Put your money where your feet are: The real-world effects of StepBet gamified deposit contracts for physical activity

Background: Gamification and deposit contracts (a financial incentive in which participants pledge their own money) can enhance effectiveness of mobile behavior change interventions. However, to assess their potential for improving population health, research should investigate implementation of gamified deposit contracts outside the research...

Big Data Visualization and Context Management

This thesis explores different perspectives on the added value of data and data visualizations in context management practices and argues that organizations can have a valuable role in the space between bottom-up and top-down approaches, as individuals’ lack of control over a context becomes an opportunity for encouragement of a sense of...