Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms occur frequently in many nursing home residents with dementia. Despite the availability of multidisciplinary guidelines, neuropsychiatric symptoms are often inadequately managed. Three proven effective methods for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms were integrated …

My recently started Civic Prototyping research group aims to develop new tools and methods enabling urban residents to exploratively research and develop applications of new technologies. This allows them to improve their everyday lives by taking their own initiative in creating valuable services, products, …

Sinds 2012 zijn scholen verplicht om aandacht te besteden aan de veiligheid en acceptatie van LHBTI+. Het is makkelijker gezegd dan gedaan, waardoor ik met mijn onderzoek “LHBTI+ Veilig op school” inzichtelijk wil maken hoe het gesteld is met de schoolveiligheidsbeleving van leerlingen uit de LHBTI+doelgroep …

This e-magazine is a product of the International Midwifery Research and Education for Families in vulnerable circumstances (IMREF) network. This network consists of midwives, student midwives, teachers, and researchers. Together, they share knowledge, experiences, tools, and their networks with the …

The European Commission aims for a full circular economy (CE), an economy that aims to reuse all resources in 2050. CE is a promising way to increase welfare and wellbeing while decreasing environmental footprints. Industrial symbiosis, in which companies exchange residuals for resource efficiency, is …

Due to changes in technology and customer behaviour, entrepreneurial firms have to constantly innovate. Here, service innovation has appeared as a successful way to overcome the dead-end road of competition (Bouwman & Fielt, 2008). Thus, entrepreneurial firms are increasingly asked to develop competences …

Sensing technology is increasingly used to collect data about the workplace to provide insights into building performance and work activities. While such systems provide meaningful insights, they are a ’black box’ in nature considering people as passive data subjects with no input into the sensing and …

Binnen veel universiteiten in Nederland, waaronder de Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, merken ze dat Masterstudenten Geneeskunde twijfelen of geen idee hebben over hun vervolgstappen in het werkveld (Doense, Bisheshar, Kootstra & Gartzke, 2021). Er is veel keuze, maar wat past nu écht bij ze? Het doel …

In the context of the designers responsibility for the impact of technology, ethical considerations are important. However, these considerations are often seen as limiting innovation and the freedom of the designer. Is it possible, on the contrary, that ethics can also foster creativity in design? The …

Projectontwikkelaars moeten voor 2030 voldoen aande duurzaamheidseisen bij woningen. Het probleem is dat veel bouwende ontwikkelaars een duurzaamheidsmodel missen waarin alle maatregelen gebundeld staan en die houvast geven aan elke medewerker van het bedrijf. In opdracht van Roosdom Tijhuis is onderzoek …