What are the lessons that applied design researchers can take away from this book? What suggestions and recommendations can be derived from the experiences presented in the preceding chapters? On the one hand, it is clear that working with Living Labs offers unique opportunities to address some of society’s …

Frailty is a common but complex phenomenon that is approached from theoretical and professional perspectives but rarely from the perspectives of older people and their essential stakeholders. Different or opposing perspectives on frailty at personal, organisational, and community levels can negatively …

This study tries to understand the power of knowledge within collaborative care networks to provide insights for designing successful collaboration within care networks by combining intersectionality and epistemic (in)justice. Becoming an informal carer for someone with an acquired brain injury (ABI) …

Background It can be very challenging for practitioners to talk with autistic children, especially when the conversation calls for self-regulation. Self-regulation is inextricably linked to awareness of oneself and others in social contexts. Encouraging the need for autonomy could help increase self-awareness …

Mobility, identity and climate adaptation in the ArcticMovements of populations across and within national borders and the (re)production of cultural, social and political boundaries that define local, national and transnational communities are two fundamental and intertwined features of the contemporary …

In applied research across various community settings, successful outreach, communication with participants and an understanding of power dynamics and privilege are essential for researchers. Truly inclusive social design is only feasible when respondents are closely and respectfully integrated at every …

News organisations are in need of creativity to enable their own innovation. Yet “creative autonomy”, the freedom to experiment, to be creative, and to investigate radical possibilities at work, which is conditional to innovation processes, is still under-researched in journalism studies. In this article …

Interconnected and smart technologies complicate personal information management (PIM) because users delegate the storing, organizing, and retrieving of personal information to smart and mobile service providers. Meta-level PIM activities are required to maintain the privacy and security of personal …

This research investigates the phenomenon of gastronomic gentrification and its impact on the social fabric of the Jordaan neighborhood. Using qualitative methods, including semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis, the study explores how gastronomic transformations influence cultural identity, …