, collaborating with IVO, LUMC, Haagse Hogeschool, GGDs, and municipalities to develop approaches for reducing health inequalities through community resilience.
• GGD HaaglandencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Municipal health service partner in Project Bloesem, working with IVO and academic partners to address health inequalities in Den Haag neighborhoods.
• GGD Hollands MiddencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Municipal health service partner in Project Bloesem, collaborating with IVO on community health research in Leiden region.
• Gemeente Den HaagcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Municipality partner in Project Bloesem, collaborating on addressing health inequalities and developing community resilience approaches in Den Haag neighborhoods.
• Gemeente LeidencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022Municipality partner in Project Bloesem, working with IVO and partners on research in Stevenshof neighborhood and other areas.
• Platform31coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022From January 2025, IVO's activities continue under Platform31. The organizations had shared housing, Supervisory Board, and supporting departments since 2017. The integration strengthens long-standing collaboration and expands Platform31's knowledge base on societal themes including health, well-being, and inclusive care.
• SEO Economisch onderzoekminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021SEO Economic Research collaborated with IVO on research commissioned by the Ministry of VWS regarding restricting tobacco sales to specialized tobacco shops, including economic modeling and expert interviews.

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Direct peers

• Movisie: Dutch knowledge institute for the social domain, comparable to IVO in its non-profit research model targeting municipalities and welfare professionals on vulnerable populations, youth care, and social inclusion.
• Trimbos-instituut: Dutch national knowledge center for mental health and addiction, directly comparable to IVO in both topic (addiction research) and structure (non-profit institute producing research, policy advice, and publications for government and care providers).
• Nivel: Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, comparable as a non-profit Dutch research institute producing applied health-services research for government and care institutions, including work on vulnerable groups.
• WODC: Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, directly comparable to IVO in its model of producing applied social-science research commissioned by a Dutch ministry to inform policy on vulnerable groups, including forensic care.
• Pharos: Dutch centre of expertise on health disparities, directly comparable to IVO's Project Bloesem work on health inequalities among people with lower socioeconomic positions and migrant/refugee populations.
• Verwey-Jonker Instituut: Dutch social research institute focused on participation, care, and welfare, comparable to IVO in its non-profit applied-research model serving municipalities and ministries with policy-relevant social research.

Others

• SEO Amsterdam Economics: Dutch economic research institute that has partnered with IVO on commissioned tobacco-policy research for the Ministry of VWS; comparable as a Dutch applied-research collaborator serving public-sector commissioners, though with an economic rather than social-science focus.

Broad incumbents

• TNO: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, a broader incumbent comparable as a Dutch applied-research organization but operating across many domains (industry, health, defense) rather than specializing in IVO's social/addiction niche.
• RIVM: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, a broader incumbent producing public-health evidence for Dutch national policy—comparable to IVO's health-inequalities work but operating at a much larger scale with a national remit.
• Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP): Dutch government's Social and Cultural Planning Office, a broader incumbent that produces large-scale social research for national policy—comparable in its public-sector research role but with a much wider mandate than IVO.

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