Research groups

The Research group Access to Justice studies the bottlenecks in legal assistance and services, as well as new forms of accessibility to the legal system.

The Research group Artificial Intelligence focuses on the design and organization of intelligent data systems.

Develop innovative solutions that allow people to work together in a smarter, more sustainable way in the built environment.

Bringing people with different perspectives and skills together in the joint development of new technological innovations.

The Research group Communication in Digital Transition focuses on the role of behaviour and conversation within the digital transition.

Appealing, in-depth science and technology education for all students.

The Cyber ​​Security research group focuses on the organisational side, including the design of business and governance processes.

The Research group Debt and Debt Collection conducts research in collaboration with debt counselling organisations and collection agencies to improve professional practice.

Our ambition is to use practice-based research to support organisations in creating, organising and maintaining ethical work standards.

Digital Ethics studies ethical aspects of the design and implementation of digital innovations using ‘value sensitive design'.

The Research group Driving Educational Change aims for sustainable and evidence-informed educational change, working closely with schools and other educational knowledge organisations.

The Research group Financial-Economic Advice in Innovation studies new digital business models and changing financial roles.

The Research group Human Experience & Media Design develops tools, methods and models to optimise the user experience of digital media.

The research group strives to improve pharmaceutical care so that people can live healthily and independently for longer.

The Research group Innovation of Movement Care focuses on improving the physical self-reliance of patients and elderly people.

The research group works to increase the self-reliance of people and to improve their overall health and quality of life.

The Research group Innovative Testing in LSC develops methods to determine the effects of substances, without the use of animals.

The Research group Lifestyle and Health strives to support people with chronic conditions and to improve their self-reliance.

The Research group Living and Wellbeing works with practice-based research towards solutions that pertain to issues in the social sector.

This research group researches the possibilities of organizations to create meaningful and sustainable brands and customer experiences in a growing digital environment. The human perspective plays a central role within the research projects.

Developing numerate professionals and citizens.

Promote inclusive education and language development in multilingual contexts.

Guiding the transition towards a sustainable urban society: focus areas include the energy transition and circular construction, management, maintenance and renovation.

Developing the professional identity of lecturers and other professional groups.

This research groups looks into the impact of digital transformation on people and organisations.

Together with professional practices, we work on research and development of effective forms of support for people in vulnerable positions, with a focus on participation and social inclusion.

The Research group Proactive care for older people living at home focuses on supporting older adults with multimorbidities to continue to function independently as long as possible.

The Research group Process Innovation and Information Systems studies how digitalisation can add value to commercial and non-profit organisations.

As a research group, we wish to contribute to a safe society by developing knowledge, specifically in the field of societal safety.

The Research group Quality Journalism in Digital Transition focuses on the significance of digitalisation for journalism.

The research group works with, and on behalf of, professionals on the development of knowledge and procedures to strengthen their research competence.

Using smart sensor technology, social robotics and 3D printing, we are researching innovative solutions to welfare problems.

The Research group Speech and Language Therapy: Participation through communication strives to improve the self-reliance of people with a communicative disability.

The Research group Sustainable Communities strives to improve the quality of living together in the urban environment by means of practice-based research.

The Research group Technology for Healthcare studies the ways in which people can remain independent as long as possible through the use of technology.

Learning, teaching and professionalisation in the context of professional practice.

Working in Education does research on how education professionals handle and give direction to developments in the professional group, their educational organizations and themselves.

Our research group investigates what (future) forensic social professionals need to do their work as well as possible.

How do you create an environment in which young people can develop in the best possible way? This research group develops knowledge relevant to this purpose.