PROMOTIVATE: Design for social dynamics to promote sustainable behavior in secondary schools

ENERGE is a research project working on managing energy consumption at the school level for sustainability. It is looking for solutions that extend data interactions to the field of behavioral change while taking both energy use and people’s comfort into account. <br/>This graduation project explores how to communicate information related to...

Forenet: A Context-sensitive Tool To Measure Social Wellbeing At The Workplace

Social wellbeing at work by definition incorporates the feeling of belongingness, having satisfying social interactions and relationships with others (Fisher, 2014). During the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home has raised our awareness that positive social interaction with colleagues or peers is crucial to our wellbeing and the lack of it...

Designing and evaluating a social VR clinic for knee replacement surgery

Knee osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, which results in stiffness, pain, and impaired movement, is a major cause of disability in elderly populations around the globe. In the course of treating this disease, patients have to endure enormous pains travel to hospitals to meet medical professionals. The motivation behind this...

Renovation of the Airey Blocks

Socially Smart Mobility: Exploring and prototyping the car as a socially engaging platform

Nowadays people are increasingly sharing, collaborating and exchanging things. For example, AirBnB and Zipcar have been growing since the past five years. The economic recession and the rise of sustainable solutions are causes for this trend. Especially, car-sharing has been growing ever due to the legislative, and cultural emphasis on green and...