Democracy is still organized according to an ancient model. Democracy has become a tradition where populists feel at home. Real politicians (game changers) must also dress up as puppets, so that they too can enter the populist political puppet show with one-liners and clinchers during election time. Technology …

We humans have characteristics of both prey and predators. As mammals, great apes are also roughly in the middle of the food chain, although technology (fire, leverage and language) has enabled us to manoeuvre ourselves upwards on our own. Digital (mass) communication technology helps us to strengthen …

Ruim tweehonderd basisschoolleerlingen tekenden een kaart van een plek in hun directe omgeving die ze belangrijk vinden (zie Geografie november/december). Met veertien kinderen gingen we daarover in gesprek. Ook liepen alle leerlingen in groepjes door de buurt, maakten foto’s en deden suggesties voor …

Zet in de juridische dienstverlening de mens centraal en begin bij de rechtsbehoeften van mensen. Daar pleiten lector Ineke van den Berg en interdisciplinair designer Peter van den Heuvel voor. Beiden zijn actief voor de onderzoekslijn Toegankelijkheid van het Recht. Afgelopen december publiceerden ze …

If you try to kill a mosquito with an entire army force, everyone 's going to think there 's something terrible about that mosquito. The press and government treats the Dutch public like idiots, this evokes exactly what one is trying to prevent: people are becoming suspicious and believe less in the …

Breaking the comfort zone has always been close to my neurodiverse brain; a walk through the supermarket for groceries is sometimes quite a torment. But now that I 'm constantly in the comfort zone, I miss life 's awkwardness. The most beautiful memories in life are often moments when everything turned …

The column focusses on the question: Does the fact that we are co-molded by our digital twins - our quantified self, our abstract existence created by BigTech for advertisers, government agencies, etc. - also mean that some of our individuality and uniqueness is being taken away from us? The answer is …

The neurodiversity movement advocates seeing autism as a variation on cognitive information processing rather than a disorder. Healing practices related to homosexuality and other forms of sexual identity (trans, bi, etc.) will become punishable. Will trying to cure a neurodiverse person from autism …

SPECO- afstudeerders Tim Bouw en Robin van Gorp deden onderzoek naar online community's in de georganiseerde sport tijdens de coronacrisis

Gouden tip: stem je dienstverlening af op de vraag van cliënten. Open deur? Nee, het gebeurt te weinig, zegt lector Toegankelijkheid van het recht bij Hogeschool InHolland, Ineke van den Berg. Met haar Basisboek Legal Design traint ze HBO-juristen in het toegankelijk maken van juridische diensten.