AI tools increasingly shape how we discover, make and experience music. While these tools can have the potential to empower creativity, they may fundamentally redefine relationships between stakeholders, to the benefit of some and the detriment of others. In this position paper, we argue that these tools …

This chapter will focus on the deep evolutionary history of the cognitive capacities underlying linguistic iconicity. The complex capacity for linguistic iconicity has roots in a more general cross-modal ability present throughout the animal kingdom, cross-modal transfer. Cross-modal transfer is the …

Onderdeel van project: Werkplaats Sociaal Domein. Door mee te doen met het organiseren en uitvoeren van onderzoeksprojecten kunnen jongeren meer invloed uitoefenen op thema’s die voor hen belangrijk zijn. In deze twee laagdrempelige filmpjes leggen we aan jongeren uit wat deelnemen aan onderzoek precies …

This paper discusses challenges in assessing design students within studio model education. It reflects on the assessment methods used in the M.Sc. Digital Design, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, with input from an online survey targeting former students and assessors of the programme. Building …

In today’s city environments, extreme weather conditions are a fact of life. Amsterdam, Mumbai, Nairobi or Sydney… climate change issues need to be tackled all around the world. In the last couple of decades, Amsterdam has dealt with larger amounts of rainwater, severe heat stress and a decreased biodiversity. …

The use of biometric monitoring allow researchers insight into the processing of environmental data by our central nervous systems. As a result we can determine precisely which stimuli cause arousal or draw our attention. This technology is used widely by commercial interests but is not commonly used …

Onderzoek naar praktijken van informeel sociaal werk of 'sociaal schaduwerk' in de Amsterdamse wijk Holendrecht. Sociaal schaduwwerk verwijst naar activiteiten en vormen van ondersteuning die ontplooid worden door actieve bewoners, veelal op vrijwillige basis, maar die overeeenkomen met de functies van …