Behaviour Change Support Systems (BCSS), already running for the 10th time at Persuasive Technology, is a workshop that builds around the concept of systems that are specifically designed to help and support behaviour change in individuals or groups. The highly multi-disciplinary nature of designing …

This experimental study with a pre-post and follow-up design evaluates the financial education program “SaveWise” for ninth grade students in the Netherlands (n = 713). SaveWise adopts a holistic approach, emphasizing action rather than mere cognition. Benefitting from explicit instruction embedded in …

Background Identifying modifiable factors associated with well-being is of increased interest for public policy guidance. Developments in record linkage make it possible to identify what contributes to well-being from a myriad of factors. To this end, we link two large-scale data resources; the Geoscience …

Vanaf 2019 kunnen thuiswonende burgers vanaf 50 jaar gratis consulten krijgen van een geestelijk verzorger. De overheid veronderstelt een behoefte van ouderen aan ondersteuning bij zingeving, maar of en hoe ouderen deze behoefte aan ondersteuning zelf ervaren is onbekend. Actieonderzoekers van Linking-Zin …

The project Wilhelmina Works is an urban, transitional, strategic approach of the Kanaalzone, north of Tilburg. Organic Urbanism is deployed as a planning strategy that stimulates collaboration by linking existing ambitions to the development of private initiatives. Through layered orgware it re-involves …

Context: Only 55% of the athletes return to competitive sports after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Athletes younger than 25 years who return to sports have a second injury rate of 23%. There may be a mismatch between rehabilitation contents and the demands an athlete faces after returning …

This study investigated the urban growth dynamics of urban regions. The study area was the Marmara Region, one of the most densely populated and ecologically diverse areas in Turkey. Using CORINE land cover data for 2006, 2012, and 2018, the study utilized multiple correspondence analyses and cluster …

The theoretical framework of this dissertation is based on Amartya Sen’s capability approach (Chapter 2). In the early 1980s, development economist Amartya Sen developed the capability framework as a broad normative framework for the evaluation and assessment …

Educational linguistics lays at the interface of contributions from linguistics (in our case focused on L1) and education. It aims at teaching students in compulsory schooling how to engage in fruitful reflection when facing both language in use (especially in the written mode) and language as a system, …

Catfish is a high source of protein and is commonly cultured due to its tolerance for harsh temperatures. This study looks into analysing the current catfish value chain and assessing the performance of producer organization for more efficient marketing of catfish for small scale catfish farmers in the …