This thesis explores the realm of books and bookstores; namely Waterstones Amsterdam in its quest to enhance their in-store customer experience. My client is Phillip Harte, Waterstones Amsterdam’s Branch Manager. This essay resorts to a key methodology, Design-Based Research, “which aims at designing, …

Mentaal welzijn, gender- en seksuele identiteit zijn nauw met elkaar verweven. Het is bekend dat LHBT+-jongeren kwetsbaarder zijn en vaker te maken hebben met minderheidsstress dan hun hetero-cisgender leeftijdsgenoten, wat kan leiden tot psychische klachten. Deze scriptie heeft als doel een e-Health …

In de afgelopen jaren hebben de praktijken van kunstenaars in niet-artistieke omgevingen mijn geest in beweging gezet. Waar ik me voorheen kon verwonderen over de visuele resultaten van het artistieke proces en wilde begrijpen hoe processen van betekeniscreatie beschreven konden worden, word ik nu vooral …

This report documents the research and development process used to create a multiplayer system and framework. In collaboration with VR Amsterdam, the researcher, along with two other graduation interns, created a multiplayer game played in mixed reality using Unity. The project uses Oculus Meta Quest …

Secondary schools are well placed to avert radicalization processes toward extremism because such trajectories often begin in adolescence. Adolescents are in the process of forming their identities, and most adolescents are idealistic, which makes them susceptible to groups that passionately pursue utopian …

Education for sustainability scholarship argues that sustainability competence is more than cognitive domain learning that is traditionally (over) focused on reason, knowledge application and testing. Affective domain is missing from the education curricula in general (Sowel, 2005, Dernikos et al, 2020), …

Our presence in buildings is often so self-evident that we no longer seem to be aware of the space in which we work and live. But how does that actually work? What is the influence of buildings on people? And how do we involve end users? Mark Mobach takes us on a quest of the Facility Management professorship …

The childhood obesity epidemic has persisted for over three decades, which has presented serious social, economic and health consequences worldwide. For researchers and policy makers alike, cycling has been a promising focus over recent years for developing long-term physically active lifestyles in urban …

Background: Impaired upper extremity function due to muscle paresis or paralysis has a major impact on independent living and quality of life (QoL). Assistive technology (AT) for upper extremity function (i.e. dynamic arm supports and robotic arms) can increase a client’s independence. Previous studies …

In the Netherlands, energy cooperatives are increasingly active in the production of renewable energy. Many cooperatives have concrete plans to invest in energy projects, such as solar fields and wind turbines. Unfortunately, in the coming years there will hardly be any room for such projects in the …