From the article: Using Roger Crisp’s arguments for well-being as the ultimate source of moral reasoning, this paper argues that there are no ultimate, non-derivative reasons to program robots with moral concepts such as moral obligation, morally wrong or morally right. Although these moral concepts …

The number of displaced persons in the world has reached an exceedingly high amount. Due to conflicts and war in Syria, the number of displaced persons has increased. The European Union was not prepared for a refugee influx on this scale. Applications in The Netherlands are being delayed and the pressure …

Background: The worldwide increase in the rates of childhood overweight and physical inactivity requires successful prevention and intervention programs for children. The aim of the Active Living project is to increase physical activity and decrease sedentary behavior of Dutch primary school children …

Privacy, copyright, classified documents and state secrets, but also spontaneous network phenomena like flash mobs and hashtag revolutions, reveal one thing – we lost control over the digital world. We experience a digital tailspin, or as Michael Seemann calls it in this essay: a loss of control or Kontrollverlust. …

Using fMRI, cerebral activations were studied in 24 classically-trained keyboard performers and 12 musically unskilled control subjects. Two groups of musicians were recruited: improvising (n=12) and score-dependent (non-improvising) musicians (n=12). While listening to both familiar and unfamiliar music, …

Een uitleg over de verschuiving van de top-down-cultuur naar de middle-up-down-structuur binnen organisaties. Dit artikel is verschenen in de Noorderbreedte-special over het Kansen in Krimp-project. Dit project richt zich op energietransitie in krimpgebieden.

Discussions around the influence of the free software philosophy on art tend to revolve around the role of the artist in a networked community, and their relationship with so-called open source practices. However, one overlooked question, that is why some artists have been quickly attracted to the legal …

Wat doen docenten als ze worden geconfronteerd met een top-down impuls voor innovatie die consequenties heeft voor hun onderwijspraktijk. Ik zet uiteen wat de bevindingen zijn uit ons onderzoek.

Top-down geïnitieerde onderwijsinnovaties leiden zelden tot veranderingen in de onderwijspraktijk. De oorzaak daarvan wordt dikwijls toegeschreven aan afwachtende docentreacties. In dit artikel beschrijven de auteurs aan de hand van een casestudie wat docenten doen en laten als ze worden geconfronteerd …

This book describes how policy workers and administrators of local councils and non-profit organisations can contribute to a social domain in which the people’s strengths are better utilized within the framework of the Social Support Act (Wmo). The book is built up around the three assignments a government …