Given the growing number of older people, society as a whole should ideally provide a higher quality of life (QoL) for its ageing citizens through the concept of personalised ageing. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are subject to constant and rapid development, and can contribute to …

This project leaves from the fundamental conviction that the transition towards more sustainable futures is not only a transition of businesses, technology or design – but fundamentally happens in our inner worlds, our values, mindsets and worldviews in relation to our connection with others and reported …

Many challenges that confront today’s society are complex and dynamic and require new perspectives to arrive at solutions that could not be found before. Finding such new perspectives is part of a process called reframing and one of its key stages is theme investigation. Understanding a problem thoroughly …

This qualitative study aims to explore the valuable functionings—things that people consider to be important—of the older long-term unemployed and their ability to achieve valued outcomes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 long-term unemployed people aged 45 and over. Participants were …

The IoT is a revolutionary development for both society and governments. In this chapter opportunities and threats of the IoT are discussed. Linking technological, societal, economic, and policy-oriented aspects of the IoT, this chapter introduces a conceptual framework to map and analyze the factors …

If we look back to society and want to restore it as it was just before the Corona outbreak, we need exactly everyone who participated then. So also shareholders, storytellers, healthcare workers and even criminals. There was a balance. With fewer criminals, there would be less police force, and consequently …

Presentatie Energy kickstartweek hydrogen.Hydrogen hype or hope?

In het kader van het bezoek van Jos van Dalen bij EnTranCe, wordt een toelichting gegeven op de rol van EnTranCe en kansen voor Waterstof in de energietransitie.

Dr. ir. Jan-Jaap Aué geeft een uitgebreide inleiding over de rol van waterstof in de energietransitie, de positie van het Noorden daarin en het belang van de waterstofwijk in Hoogeveen voor de opschaling in Nederland.

Art is a mirror of society. Thanks to our communication technology, which has made possible globalization and associated scaling-up, a few giants have emerged, leaving everyone else unintentionally ... dwarfs. In our world, the ordinary is sometimes ridiculously magnified. In Maurizio Cattelan 's famous …