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 …

With increasing world population, more wastewater is produced which all need purification treatment. Removal of pathogenic organisms is important because they can cause problems to human health. This experiment will focus on the removal of human bacterial pathogens. The problem of human bacterial pathogens …

It has been established that normative social influence can be used effec-tively in persuasive technology. However, it is unknown whether the application of more social pressure makes it more effective. To test this hypothesis, a quantitative experiment was conducted on the online social network Facebook. …

Web 2.0 has empowered consumers to voice complaints with reduced costs (physical and psychological), and to share these with a multitude of other consumers on the Internet. As a public phenomenon, online complaints have a negative impact on consumers' evaluations of brands that are under attack in online …

The enhancement of GPS technology enables the use of GPS devices not only as navigation and orientation tools, but also as instruments used to capture travelled routes: as sensors that measure activity on a city scale or the regional scale. TU Delft developed a process and database architecture for collecting …

Het project Flexibele Toelating Fontys (FTF) beoogt flexibilisering van de toelating tot het hbo. Middels flexibilisering van de toelating tot het hbo kan het tekort aan kenniswerkers worden aangepakt en het verlies aan human capital worden bestreden. In het kader van het FTF-project is een instrumentarium …

Een gewaagd experiment met betrekking tot Talentmanagement en Diversiteit is soms noodzakelijk. Wij evalueerden een dergelijk divers talentexperiment bij een grote overheidsdienst. Talentmanagement beoogt hier bij deze dienst zorg te dragen voor de tijdige beschikbaarheid van gekwalificeerde en gemotiveerde …