This thesis explores the issue of overconsumption in the fashion industry and investigates how circular design and consumer education can encourage longer garment use. While awareness of sustainability has increased, many consumers still struggle to translate this into action. Through primary research—including …

In 2024, the Civic Interaction Design research group, in collaboration with the Centre of Expertise Economic Transformation (CET), organized a research residency titled “What happens when the Civic Economy meets the Protocol Economy?” This initiative, led by researcher, curator, and technology strategist …

How is it possible that so much money is made in the arts but not by the ones who create the art? And what can art workers do to organize, demand, or create a more sustainable system of art circulation? In this series, titled Art in Permacrisis, I will discuss some of art workers’ most commonly-heard …

Climate Model Data to Assess Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies Part 1Presentation titled 'Local climate change narratives - Integrating emplaced climate imaginaries and place-based climate change impacts'

What I discovered is an imbalance between the three core components of well-being: mental, social, and physical. While well-being has become increasingly important, especially among the new generation after the pandemic, hotels still tend to prioritise physical services, often neglecting the mental and …

It happened tomorrow is an artistic research contribution, in the form of video loops on CRT monitors, to the final exhibition of the programme Climate Imaginaries at Sea. The exhibition is titled 'Unimaginable, clarion calls from rising seas' and was hosted at Bradwolff from 19 to 25 April 2024. De …

Prompt design can be understood similarly to query design, as a prompt aiming to understand cultural dimensions in visual research, forcing the AI to make sense of ambiguity as a way to understand its training dataset and biases ( Niederer, S. and Colombo, G., ‘Visual Methods for Digital Research’). …

The concept of biodiversity, which usually serves as a shorthand to refer to the diversity of life on Earth at different levels (ecosystems, species, genes), was coined in the 1980s by conservation biologists worried over the degradation of ecosystems and the loss of species, and willing to make a case …

In this thesis, titled "Unlocking the Path to Sustainability: Multi-Brand Retail SMEs as Agents of Change in the Fashion Supply Chain," we explore how fashion multi-brand retail Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can play a crucial role in driving sustainability and effecting positive change throughout …

Meet Your Future in Sustainability is a career event where young professionals and sustainable organisations can find each other. Egbert Dommerholt gave a 30-minute workshop titled 'Degrowth & Future Jobs', in which he inspired young job-seekers to shift their focus from satisfying the 'wants' of society …