Laaggeletterdheid is een erkend maatschappelijk probleem en staat de laatste jaren nadrukkelijk op de politiek-bestuurlijke agenda. De cijfers over laaggeletterdheid zijn verontrustend. Volgens het onderzoek van de OESO geldt landelijk 12% procent van de beroepsbevolking als laaggeletterd, voor Amsterdam …

Laaggeletterdheid is een probleem in de gezondheidszorg, bijvoorbeeld bij medicijngebruik. Voor een grote groep mensen is het lastig om zich staande te houden in de huidige gezondheidszorg; deze patiënten hebben moeite met het begrijpen van informatie over hun ziekte, met het vinden van hun weg in de …

Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron’s The Californian Ideology, originally published in 1995 by Mute magazine and the nettime mailinglist, is the iconic text of the first wave of Net criticism. The internet might have fundamentally changed in the last two decades, but their demolition of the neoliberal …

The paper presents a framework that through structured analysis of accident reports explores the differences between practice and academic literature as well amongst organizations regarding their views on human error. The framework is based on the hypothesis that the wording of accident reports reflects …

In the Netherlands, the automobile manufacturer Nissan has initiated a unique project to stimulate the uptake of electric vehicles (EV) for commercial usage. This project is called “Power to Amsterdam” and started by the end of 2014. In the project, Nissan has enabled entrepreneurs in the region of Amsterdam …

The goal: develop a serious game that aims to change behaviour.The setup:multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teamscombined expertise from various broad backgroundsdesign and develop a game for an international environmentThe context:international assignment from international clienttargeted at developing …

Small business & employmentUnderstanding SMEs is essential to our aspired succes as an economic partner. Small enterprises are not small big enterprises, and differ substantially among them The key ingredient to our help from education remains the education of a new highly skilled generation of workers …

Dutch ehealth governance: introducing ehealth applications in Dutch healthcare organisations. Presentation USE Conference 2015