Love don't live here any more. Try Bluesky. Associate Professor at @idetudelft. Into design, sustainability and futures.
Den Haag, the Netherlands
Joined October 2021
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day one is in the books! what a fantastic, insightful group of participants.
#ScenariostoAction
This workshop focuses on the “then what?” question: how do we go from narratives and scenarios to climate action? bit.ly/3ylczzJ
@NIAS_KNAW @roy_bendor
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This Thursday evening at @SIFUtrecht - super cool dialogue about imagination infrastructuring in cities! @CassieRobinson @jo_chamb @Lorena_De_Vita Roy Bendor and myself will provide different perspectives on this exciting concept. Image = link + signup! uu.nl/en/events/imagination-…
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Leading up to the larger event, we are organizing a panel on November 2nd, also at @SIFUtrecht, to explore different academic perspectives on imagination infrastructuring! With @jo_chamb @Lorena_De_Vita @roy_bendor. Sign up here! uu.nl/en/events/imagination-…
On the eve of 23 nov we are organizing an exciting session at @SIFUtrecht on Utrecht as a City of Imagination! Utrecht is bursting with creative practices. What is unique? What are the challenges? With @GemeenteUtrecht @HKUtrecht @dutchgamegarden- sign up! uu.nl/en/events/utrecht-city…
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The Call for Papers deadline has been EXTENDED! 📢 Paper titles, abstracts and authors must still be submitted by October 13, 2023, but the PDF can be updated or changed until October 31, 2023.
Learn more and submit your paper here: drs2024.org/theme-tracks
#DRS2024 #DRS2024Boston
it appears science fiction authors are heeding Amitav Ghosh's call (from 2016) for more creative engagement with the climate crisis:
theguardian.com/books/2023/j…
Ghosh's piece (unacknowledged in the first link): theguardian.com/books/2016/o…
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The sound of the air conditioning unit in a digital advertising screen working overtime in the blazing sun in order to display an ExxonMobil/Esso greenwash campaign to associate cycling with buying fossil fuels – at Lewisham, London
Surprise!
Rising corporate profits were the largest contributor to Europe’s inflation over the past two years as companies increased prices by more than the spiking costs of imported energy. bit.ly/441jfya
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there's some really interesting papers on the schedule for this year's 'Computing within Limits' conference (Wed 14th-Thur 15th) computingwithinlimits.org/20… registration is still open afaik
Lots of excellent papers in this year's LIMITS workshop (June 14-15).
Registration is free: kth.se/form/6447d677775d3d91…
Program and info on Hubs: computingwithinlimits.org/20…
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Excited the @ESPRC #FixingtheFuture team is at @ubicomp in Oct to discuss the challenges & opportunities of #RighttoRepair #IoT. Join the #ubifix convos & get your subs in: ubifix2023.wp.horizon.ac.uk
@neelimasunil @TreeCG @mooseabyte @ProfTriviality @ImaginationLanc @RepairShop2049
opportunity to do a PhD in games and sustainability in Uppsala with some very cool folks:
jobb.uu.se/details/?position…
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We’re looking for a postdoctoral researcher in service design for climate policy. Spread far and wide! @NODUS_Aalto @aalto_design #academicjobs #AcademicTwitter #servicedesign #climatechange #climatepolicy aalto.fi/en/open-positions/p…
"Here, beyond the staged and clipped images, is an exercise in proxy war and geopolitics as expressed through the late-season schedule of an exceptionally talented 35-year-old converted winger."
theguardian.com/football/202…
the first paper from Laura Barendregt's PhD is now online:
Teaching for Transformation: Lessons from Critical Pedagogy for Design Futures Education
jfsdigital.org/teaching-for-…
#CallforPapers Special Issue >>
#Cocreation and #coproduction for transforming towns and #cities with #naturebasedsolutions >> by @marcus_collier @cooper_clair
Excellent opportunity to work with @martijndewaal in the civic interaction design research group at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science:
Associate Professor Civic Design (0.6-1 FTE)
vacaturesuvahva.nl/HvA/job/H…
"For the Left, an important lesson can be learned: if climate measures are perceived as technocratic fixes favoring the middle and upper class, it leaves space open for the Right to capitalize on frustration."
The Farmer-Citizen Movement topped last month’s Dutch elections, claiming to stand up for overlooked rural populations. Yet the party is really a creation of a marketing agency — and its political agenda is a call to allow multinationals to keep polluting.
jacobin.com/2023/04/farmer-c…