Young widowhood, conceptualized as the loss of one’s spouse before the age of 50, is a profoundly painful and distressing loss (Den Elzen, 2017, 2018). The literature on young widowhood shows the death of a partner generally causes a fragmentation of the self, as it violates expectations of the normal …

Boek naar aanleiding van de lectorale rede van lector Evert-Jan Velzing en de openbare lessen van associate lectoren Ingrid Bakker en Els Beukers. Het programma van het lectoraat Urban Innovation wordt uitgelegd en er wordt dieper ingegaan op de onderzoeksthema’s van het lectoraat.

With artificial intelligence (AI) systems entering our working and leisure environments with increasing adaptation and learning capabilities, new opportunities arise for developing hybrid (human-AI) intelligence (HI) systems, comprising new ways of collaboration. However, there is not yet a structured …

A public sector that adequately makes use of information technology can provide improved government services that not only stimulates business development it also intensifies citizen participation and economic growth. However, the effectiveness of IT and its governance at both national as well as on …

The use of Augmented Reality (AR) in industry is growing rapidly, driven by benefits such as efficiency gains and ability to overcome physical boundaries. Existing studies stress the need to take stakeholder values into account in the design process. In this study the impact of AR on stakeholders' values …

Digitalization enables public organizations to personalize their services, tuning them to the specific situation, abilities, and preferences of the citizens. At the same time, digital services can be experienced as being less personal than face-to-face contact by citizens. The large existing volume of …

The shortage for ICT personal in the EU is large and expected to increase. The aim of this research is to contribute to a better understanding of the roles and competences needed, so that education curricula can be better aligned to evolving market demand by answering the research question: Which competence …

ZorgBasics Praktijkgericht onderzoek beschrijft fasen en methoden van praktijkgericht onderzoek en gaat in op verschillende (kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve) methoden om gegevens te verzamelen en te verwerken. In alle hoofdstukken worden voorbeelden beschreven uit de praktijk van ergotherapeuten, fysiotherapeuten, …

Invloed van persoonlijke- en achtergrondkenmerken in combinatie met de gevolgde opleidingsroutes op de overgang naar hoger onderwijs

In hoeverre en op welke wijze brengen impactondernemers hun impact in kaart? Welke instrumenten voor impactmeting worden in Nederland daadwerkelijk gebruikt? En welke behoeften leven er voor doorontwikkeling van dit instrumentarium? Deze vragen stonden centraal in dit onderzoek in opdracht van de City …