The growing demand for affordable and sustainable houses combined with the large existing real estate stock and Europe 's sustainability objectives makes it likely that renovation is a fixed part of the real estate strategy of housing corporations. The apparent postponement of the strategic decision …

Traditionally, most cleaning activities take place in the evening or during nighttime. In the Netherlands, day-time cleaning is becoming increasingly popular. It is however unknown how day-time cleaning affects perceptions and satisfaction of end-users. An experimental field study was conducted on trains …

Purpose of the COP4HL project is to develop and implement an impact-driven multi-sector approach that develops innovative products and services to promote Healthy Lifestyle in different EU settings.

Presentation of the progress and future outlook of the chitin valorisation project at the annual DAS Conference, Utrecht.

In the Netherlands and Europe, there exist approaches to refugee (re)settlement where asylum seekers face long waiting periods, in large-scale centres often isolated from Dutch society, with little-to-no opportunity to structure their day or participate in activities which bring meaning to their lives. …

As part of my PhD research, I investigate the influence of the use of social media by first year students in higher education. In this research I have lessened the amount of variables, from Tinto’s theory, by including only the best-proven predictive variables, based on previous studies. Hereby, avoiding …

The movie industry, like any other cultural industry, is often viewed as highly ambiguous, risky and uncertain. As a part of serving customer’s new preferences and searching for novelty, movie producers sometimes choose to switch and explore a new genre. By examining the sample of 2084 movies (produced …

Progetto Ustica is an experiment in "civically-engaged game design" and addresses the Ustica Massacre ("Strage di Ustica"), where 81 people lost their lives as an air-to-air missile hit a civilian aircraft in 1980. Progetto Ustica has been developed as part of an Action Research effort with the objective …