The Brains4Buildings project aims to develop methods to design new smart building climate management systems that, among other things, reduce energy consumption, increase comfort and respond flexibly to user behavior. We set out to develop design guidelines to help B4B stakeholders when designing innovative …

Over the last five years, I have found myself circling around four key concepts: Performance. Philosophy. Animals. And Equality. And I have found myself thinking in and with circles. It began with the various references to circles we can find in the philosophy of Henri Bergson - in his idea of the field …

Purpose All entrepreneurs interact simultaneously with multiple entrepreneurial contexts throughout their entrepreneurial journey. This conceptual paper has two central aims: (1) it synthesises the current literature on gender and entrepreneurship, and (2) it increases our understanding of how gender …

Background Illness perceptions can affect the way people with musculoskeletal pain emotionally and behaviorally cope with their health condition. Understanding patients illness perceptions may help facilitate patient-centered care. The purpose of this study was to explore illness perceptions and the …

This dissertation explores the transition of businesses towards regenerative practices that contribute simultaneously to social, ecological, and economic value. It addresses the challenge of moving from degenerative business models to those that actively rejuvenate and enhance systems. Through a hybrid …

Both because of the shortcomings of existing risk assessment methodologies, as well as newly available tools to predict hazard and risk with machine learning approaches, there has been an emerging emphasis on probabilistic risk assessment. Increasingly sophisticated AI models can be applied to a plethora …

Chapter 18 in R. Hampel, & U. Stickler (Eds.). The Bloomsbury Handbook of Language Learning and Technology, Part IV: Moving the Learner Online

In de afgelopen jaren hebben de praktijken van kunstenaars in niet-artistieke omgevingen mijn geest in beweging gezet. Waar ik me voorheen kon verwonderen over de visuele resultaten van het artistieke proces en wilde begrijpen hoe processen van betekeniscreatie beschreven konden worden, word ik nu vooral …

This paper focuses on international student mobility and the funding of higher education. We theorize that relying on international students for funding is stronger for institutions in developed English-speaking countries because they more often adopt marketization practices. Compared to Northern and …

In the consensus machine, AI acts as a moderating influence to encourage people to find common ground. Moving beyond individual human-AI interaction, we apply AI technology to create a tool that serves people as a group