Research in the Netherlands on the success of students in higher education is highly influenced by Tinto’s integration theory. This paper is part of a broader PhD research, in which I investigate the possible influence of the use of social media (Facebook) by students. By comparing various studies conducted …

Laten Zien   Laten zien toont de visuele output van een ontmoeting tussen studenten van Academie Minerva, studenten Sociale Geografie van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en jongeren met niet aangeboren hersenletsel (cliënten van De Noorderbrug). In teams werd fotografisch beeld ingezet om elkaars leefwereld …

The research studies informal learning in cooperative art practices. It describes the way artists and artistically skilled amateurs get together to produce culture and in that way give shape and meaning to their own public lives. In many ways the "cooperative art practices" of these "communities of creative …

The research in this dissertation explores the social significance of local memory websites. Local memory websites offer local residents a platform where they collect and share memories about particular places or experiences in their neighbourhoods and districts. Following a systematic review and a broad …

We finished USE2015 with a closing session inspired on the example of the successful closing session of USE2013 in Nelson, New Zealand. The session hosted a few different parts – you can, for instance, read about the PhD award the first newsletter we published after USE2015. Main element was that the …

From late treatment to proactive prevention of malnutrition. Lezing op symposium ter gelegenheid van installatie visiting professor Faith Ottery.

In this thesis, we present an articulated, empirical view on what human music making is, and on how this fundamentally relates to computation. The experimental evidence which we obtained seems to indicate that this view can be used as a tool, to systematically generate models, hypotheses and new technologies …

Procuring green construction innovations: PhD project in New Zealand.Presentation USE Conference 2015. How SMEs organize competitive advantage.How innovative New Zealand firms procure environmental technical innovations for the construction industry, a literature review.

Het lectoraat Image in Context van het Kenniscentrum Kunst en Samenleving heeft enkele jaren geleden een expertisecentrum opgezet om licht te werpen op de wijzen waarop fotografie (lens based images) wordt ingezet als vorm van artistiek onderzoek dat helpt ons te situeren in de wereld. Dit expertisecentrum …