In recent years there has been a growing interest in collaborative and collective practices across and beyond the arts. But what does it actually mean to work collectively? During a series of public happenings based around collectivity and being together, diverse self-organised collectives actively explored …

Collaborative robot arms (cobots) are gaining a strong foothold in contemporary manufacturing workplaces. While more information about the cobot’s impact becomes available, crucial design, work perception, performance, and strategic implications are systematically overlooked. Following a modern sociotechnical systems …

This handbook offers specific tools for campuses and innovation districts to better connect them with the city. It is based on real-life examples and outreach interventions in Amsterdam, collected through interviews and a workshop. These examples show the many ways in which outreach by innovation districts …

A large, recently published, inter-laboratory study by the ReAct group has shown that there is considerable variability in DNA recovery that exists between forensic laboratories. The presence of this inter-laboratory variability presents issues when one laboratory wishes to carry out an evaluation and …

Urban experimentation has gained traction with (supra-)national and local politics as a method for catalyzing change in urban systems and practices. Yet, with experiments becoming more commonly driven by established actors, concerns persist about their potential to sidestep political issues of power, …

Organizations and enterprises search for ways to exploit the vast amount of data that is produced by citizens, sensors, devices and administrative processes. Capitalizing on the produced data should be done responsibly by preventing, mitigating and managing undesired side effects such as violation of …

In this paper, we present a multiple-site case study to illustrate the similarities and differences in cultural game jam design with youth in situated research contexts. The aim is to provide the reader with an insight into the problem space, jam design, outcomes and opportunities of a set of linked, …

African citizens are increasingly being surveilled, profiled, and targeted online in ways that violate their rights. African governments frequently use pandemic or terrorism-related security risks to grant themselves additional surveillance rights and significantly increase their collection of monitoring apparatus …

To help students reach their full potential, additional challenges beyond the standard curriculum may be necessary for some. In Dutch secondary vocational education, education for talented students is organized in two prevalent ways: through participation in honors programs that foster community building …

Background: Malnutrition and sarcopenia impact the physical health and quality of life of community-dwelling older adults. Managing these conditions requires integrating nutritional and exercise interventions delivered by professionals from diverse backgrounds. Interprofessional collaboration holds promise …