Usually the whole is the sum of its parts (added linearly): someone is happy and travelling, so happy travelling. Someone walks across a motionless and stable bridge and thus moves forward. But when hundreds of people walk together, the bridge may start to wobble quite suddenly. Both systems - the pedestrian …

Part 2 of 4 columns on Dynamic Systems Theory. Like biological systems, psychological systems also arise from the coupling of many cyclic (oscillating) processes. For instance, over our lifespan, our bodies change and go through several attractor states. Healthy lifestyle is important, but should not …

The article argues that a dynamic systems theory approach can be helpful in understanding intrapersonal psychological behaviour changes. In terms of control and coordination, different movement systems - walk, trot, canter - are incomparable. This is also the case with psychological phase transitions. …

Many technological innovations – the internet, social media, challenges via TikTok, etc. – influence development at least as radically as 'invented ' interventions, such as behavioural therapy or EMDR. In contrast to therapeutic interventions, however, this is often not or hardly thought about and …

The final of a four-part series that explores Dynamic Systems Theory (DST). DST has taught us that phase transitions are based on self-organization and that they are not predictable a priori. They can be described, but not explained. This is well established in physics, but not at all in the social sciences …

Studium Generale https://youtu.be/jz8S0R7t7kM De effecten van een interventie op de ontwikkeling zijn nooit op voorhand te voorspellen. Enkele weken geleden hebben we hier in een serie van 4 blogs over dynamische systeem theorie (DST) bij stil gestaan. Slechts binnen bepaalde grenzen geldt dat bijvoorbeeld …

Interview met Belgische studenten journalistiek over dragqueens, identiteit en Gender.

In deze aflevering gaan lector Ruimtelijke Transformaties – Water Floris Boogaard, langs de as van techniek en lector Art & Sustainability Jan van Boeckel, langs de as van kunst met elkaar in gesprek over klimaatadaptatie. Onder leiding van host Dorothea van der Meulen beantwoorden ze vragen als: Wat …

Nederland heeft een lange traditie van stevig industriebeleid. Welke lessen leert de geschiedenis voor de vergroening van de basisindustrie?

The recreational use of nitrous oxide (N2O; laughing gas) has largely expanded in recent years. Although incidental use of nitrous oxide hardly causes any health damage, problematic or heavy use of nitrous oxide can lead to serious adverse effects. Amsterdam care centres noticed that Moroccan–Dutch young …