Below I grouped my research into projects. Clicking on one of the projects will give you access to a short overview of the research results, a list of contributors and partners, and links to all relevant publications and presentations.
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ENERGY-EFFICIENT CITIES
BEL: Behaviour, Energy transition, Low income (2022)
Can energy transition help people out of energy poverty? How to target renovations to maximize this effect? We study this using big data and behavioural models. Collaboration of 3 universities and 5 housing providers.
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ENERGY-EFFICIENT CITIES
Co-creative digital spaces for energy transition in communities (2022)
Energy transition in buildings is faster and cheaper if blocks or neighbourhoods invest collectively. But how to find optimal energy solutions when community members differ in their preferences for environment, comfort, cost?
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ENERGY-EFFICIENT CITIES
Can information increase support for energy retrofits? (2021)
Experiment helps 5 public housing providers improve their communication about energy retrofits. Information about the comfort impacts of retrofits increases the tenants’ support, while financial information makes tenants more critical.
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ENERGY-EFFICIENT CITIES
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INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Can modern cities encourage disabled seniors to walk more? (2022)
Physical activity outdoors is essential for healthy aging. We set up an experiment to study which sidewalk characteristics stimulate walking of older people with mobility impairments.
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INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLE CITIES
3D dynamic visualization to co-create public spaces (2022)
3D dynamic visualization of urban design is useful to co-create public spaces with users. We compare performance of different types of visualizations in deriving users' preferences.
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INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Happy senior: living preferences and architectural design (2022)
To live independently at old age, moving to a smaller but better suitable home may be necessary. We develop digital behavioural tools to get insight into the living needs and moving preferences of seniors.
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INCLUSIVE & SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Retail vacancy and transformation: how can cities cope? (2019)
We study the land market in 300 larger Dutch shopping areas. We show that rents decrease by 20% for every 100 meter from the shopping area centre, while vacancies increase. This spatial structure helps resolve structural vacancies in retail.
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CITIES AND TRANSPORT
Do highway widenings reduce congestion? (2022)
We use high frequency big data from thousands detectors on Dutch highway network. We find considerable and persistent reductions in congestion on widened highways, despite a sizable increases in traffic flow.
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CITIES AND TRANSPORT
Will self-driving cars lead to urban growth or decline? (2019)
Vehicle automation in private cars and public transit affects where people live and work. We model these changes and show that big cities will likely grow even bigger, while small cities may loose population.
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CITIES AND TRANSPORT
Railway increases regional differences (2017)
A railway connection between centre and periphery makes periphery loose jobs to centre. This is compensated however by increases in quality of life and population.
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CITIES AND TRANSPORT
LUCA-model: wider benefits of transportation (2017)
LUCA is a spatial general equilibrium model for the Netherlands. Constructed to study the wider effects of transportation on where people live, work, how they commute and use the land.