The overall goal of the Odense house project is to diminish the burden of informal carers of people living with dementia (PLWD) through professional and structural support of the informal carers and the use of tailor-made technological solutions. The project aims to strengthen the resilience and perseverance …

Energy poverty is a growing concern in the Netherlands due to the rising gas and electricity prices. There are three main contributors to energy poverty: low income, high fuel costs and energy inefficient homes. Energy poverty effects can have significant consequences, influencing both physical and mental …

Background The uptake of eHealth technology in care organizations is low, considering the large supply of available eHealth applications. This study follows the implementation attempts of 18 European eHealth products (of several SME) in two health-care organizations to study the challenges during implementation, …

In Amsterdam we have been working with a diversity of partners in the city for more than a decade now. Our study and research in our research group Cities & Visitors have been focused on the image and reputations of our cities, including the image and reputation of different areas of the city itself. …

Designed, organized and facilitated a co-creation (online) event with the members of the local citizen initiative "GroeneBruggenBouwers" of Hoogkerk. The main focus of the event was exchanging feedback with the participants on the preliminary results of a Q subjectivity analysis conducted in Hoogkerk, …

Designed, organized and facilitated a co-creation event with a panel of energy experts/ citizens of Hoogkerk. The main focus of the event was the ecosystem services identification and the proposal for an integrated energy landscape in Hoogkerk Zuid. A researcher from TNO and students from the master …

Introduction to the Unified Citizen Engagement Model and the co-creation activities in Hoogkerk (as an example of the first phase of the model: discovering phase)

Our planet’s ecology and society are on a collision course, which manifests due to a contradiction in the assumptions of unlimited material growth fueling the linear economic paradigm. Our closed planetary ecosystem imposes confined amounts of space and a finite extent of resources upon its inhabitants. …

Introduction: The implementation of oncology care pathways that standardize organizational procedures has improved cancer care in recent years. However, the involvement of “authentic” patients and caregivers in quality improvement of these predetermined pathways is in its infancy, especially the scholarly …