Feelings of disconnectedness and social isolation among older adults are increasingly recognised as important challenges of our times. Interestingly, nature interaction can stimulate social connectedness and enhance perceived social support, indicating that nature can contribute to social wellbeing. …

Objective In this Lesson from the Field, we examine changes in the burden experienced by caregivers of persons who experience homelessness associated with lack employment, employability or education, and mental health challenges when the care recipient receives support from an outreach professional known …

Deze publicatie bevat de belangrijkste bevindingen van een verkenning van de kansen die de inzet van retail en cultuur bieden voor de ontwikkeling van kwaliteit in binnensteden. Een groot aantal gemeenten wordt geconfronteerd met vraagstukken over de herinrichting van zowel hun kernen als de omliggende …

We developed and piloted a course, called Changemakers, that supported interdisciplinary student-led action groups to identify social and environmental sustainability challenges and influence systemic change. By exposing students to dynamic and complex issues from multiple stakeholder perspectives, Changemakers …

This paper presents a Decision Support System (DSS) that helps companies with corporate reputation (CR) estimates of their respective brands by collecting provided feedbacks on their products and services and deriving state-of-the-art key performance indicators. A Sentiment Analysis Engine (SAE) is at …

This work explores the potential of doing collaborative data physicalization for discussing (un)sustainable practices. For this purpose, it draws on experiences from several data physicalization workshops during the period of 2018-2022, conducted in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, which were available to …

Booklet met bevinden van het project 'Samen zichtbaar duurzaam' dat zich richt op de vraag: “hoe maken we zichtbaar dat duurzame verandering mogelijk en wenselijk is?” Binnen en buiten de HvA zijn er hoge ambities om met verschillende benaderingen en praktijkgericht onderzoek duurzame verandering teweeg …

Informal learning spaces create opportunities for children and youth to develop their talents and to experience new social roles. In recent years, several public libraries in the Netherlands have established makerspaces to empower youth by facilitating the development of their digital skills in conjunction …

In 2015 werd in Nederland een aantal wetten ingevoerd (of gewijzigd), die samen grote invloed hebben gehad op de verantwoordelijkheid van de gemeenten voor die inwoners die op een of meer levensterreinen ondersteuning nodig hebben. In een brief van de toenmalige minister van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, …

Media literacy is an important element in countering the harmful effects of dis- and misinformation. To date, the main perspective on media literacy can be described as a ‘liberalist’ view of media literacy, focused on the nature and source of individual messages (Phillips and Milner, 2021). In this …