In this masterclass, phD student Katie Bern explains how she uses design thinking methods to create solutions together within a living community in Sweden. She explains which methods she uses to create new ideas and testing them with the community.

In deze deelstudie wordt verslag gedaan van de oriëntatie en empatiefase van het ontwerpgericht onderzoek Empty Farm to Fill. Wat zijn de dromen, wensen en ideeën van kinderen en jongeren voor het ontwerpen van een pedagogische Vrijplaats op Landgoed Sparrenhof in Tilburg. Het onderzoeksverslag gaat …

Increasingly, Design Thinking has influence beyond the confines of traditional design disciplines and expands its’ role in connecting domains and integrating resources. This study focusses on the changing role of design researchers involved in interdisciplinary research projects, following a Research-through-Design …

Teams have the potential to offer greater adaptability, productivity and creativity than any one individual can offer and provide more complex, innovative and comprehensive solutions. This necessitates sharing and developing of knowledge at a team-level, fueling the thinking about and research on team …

Conceptual understanding is important for professionals because a broad and deep synthesis of knowledge enables flexible and original thinking in complex problem solving. However, little is known about the appearance of conceptual understanding at the student level. This article therefore investigates …

Extensive research has explored the role of perfectionism in individuals (Hewitt & Flett, 1991; Mackinnon & Sherry, 2012). Perfectionism is considered as a stable personality trait that is characterized by “high standards of performance which are accompanied by tendencies for overly critical evaluations …

In practice, faults in building installations are seldom noticed because automated systems to diagnose such faults are not common use, despite many proposed methods: they are cumbersome to apply and not matching the way of thinking of HVAC engineers. Additionally, fault diagnosis and energy performance …

Health care is undergoing a profound technological and digital transformation and has become increasingly complex. It is important for burns professionals and researchers to adapt to these developments which may require new ways of thinking and subsequent new strategies. As Einstein has put it: “We must …

Alles wat je wilde weten over onderzoek op het randje is nu beschikbaar nu in de Podcastafette van het lectoraat Change Management. Onderzoekers bevragen hun collega-onderzoekers over verwaarloosde lijven, vuige roddels, films, recruitmers, corporate activism, studenten op de speelvloer, onzekerheid …

This full paper works towards merging ‘frugality’ and ‘design thinking’ into a simplified framework for a workshop routine as a stepping stone for SMEs in developed countries to create and capture value of frugal innovations. Innovations which are born out of the notion that we can do more with less, …