This book explores fundamental socio-economic trends that are radically changing perspectives on the relationship between people and the world around them. Focusing on the principles of sustainability, circularity and inclusivity, it illustrates how these trends form the breeding ground for a new economy …

Over the last four months I have been working at Mitsubishi Turbocharger and Engine Europe B.V. (MTEE) in Almere, Netherlands. As part of my Bachelor’s thesis assignment, I was given the task to investigate the working principle of Helmholtz resonators and evaluate the factors influencing the sound …

This thesis explores the realm of books and bookstores; namely Waterstones Amsterdam in its quest to enhance their in-store customer experience. My client is Phillip Harte, Waterstones Amsterdam’s Branch Manager. This essay resorts to a key methodology, Design-Based Research, “which aims at designing, …

The revolutionary dimension of technological developments is all too often placed in the foreground, painting a picture of a future we can hardly imagine, let alone perceive. This book emphasises the evolutionary dimension of developments, and how we take small steps. How certain underlying, invariable …

Ervaringen met inductietrajecten in scholen voor voortgezet onderwijs. Tijdschrift voor Lerarenopleiders.

This contribution applies the research approach of issue mapping to the topic of inclusivity in fashion. Issue mapping concerns the cartography of urgent social topics, through digital and visual research methods. In this mapping, we turn to the online platform of Instagram and ask: what or who is included …

This chapter explores the role of Frugal Innovation (FI) in overcoming resource constraints in the hospitality sector during the so-called ‘1.5-metre-society’ (or ‘new normal life’) that was shaped by the regulations adopted to overcome the COVID-19 outbreak.

This research was motivated by an interest in exploring the extent to which the Randstad region and the Netherlands as a nation have successfully attracted real estate investment firms to locate/base themselves there. The outsize professionally managed real estate market in the country relative to the …

Waarom voelen we afgrijzen voor de daden van Macbeth? Hebben we medelijden met Desdemona? Waarom reageren we emotioneel op situaties die we beschouwen als fictioneel, als niet-echt? Door een analyse van het receptieproces van toeschouwers bij theatrale producten (theater, film, televisie) wordt in dit …