Using participatory systems approaches to improve healthcare delivery

Guest editorial: Integrated corporate real estate and facilities management strategies

Seven years ago I wrote a paper about the growing connections between Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) and Facilities Management (FM) (Van der Voordt, 2017). Last year I coauthored the third edition of a Dutch book on Accommodating People, in which we share insights from practice and research about the main components of CREM/FM...

Changing hearts instead of changing minds – another take on climate action

This piece elaborates on a ‘new way of thinking’ (Einstein, 1946) that would contribute to overcoming the challenge of climate change and its impacts. This ‘new way’ will have us go beyond using facts and figures alone to persuade and cajole. It will have us stretching our moral imagination (Johnson, 2016) and empathising with people very...

Progress in Engineering Synthetic Cells and Cell-Free Systems

Beyond Failure and Success: A Process View on Imperfect Projects as Common Practice

This editorial scrutinizes the dichotomy of a project’s success and failure, which, in our opinion is too rigid, inflexible, and unnuanced. The aim of this special issue is to nuance this dichotomy by moving toward a process view on how imperfection is brought about in projects. We introduce and discuss five topics important for such a...

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Editorial - Human-Like Locomotion and Manipulation: Current Achievements and Challenges (Part I)

Understanding the embeddedness of individuals within the larger system to support energy transition

CO₂ emissions need to be reduced drastically to fight climate change and minimise the further increase of average global temperatures. The decarbonisation of the energy system aims at reducing CO₂ emissions and is thus urgently needed. This transition is facilitated by inter alia switching to renewable energy sources and...

Editorial: Emerging on-demand passenger and logistics systems: Modelling, optimization, and data analytics

The proliferation of smart personal devices and mobile internet access has fueled numerous advancements in on-demand transportation services. These services are facilitated by online digital platforms and range from providing rides to delivering products. Their influence is transforming transportation systems and leaving a mark on changing...

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Automated Map Generalization: Emerging Techniques and New Trends (Editorial)

Automated map generalization has been a major area of research for decades but has still not reached maturity. Besides the needs for more adaptive algorithms, a fundamental question remains: How can we transfer human generalization knowledge into a computational system more effectively? Previous efforts do not seem capable to fully overcome the ...

Editorial: Special Issue on Human in the Loop Data Curation

This Special Issue of the Journal of Data and Information Quality (JDIQ) contains novel theoretical and methodological contributions on data curation involving humans in the loop. In this editorial, we summarize the scope of the issue and briefly describe its content.

Special issue “RSS2022 Conference: Advanced Road Safety Analyses

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