The textile trading system is based on the ‘take-make-use-dispose’ linear economic model: as high amounts of resources are utilized at low costs, the final products become waste after being used for a only short period. This creates an unbalanced system that has to change. A circular economy model can …

Having a sense of community is key for a healthy academic experience, even more so now that we’re all sitting in front of a screen all day, every day. Marca Wolfensberger, Honours Coordinator at the Faculty of Geosciences, and Bachelor’s student Marte Vroom are conducting research on community building …

This research report focuses on the consumer behavioural changes towards higher tech and lower touch in a COVID-19 environment. Specifically, the report develops a solution and implementation plan to solve the current operational challenges the hospitality industry faces as a result of the pandemic. …

Inleiding: Onderzoek toont aan dat meerdere Nederlandse ziekenhuizen één of meer complementaire zorginterventies toepast wanneer de basisinterventies onvoldoende uitkomst bieden. Binnen de behandeling van een patiënt met brandwonden wordt geadviseerd om, aanvullend op de reguliere behandeling, ook gebruik …

Om een toeristisch inspiratiepunt te kunnen openen op het DRU IP moet de guest journey in kaart worden gebracht. Hierbij is het van belang om inzicht te verkrijgen in de touch points waarop een gastvrijheidsbeleving wordt ervaren. Het moet inzichtelijk worden hoe een guest journey kan worden ingezet …

Art is a mirror of society. Thanks to our communication technology, which has made possible globalization and associated scaling-up, a few giants have emerged, leaving everyone else unintentionally ... dwarfs. In our world, the ordinary is sometimes ridiculously magnified. In Maurizio Cattelan 's famous …

Whereas blended learning can deliver several benefits to students in highereducation, their achievement depends on how exactly it is designed. A participatorydesign is recommendable to try to meet the needs of all stakeholders. ThePersuasive System Design-model can be used to motivate students during …

Background: Research on maternity care often focuses on factors that prevent good communication and collaboration and rarely includes important stakeholders – parents – as co-researchers. To understand how professionals and parents in Dutch maternity care accomplish constructive communication and collaboration, …

The paper refers to people with dementia as ‘people suffering from dementia’ – the person should come first, not the disease. Dementia is a long and arduous disease that causes suffering and heartache for all those involved. There is evidence to suggest that some memories in the PSfd are preserved. Explicit …

Customer-supplier relationships are becoming more digital. However, a personal approach still seems to be a key success factor in the service journey, creating an optimal customer experience. In this research, we investigated the effects of a personal communication approach on customer experience and …