In the aftermath of the systemic financial crises of 2007-9, several scholars argued that the problem of systemic financial crises is not well understood. At the same time, the introduction of digital technologies led to new threats and opportunities for the design of the monetary and financial system. …

This dissertation explores the value of financial self-help groups by looking at both sides of the coin the financial side of the coin – how people may save and lend money to each other – and the social side of the coin – how people participate in a financial self-help group to help themselves and other …

In Achter het nepnieuws neemt de journalist en informatie professional Vincent Janssen je mee op een zoektocht naar de algoritmes, echokamers en complottheorieën die worden gezien als de basis voor verschillende soorten desinformatie. Die ontdekkingsreis leidt tot soms verrassende conclusies en aanbevelingen. …

In dit onderzoek staat het thema "employee branding" centraal en het doel van dit onderzoek is het inzicht krijgen in de tevredenheid omtrent communicatie van medewerkers binnen filiaal Y en aanbevelingen doen hoe zij de interne communicatie richting medewerkers kunnen verbeteren. Dit met uiteindelijk …

This feasibility report aims to create a solid background for Savings Groups programming in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands where partner organisations of the LETS SAVEE1 project are based. This Erasmus+ funded project aims at exploring the potential of saving groups in the European …

Societal transitions require activities of multiple stakeholders on different systemic levels. Designers and design researchers are often involved in supporting specific interventions and sometimes in enabling and facilitating entire processes. Practices and literature in ‘co-creation ecosystems’ are …

Living labs are complex multi-stakeholder collaborations that often employ a user centred and design-driven methodology to foster innovation. Conventional management tools fall short in evaluating them. However, some methods and tools dedicated to living labs' special characteristics and goals have already …

Door beter gebruikt te maken van nieuwe digitale technologieën zouden fintechs een dominante rol verwerven in het financieel-monetair systeem, zo luidde de prognose. Deze revolutie is echter tot dusver uitgebleven in Nederland. In de praktijk blijken Nederlandse fintechs tegen zeven hindernissen aan …

The aim of part 3 is the development of basic instruments to measure respondent resilience to disinformation. Cases and examples of disinformation that will be used in the instruments will be taken from a COVID-19 context when applicable. People who are resilient to COVID-19 disinformation are supposed …

In Intellectual Output 1 of the SMILES project, researchers from Belgium (Flanders), Netherlands and Spain conducted desk research to describe the current developments for each country around disinformation, particularly those related to the Covid-19 pandemic. In part 2 of the research, they identified …