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Thimmapa, Pradeepthi (author)Contemporary project-based organisations recognise the importance of leveraging past project knowledge for competitive advantage. By leveraging the lessons learned from previous and ongoing projects, organisations can benefit from managing learning within and across projects effectively. Despite these benefits, challenges persist in effectively...master thesis 2024
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Valdez, Kristen (author)Given the urgency of addressing climate change impacts, collaborations between local governments and diverse stakeholders are imperative for successful climate adaptation efforts in urban areas. This master thesis explores the role of collaborative governance capacities in policy and their implementations in practice within the context of the...master thesis 2024
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Rubio Agulló, Carlota (author)The Dutch government's 2050 initiative to transition all buildings from natural gas to sustainable heat systems underscores the critical role of stakeholder alignment in energy transition projects. Despite its importance, existing literature lacks a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms required for effective stakeholder collaboration in heat...master thesis 2024
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Blom, Sjoerd (author)The Dutch energy landscape is becoming more complex due to various interacting factors and uncertainties, creating what are known as "wicked problems" that demand collaborative solutions. This study addresses knowledge gaps by developing a collaborative guide for fostering effective Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations (MSCs) that can endure over...master thesis 2024
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Smit, Heleen (author)Current societal and construction challenges, combined with limited time and the scarcity of people and resources, require solutions in the construction industry. This research focuses on repetitive tasks and contributes to that. Furthermore, this research is necessary because the literature on repetitive tasks is limited and needs to be...master thesis 2024
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van den Oever, Mark (author)Dutch road transportation networks are increasingly facing challenges regarding congestion, safety and environmental pollution. These challenges are intensified by increased urbanization and a growing need for connectivity . In the past, the remedy to most of these challenges laid in expanding the physical infrastructure through new asphalt....master thesis 2024
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Fontijn, Hella (author)This report describes the graduation project in collaboration with Total Design (TD), a creative agency specialised in Branding, Communications and Technology. The primary objective of this thesis is to enhance the internal collaboration between these three domains. To achieve this goal, the study explores the barriers to collaboration, using co...master thesis 2024
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Lee, Hyunmin (author)The hospitality industry, struggling with significant staff shortages, has increasingly turned to service robots as a solution. However, the prevalent service robot’s design with anthropomorphic appearance is considered inharmonious with the fine-dining restaurant ambiance and may harm the guests’ perception of the service. An alternative...master thesis 2024
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Ambagts, Janneke (author)This master thesis addresses the challenge of project performance in the Civil Engineering (CE) sector, emphasizing the significance of collaboration, communication, and understanding among interdisciplinary project teams. Focusing on the role of empathy in contractor-client collaborations, the study investigates the potential impact of serious...master thesis 2024
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van Laar, Ravelijn (author)Human activities are dismantling ecosystems and eliminating genes, species, and biotopes at an alarming rate. Habitat fragmentation caused by urbanisation and infrastructure is one of the main causes of the decline in urban biodiversity. Despite challenges, project developers can enhance biodiversity in urban areas by adopting nature-inclusive...master thesis 2024
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Papenhuijzen, Daan (author)The importance of climate change is getting increasingly more attention from all stakeholders in urban development. This results in the energy network operator being increasingly involved in the partnerships needed to realize new urban area development projects. Current projects have been experiencing delays due to the electricity grid not being...master thesis 2024
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Navale, Payal (author)Climate change, driven primarily by carbon dioxide emissions, necessitates urgent action to decarbonize the energy sector. This urgency is highlighted by initiatives such as the European Green Deal aiming for a carbon-neutral European Union by 2050. The transition to green hydrogen contributes to reducing CO2 emissions, particularly in the...master thesis 2023
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Buch, Wiebke (author)Collaborative Port Call Optimization (PCO) is a key strategy to improve port efficiency. This study aims to bridge existing research gaps by providing a holistic understanding of collaborative PCO adoption, emphasizing the complexities of multi-organization collaboration and the influence of emerging technologies within the nautical chain and...master thesis 2023
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van der Werff, Daan (author)In the conceptual design phase, OEMs perform technology assessment to identify feasible solutions for their new aircraft. When the OEM is unable to assess a certain technology themselves, they consult Tier-1 suppliers to involve<br/>them in the design process. The suppliers have higher fidelity analysis tools that can help the OEM with their...master thesis 2023
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Verzotti, Edoardo (author)In recent years, the aviation industry has faced escalating environmental scrutiny, prompted by the global shift towards heightened environmental awareness. This study explores a collaboration framework set up by airlines which envision to partially or totally shoulder the environmental impact costs generated by their airborne emissions. The...master thesis 2023
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Harte, Jesse (author)In this thesis we aim to research and design different neural models for session recommendation. We investigate the fundamental neural models for session recommendation, namely BERT4Rec, SASRec and GRU4Rec and subsequently use our findings to design a simpler but performant neural model. <br/><br/>Firstly, we address methodological errors made...master thesis 2023
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Li, Shikuan (author)With the growing importance of teamwork in higher education, effective communication and goal congruence have become vital in improving the effectiveness of student teamwork. This study aims todesign and implement an innovative system that combines a goal-setting chatbot and an effort visualizer to facilitate effective collaboration in student...master thesis 2023
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Gerlag, Josje (author)The current market forces of infrastructural projects in the Dutch construction sector necessitate public clients to divide a large-scale multidisciplinary project into multiple contracts. This causes diverse contractors to have to work simultaneously. Interfaces arise between the contracts, which require a deeper collaboration to align all...master thesis 2023
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Liu, Tongshu (author)The application of multidisciplinary collaboration has become a trend to prevent knowledge isolation obstructing business development (Schaubroeck, Tarczewski, & Theunissen, 2016), particularly in the IT industry as it pursue problem-solving innovation.<br/><br/>An IT service company is currently striving to transform into an IT innovation...master thesis 2023
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Investigating human altruism towards robots with a novel and reconfigurable interactive social robotAhmed, Akmal (author)As robots become increasingly popular and co-inhabit spaces with people, there is a need for designing robots that people are comfortable interacting with. For robots to successfully integrate into human society, it is important to design robots in a way that enhances the quality of the human-robot interaction. While the human-robot relationship...master thesis 2023