The problem of single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) made from non-renewable resources polluting the environment encouraged the creation of a circular face mask. The main factors that influence the design of a face mask that protects the user from COVID-19 were investigated. According to the …

We have developed an SI-traceable narrow-band tunable radiance source based on an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) and an integrating sphere for the calibration of spectroradiometers. The source is calibrated with a reference detector over the ultraviolet/visible spectral range with an uncertainty …

Cybersecurity is meer dan alleen het nemen van technische maatregelen. En alhoewel gebruikers ten onrechte vaak alleen worden aangemerkt als ‘de zwakke schakel’ binnen die cybersecurity, moet een deel van de maatregelen zich toch echt wel richten op deze groep. Gebruikers gedragen zich immers soms bewust …

Higher education has the potential to act as ecosystem catalysts, connecting with the places our institutions which they are a part of, for learning-based changes with wicked (sustainability) challenges. This, however, calls for reorienting and rethinking of the higher educational narratives and subsequent …

At the age of a failing economic system and undeniable evidence of the effects humankind has had over the planet, it is necessary to look for alternatives to the way we live locally. This article explores the use of designing narratives and metanarratives to co-create imaginaries serving as the needed …

The challenges we collectively face, such as climate change, are characterized by more complexity, interdependence, and dynamism than is common for educational practice. This presents a challenge for (university) education. These transition challenges are often described as wicked or VUCA (Volatile, …

In 2015 startte het lectoraat Boundary crossing praktijken van opleiders en onderzoekers bij Aeres Hogeschool Wageningen (AHW, toen nog Stoas Wageningen | Vilentum Hogeschool). We zijn het lectoraat later Grenspraktijken van opleiders en onderzoekers gaan noemen. Het lectoraat wordt momenteel bemensd …

There is a dualism in current policy discourses on public health between neoliberal conceptions of health, and health as a product of social conditions. These conceptions also co-exist in the narratives of citizens. In this qualitative study carried out in the Netherlands, we analysed how people living …