Accurate and reliable decision-making in the criminal justice system depends on accurate expert reporting and on the correct interpretation of evidence by the judges, prosecutors, and defense lawyers. The present study aims to gain insight into the judiciary's capability to assess the accuracy and reliability …

Dit project is uitgevoerd in opdracht van het ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat door het Lectoraat Psychologie voor een Duurzame Stad van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam in samenwerking met Public Cinema. Het maakt deel uit van het bredere Noblesse Oblige-project rondom de rol van welvarende Nederlanders …

Background The increasing demands of an aging population, healthcare workforce shortages, financial constraints, and a shift in care perspectives call for rethinking geriatric rehabilitation (GR). To ensure GR remains sustainable, a transition towards home-based GR is proposed, reducing the need for …

Circular, biobased, and modular construction practices are gaining traction as cities seek to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment. However, little is known about how these strategies affect construction logistics and their associated emissions. We develop an agent-based model to …

This study systematically evaluates greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting practices of European airline groups, covering both mandatory and voluntary key performance indicators (KPIs) under evolving regulatory frameworks. By analysing annual and sustainability reports from 16 major airline groups, …

Within Human Activity Recognition (HAR), there is an insurmountable gap between the range of activities performed in life and those that can be captured in an annotated sensor dataset used in training. Failure to properly handle unseen activities seriously undermines any HAR classifier's reliability. …

Road markings play a crucial role in road safety by guiding traffic and ensuring visibility. As markings deteriorate over time, their effectiveness diminishes, necessitating timely maintenance. This paper studies two methods to classify road-marking damage from recorded images, in accordance with the …

Book review of J.B. Fressoz (2024). More and More and More. An All-Consuming History of Energy, Penguin Random House, 400 pp. First published on: https://vbds.nl/2025/11/01/more-and-more-and-more/. A Dutch version of this review has been added. This translation is also published on: https://vbds.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Meer-en-Meer-en-Meer.pdf …

Het percentage personen dat tussen 55 jaar en pensioenleeftijd betaald werk heeft, is aanzienlijk: namelijk 70,5 procent in 2024. Helaas is discriminatie van medewerkers op grond van leeftijd, oftewel age-isme, een hardnekkig maatschappelijk probleem met kansongelijkheid tot gevolg. Onderzoek liet zien …

De Rijksoverheid werkt via zeven pilotprojecten aan de verduurzaming van de eigen organisatie. Deze projecten richten zich op gedragsverandering - van duurzamer reizen tot een groenere werkplek of voeren van gesprekken over duurzaamheid. In hoeverre deze projecten echt ‘gedragssmart’ zijn ingericht, …