Research groups
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The research conducted at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) focuses on finding solutions to urban issues in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Use the tool on the left side to filter your selection thematically.
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Physical Activity In and Around School
Children and young people are getting less and less exercise. 23% to 40% are struggling with obesity. Physical Education teachers have a significant role to play in tackling this issue. The Professorship in Physical ...
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Physiotherapy - Transition of Care for Patients with Complex Needs
The Professorship Physiotherapy - Transition of Care for Patients with Complex Needs explores how tailor-made diagnostics and treatment of health issues relating to functional movement can be used to deliver ...
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Poverty Interventions
The research group Poverty Interventions aims to make a contribution to improving the effectiveness and professionalism of implementing bodies in the social sphere in order to improve the self-management of the ...
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Professional Reasoning and Shared Decision Making in Healthcare
The healthcare sector in the Netherlands is becoming more and more complex, which is why effective cooperation between different healthcare providers is essential. Healthcare providers are aware of this fact, but it ...
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Promising School Careers in a Diverse City
The focus of this research group is on issues determining the success or failure of study careers in higher professional education. Since January 2019, the Professional Education professorship has been renamed ...
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Psychology for Sustainable Cities
The Netherlands aspires to become more sustainable. Natural resources are running out, temperatures on earth are rising and the population is increasing.
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Quantum Computing
The special research group Applied Quantum Computing explored together with Capgemini and the research institute QuSoft which applications of quantum computing can be made possible and is investigating whether ...
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Rehabilitation in acute care
A hospital admission can be considered a ‘major life event’, especially for vulnerable elderly people and seriously ill patients undergoing major surgery or admitted to intensive care.
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Responsible It
In collaboration with the Municipality of Amsterdam, the research group focuses on the development of digital technology, with an eye for social values and the human dimension. The municipality and the ...
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Science and Mathematics Education
The Science and Mathematics Education research group is the successor of the Science and Technology Education research group. As a result, it incorporates a number of projects/doctoral programmes from its ...
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Social Studies Education
The Social Studies Education research group aims to boost knowledge of teaching methodology in the school subjects of geography, economics, history and civics. In addition, it conducts applied research to expand this ...
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Structural Safety
This new professorship at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences focuses on safety of built environment. This topic has gained interest in view of the recent collapses of the multi-storey car park in Eindhoven and ...
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Teacher Development and School Innovation
The Teacher Development and School Innovation research group conducts research and develops instruments to support teachers in taking professional responsibility for educational innovation as well as in initiating a ...
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Team professionalisation in dynamic organisations
Professionals determine to a large degree the quality of the work they create within their organisations. They operate in a complex and dynamic environment that deals with increasingly complex issues. They ...
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Urban Analytics
The Urban Analytics professorship investigates how various parties in the city can gain better insight into their data with data science methods, such as data analysis, algorithms and business analytics. These are ...
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Urban Economic Innovation
The city is the engine of the economy. People, companies and knowledge institutions benefit from each other’s proximity; they collaborate in new networks to create innovative solutions. Together, as we ...
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Urban Social Work
The research group Urban Social Work aims to identify key knowledge and skills needed by social workers in their effort to overcome social exclusion amongst city residents.
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Visual Methodologies
Het lectoraat Visual Methodologies ontwikkelt visuele methoden voor praktijkgericht onderzoek naar maatschappelijke kwesties en debatten. Het lectoraat richt zich op de rol van beeld in de digitale cultuur en maakt ...
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Water In and Around the City
Climate change is making cities wetter, hotter and drier. How can cities become climate-proof? And could climate adaptation provide an opportunity to improve the design and functioning of the city, even if little ...
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Youth Spot
Both society and youth culture are permanently shifting in Amsterdam. The Youth Spot research group investigates how youth work must innovate to retain its connection to young people and society while at the same ...