Our research group develops tools, methods and models to optimise the user experience of digital media. We achieve this by measuring interactions between people and media in order to continuously improve this user experience. We call this the 'data feedback loop'.

Lines of research within the research group

Publications

  • CRITTER Child-Robot Interaction and Interdisciplinary Research
    • Rebecca Stower, Mike E.U. Ligthart, Micol Spitale, Natalia Calvo-Barajas, Simone de Droog
    • Research group: Human Experience & Media Design
    • Lecture
    • 2023
  • Design specifications for a social robot math tutor
    • Mike Ligthart, Simone de Droog, Marianne Bossema, Lamia Elloumi, Kees Hoogland, Matthijs Smakman, Koen Hindriks, Somaya Ben Allouch
    • Research groups: Human Experience & Media Design, Mathematical and analytical competence of professionals
    • Lecture
    • 2023
  • The anatomy of a personal service the eight dimension of 'personal'
    • Jeroen van Grondelle, Marlies van Steenbergen, Aletta Smits, Tijs Timmerman, Koen van Turnhout, Harald Pol
    • Research groups: Digital Ethics, Human Experience & Media Design, Marketing & Customer Experience
    • Lecture
    • 2023

Education

Students are structurally involved in our research projects, to which they provide a significant contribution. In addition, we regularly deliver guest lectures, workshops and inspirational sessions for degree programmes at the HU and elsewhere.

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Collaboration

We work together with various partners from the creative industry, other knowledge institutions, the public sector and business services, such as:

GGD Hart voor Brabant, Media Perspectives, Dutch Game Garden, OBI4wan, the Municipality of Utrecht and U Create.

 

Our professors and researchers

Koen van Turnhout

Koen van Turnhout

Professor Human Experience & Media Design Show profile

Marissa Berk

Researcher Human Experience & Media Design Show profile
Nynke Brandsma

Nynke Brandsma

Researcher Human Experience & Media Design Show profile
Simone de Droog | Researcher | Human Experience & Media Design

Simone de Droog

Researcher Human Experience & Media Design Show profile