Summary Social impact assessment (SIA) developed alongside EIA in the early 1970s as a mechanism to consider the social impacts of planned interventions. The early understanding tended to limit the practical application of SIA to the project level, usually within the context of regulatory frameworks, …

Objectives: Promoting unstructured outside play is a promising vehicle to increase children’s physical activity (PA). This study investigates if factors of the social environment moderate the relationship between the perceived physical environment and outside play. Study design: 1875 parents from the …

The nation-state had a long history of success, but today it is failing its citizens on a global scale. Over the last hundred years, nation-states focussed on maximizing internal unity and jurisdictional sovereignty. Benjamin R. Barber’s ‘If Mayors Ruled The World’ is the central source of this thesis …

SIA developed alongside EIA in the early 1970s as a mechanism to consider the social impacts of planned interventions. The early understanding tended to limit the practical application of SIA to the project level, usually within the context of regulatory frameworks, and primarily considered only the …

Designers are not always aware of all social consequences of technology, despite practicing usercentred research. With the introduction of disruptive technologies intended and unintended social impacts can be expected, therefore they need to be anticipated. But in general design practices social impacts …

ENSSEE Forum economic and social value of local sport events. Conference presentation on research on social and economic impacts and legacy of sportevents. ENSSEE Forum in Groningen 24 October 2013.

Presentatie voor de lunchlezing bij het Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte 'Managing Social Impact in Design' van 26 september 2013. Het lijkt zo evident. Technologie kan leiden tot veranderingen in ons gedrag en hoe we met anderen omgaan. Email, telefoons, auto’s hebben ons leven geheel veranderd. Wordt met …

1e alinea column: Een van de simpele redenen dat we zoveel meningen, inzichten en dus vaak verwarring rond de impact van internet voorbij zien komen, is heel simpel dat we, in ieder geval in Nederland, zo veel verschillende begrippen gebruiken voor het zelfde. Dat is heel begrijpelijk maar tegelijkertijd …

Anthropology is traditionally broken into several subfields, physical/biological anthropology, social/cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and sometimes also applied anthropology. Anthropology of the environment, or environmental anthropology, is a specialization within the field …

This graduate research contains an impact assessment of the ‘samenspeelgroep’ (playing together group) of Jeugdriagg NHZ. The ‘samenspeelgroep’ is a group for children of ages nine to twelve that have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. These children all experience problems …