Design and research are two fields of knowledge that each has its traditions, methods, standards and practices. These two worlds appear to be quite separate, with researchers investigating what exists, and designers visualising what could be. This book builds a bridge between both worlds by showing how …

This study focuses on the complexity and uniqueness of 45 beginning teachers’ professional identity, an important perspective that is usually not an explicit part of induction programmes. Data were collected in four workshops designed to support beginning teachers in reflecting on personal and contextual …

The main purpose of this final thesis project was to investigate how The Hague University of Applied Sciences can improve the university website according to the users’ viewpoint. To achieve this objective, a thorough review of the literature on the multidimensional concept of website quality, previous …

Background: Society ages, and the incidence of physical limitations and frailty is increasing. For frail older adults, these limitations will lead to more assistance in daily living activities. A significant cause of physical limitation and frailty is sarcopenia, age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass, …

Our current linear economy works in the following system; take-make-waste. The waste products, materials and components contain lots of valuable resources that will end up on a landfill or being incinerated in order to generate energy. The majority of the companies in the research area Mid Brabant, are …

Nissan Motor Co. is a worldwide car manufacturer established in Japan in 1933. Nissan has the slogan ‘innovation that excites’, and many years they have been the leader in a few European car branch markets. Examples are the European market of electric cars and a few C-segment markets. This plan is written …

This graduation research reflects the findings about the glamping trend and the possibilities in the expansion and design of new glamping accommodations and site layout at Zonneweelde based on the wishes of the current target group. As the glamping trend is relatively new and little research has been …

Wednesday 17th of January MediaLAB Amsterdam arranged LABFEST, a final expo where we could showcase our protypes and talk to people in the industry about our projects. We got a lot of nice feedback and are happy with the end-product we came up with. Quite a lot of people showed up and we were excited …

Objectives: To identify determinants of the initial employment of physician assistants (PAs) for inpatient care as well as of the sustainability of their employment. Design: We conducted a qualitative study with semistructured interviews with care providers. Interviews continued until data saturation …

In dit afstudeerrapport is gepoogd antwoord te krijgen op de vraag hoe innovaties om bodemdaling in het Groene Hart te reduceren in gang kunnen worden gezet. In het onderzoek is gekeken naar de mogelijkheden die er zijn om innovaties die als doel hebben de bodemdaling in het veenweidegebied te reduceren, …