EPOS-NL is the Dutch solid earth science infrastructure for research on georesources and geohazards

The European Plate Observing System - Netherlands (EPOS-NL) is the Dutch research infrastructure for solid Earth sciences. EPOS-NL is a cluster of large-scale geophysical facilities for research on georesources and geohazards. It is a partnership between Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute...

Hosting social touch in public space of merging realities

Is human hosting essential to social touch in the public space of merging realities? This paper explores the role of hosting in art and design for mediating social touch in public space, social robotics, virtual reality and tele-matic environments. The question of whether human hosting is essential to social touch was the focus of three...

Saving Face: Playful Design for Social Engagement, in Public Smart City Spaces

Can social engagement and reflection be designed through social touch in today’s smart city’s public spaces? This paper explores ludic, playful design for shared engagement and reflection in public spaces through social touch. In two Artistic Social Labs (ASL), internationally presented in public spaces, a radically unfamiliar sensory...

Can I touch you online?: Reshaping Touch Communication: An Interdisciplinary Research Agenda.

This paper introduces art and research on disrupted, touch in networked environments in which realities merge. Aesthetic sensory disruption and haptic distribution are purposefully designed for reflection, in a new type of ‘dialogue space’. The effects of embodied cognition, with respect to trust and experience, are explored in Artistic Social...

Veranderende attitudes door andere gebouwde omgeving

Sinds ruim 20 jaar is het gebruikelijk attitudes mee te nemen in onderzoek naar het effect van de gebouwde omgeving op reisgedrag. Attitudes worden in het meeste onderzoek als gegeven beschouwd. Maar dat hoeft niet zo te zijn: ze kunnen veranderen. Dit noemen we reverse causality. In dit paper onderzoeken we welke verklaringen de literatuur...

Causaal onderzoek op de relatie tussen mobiliteit en ruimte

Considerations in designing an evaluation system for adaptive delta management

New planning approaches put new requirements on evaluation. A recent innovation in the water domain is adaptive delta management (ADM). ADM supports long-term planning in the face of uncertainty. This paper discusses the main considerations for the design of an evaluation system for ADM, departing from literature on evaluation systems, adaptive...

Bicycle parking preferences: Costs versus walking time

Successful bicycle stimulating policies may increase the need for bicycle parking capacity, especially at main railway stations located in city centers. A potential solution for this problem involves combining paid surveyed indoor parking near the platforms and free open-air parking without surveillance at larger distances. In this paper, the...

Alliance formation in the electric vehicle industry during an era of ferment

Workers mode choice in the Netherlands: The decision to cycle to work and the effect of work-related aspects