Projects and Initiatives related to HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
There are numerous projects and initiatives supporting the resilience theme at the University of Twente, in particular healthy communities, many of them in collaboration with other public and private sector partners. Listed below are a few of those that are current. The five UT faculties all contribute to addressing aspects of societal resilience in the areas of health.
Project / Initiative (Examples) | UT FACULTy/ department and contact |
Agent based modelling and disease diffusion: understanding the spread of infectious diseases in space and time. | ITC - Geo-information Processing |
Climate-resilient WASH among people experiencing homelessness in cities: identifying appropriate solutions and interventions. (Funded by ITC) | ITC - Geohealth |
HealthyWatersIntegrated: Strengthening water and health security in Europe’s marginalized communities through integrated social, geographical, medical and technological approaches. Webpage in development. See slide presentation. (Funding: NWO) | ITC - Geohealth |
Adapt! - Security in Open Societies (SOS) project will radically advance the current state of knowledge, insights, tools, and strategies that can boost the ability of citizens, frontline professionals, and policymakers to collectively address three types of crises: pandemic-related, violent extremism, and disasters such as floods and earthquakes, Lead: Utrecht University (NWO Zwartekracht - begins in 2025) | BMS - Psychology of Conflict and Security, and Public Adminstration |
Piloting a co-design approach for climate-sensitive blue and green spaces with vulnerable urban populations. VU Amsterdam – UT (ITC and BMS) collaborative project. Webpage in development. (Funding: VU-UT Seeding Funding 2024) | ITC - Geohealth |
Digital Nature - Enhancing Patient Experience in ICU: Develops evidence-based design strategies and solutions for preventing delirium and enhancing patient experience in the ICU. (Funding: Top Technology Twente Connecting Industry program) | ET and BMS |
4TU.E-Health Centre: The four technical universities, Eindhoven, Delft, Wageningen and Twente, are working together to develop innovative healthcare-related solutions that are accepted by both patients and care providers. | EEMCS: Biomedical Signals and Systems. |
Faculties: Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS); Engineering Technology (ET); Science and Technology (S&T); Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS); Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)