Social complexities have increased in the aftermath of global phenomena such as the migrant crisis, intensifying socio-economic inequities, racial discrimination, and backlash against the universal rights of minority groups. These are challenging how designers respond to social issues. Human-centred …

In recent years, Dutch authorities have attempted to shift from formal to informal care responsibilities to meet an increasing demand for care. There is a growing expectation that social and healthcare professionals will actively involve, support, and collaborate with partners, family members, and others …

Background: Experiencing flow, an optimal psychological state, can support health and well-being. A developmental perspective on flow so far examines strategies to facilitate these experiences in the face of developmental losses such as ageing. People with disabilities experience restrictions in participation …

Data is widely recognized as a potent catalyst for advancing healthcare effectiveness, increasing worker satisfaction, and mitigating healthcare costs. The ongoing digital transformation within the healthcare sector promises to usher in a new era of flexible patient care, seamless inter- provider communication, …

The concept of human-computer integration (HInt) is entering a new evolutionary phase, that leads to a paradigm shift from interaction to the integration of computing devices with the human body (Farooq & Grudin, 2017). This embodied integration, where a computer tightly integrates with the human body …

Electric vehicles have penetrated the Dutch market, which increases the potential for decreased local emissions, the use and storage of sustainable energy, and the roll-out and use of electric car-sharing business models. This development also raises new potential issues such as increased electricity …

Data is widely recognized as a potent catalyst for advancing healthcare effectiveness, increasing worker satisfaction, and mitigating healthcare costs. The ongoing digital transformation within the healthcare sector promises to usher in a new era of flexible patient care, seamless inter-provider communication, …

This communication aims to provide a framework on how to integrate the concept of Circular Economy (CE) when addressing real-life urban challenges such as resource scarcity, greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, waste, and high consumerism (Williams, 2019), through delivery of courses to students of various …

The following report writes about the implementation of sustainable farming practices,as a way of mitigating deforestation and environmental degradation in Central- and South America. The knowledge gap was to which extent sustainable farming practices around the world may be implemented in Central and …

The Sharing Stories on Contested Histories Program (SSoCH) is an initiative carried out by the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) in collaboration with several institutions, the Reinwardt Academy among them. It consists of a two-week training program in which young museums and heritage professionals …