1e alinea column: Hoe ziet innovatie in de digital age eruit? Anders dan daarvoor? Is succes van innovatie in de digital age wel voorspelbaar? Bestaat er zoiets als een business logica voor innovatie? Voor echt nieuwe business is dat maar heel beperkt zo. Er zijn geen marktvoorbeelden waar je naar kunt kijken. Concurrenten of collega’s zijn je niet voorgegaan en hoe de klant zal reageren is ook al een verrassing.
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Technological developments go fast and are interrelated and multi-interpretable. As consumer needs change, the technological possibilities to meet those needs are constantly evolving and new technology providers introduce new disruptive business models. This makes it difficult to predict what the world of tomorrow will look like for an organization and that makes the risks for organizations substantial. In this context, it is difficult for organizations to determine what constitutes a good strategy to adopt digital developments. This paper describes a first step of a study with the objective to design a method for organizations to formulate a future-proof strategy in a rapidly changing, complex and ambiguous context. More specifically, this paper describes the results of a sequence of three focus groups that were held with a group of eight experts, with extensive experience as members of the decision making unit in organizations. The objectives of these sessions were to determine possible solutions for the outlined challenge in order to provide direction for continuation and scoping of the following research phases.
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Horse riding falls under the “Sport for Life” disciplines, where a long-term equestrian development can provide a clear pathway of developmental stages to help individuals, inclusive of those with a disability, to pursue their goals in sport and physical activity, providing long-term health benefits. However, the biomechanical interaction between horse and (disabled) rider is not wholly understood, leaving challenges and opportunities for the horse riding sport. Therefore, the purpose of this KIEM project is to start an interdisciplinary collaboration between parties interested in integrating existing knowledge on horse and (disabled) rider interaction with any novel insights to be gained from analysing recently collected sensor data using the EquiMoves™ system. EquiMoves is based on the state-of-the-art inertial- and orientational-sensor system ProMove-mini from Inertia Technology B.V., a partner in this proposal. On the basis of analysing previously collected data, machine learning algorithms will be selected for implementation in existing or modified EquiMoves sensor hardware and software solutions. Target applications and follow-ups include: - Improving horse and (disabled) rider interaction for riders of all skill levels; - Objective evidence-based classification system for competitive grading of disabled riders in Para Dressage events; - Identifying biomechanical irregularities for detecting and/or preventing injuries of horses. Topic-wise, the project is connected to “Smart Technologies and Materials”, “High Tech Systems & Materials” and “Digital key technologies”. The core consortium of Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Rosmark Consultancy and Inertia Technology will receive feedback to project progress and outcomes from a panel of international experts (Utrecht University, Sport Horse Health Plan, University of Central Lancashire, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), combining a strong mix of expertise on horse and rider biomechanics, veterinary medicine, sensor hardware, data analysis and AI/machine learning algorithm development and implementation, all together presenting a solid collaborative base for derived RAAK-mkb, -publiek and/or -PRO follow-up projects.
De toename en verspreiding van fake nieuws is een thema dat internationaal veel aandacht krijgt. Online informatiemanipulatie zou de verkiezingen in maar liefst 18 landen negatief beïnvloed hebben. In welke mate laten we ons beïnvloeden door desinformatie en welke strategieën helpen om weerbaarder te worden? Binnen academische kringen heerst er verdeeldheid over het effect van gemanipuleerde informatie op het gedrag. Wel heerst er consensus over het feit dat het bevorderen van digitale geletterdheid cruciaal is om de weerbaarheid tegen desinformatie te verhogen. In Nederland hebben journalistiek-educatieve organisaties DROG en het Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid afgelopen jaren een innovatief educatief aanbod voor diverse doelgroepen ontwikkeld gericht op het bevorderen van die digitale weerbaarheid. Zo is o.a. een game ontwikkeld, waarbij jongeren bewust fake nieuws maken om zo de werkingsmechanismen ervan te doorgronden. De game leunt op de inoculatie theorie (McGuire, 1961a, 1961b), die ervan uitgaat dat de toediening van het (nepnieuws)virus resulteert in meer antistoffen, en dus hogere weerbaarheid. Recent onderzoek door Roozenbeek en Van der Linden (2019) geeft bewijslast voor deze theorie en wijst op de positieve effecten van gamificatie. Gesteund door inzichten uit de gedragswetenschappen willen we in dit project nader onderzoeken welke interventies effectief zijn voor het verhogen van de digitale weerbaarheid tegen desinformatie bij jongeren tussen de 15 en 18 jaar. Deze doelgroep opgegroeid in het digitale tijdperk zou namelijk steeds meer moeite hebben om echt van nep te onderscheiden (Wineburg, S., McGrew, S., Breakstone, Joel and Ortega, T, 2016). Op basis van real life casestudies van DROG en het Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid zullen we een drietal interventie-strategieën testen bij de doelgroep jongeren (leeftijd 15 jaar tot 18) om zo meer gefundeerde inzichten te genereren over de effectiviteit van het aanbod en inzichten te genereren over het mogelijk verbeteren en aanscherpen daarvan.
This project develops a European network for transdisciplinary innovation in artistic engagement as a catalyst for societal transformation, focusing on immersive art. It responds to the professionals in the field’s call for research into immersive art’s unique capacity to ‘move’ people through its multisensory, technosocial qualities towards collective change. The project brings together experts leading state-of-the-art research and practice in related fields with an aim to develop trajectories for artistic, methodological, and conceptual innovation for societal transformation. The nascent field of immersive art, including its potential impact on society, has been identified as a priority research area on all local-to-EU levels, but often suffers from the common (mis)perception as being technological spectacle prioritising entertainment values. Many practitioners create immersive art to enable novel forms of creative engagement to address societal issues and enact change, but have difficulty gaining recognition and support for this endeavour. A critical challenge is the lack of knowledge about how their predominantly sensuous and aesthetic experience actually lead to collective change, which remains unrecognised in the current systems of impact evaluation predicated on quantitative analysis. Recent psychological insights on awe as a profoundly transformative emotion signals a possibility to address this challenge, offering a new way to make sense of the transformational effect of directly interacting with such affective qualities of immersive art. In parallel, there is a renewed interest in the practice of cultural mediation, which brings together different stakeholders to facilitate negotiation towards collective change in diverse domains of civic life, often through creative engagements. Our project forms strategic grounds for transdisciplinary research at the intersection between these two developments. We bring together experts in immersive art, psychology, cultural mediation, digital humanities, and design across Europe to explore: How can awe-experiences be enacted in immersive art and be extended towards societal transformation?
