prof.dr.ir. G.D.S. Ludden (Geke)

Full Professor
ET-DPM-IxD
Horst Complex W243
g.d.s.ludden@utwente.nl
+31534892920
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I am full professor and head of the Interaction Design chair at the Department of Design, Production and Management. I am also a fellow of the DesignLab.

I am editor of the Journal of Design Research and co-editor of the book 'Design for Behaviour Change' published by Ashgate. I study how the design of products and services influences people’s behaviour and motivation with a specific interest in how products and services can support healthy behaviour and in how technology (interactive devices and wearables) can engage people in therapy at home.

In this video made by CLICKNL I explain more about my work and motivation (in Dutch).

In this lecture for Universiteit van Nederland I explain how we design technology that influences healthy behaviour (in Dutch).

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Design
    • Contexts
    • User
    • Innovations

  • Psychology

    • Behavior
    • Wellbeing
    • Research
    • Health

Organisations

Design influences in many ways and can offer innovative and effective ways to address the myriad of challenges that our society currently faces. Most of the projects I contribute to are aimed at supporting people to make positive changes in their physical or mental health: Design for Healthy behaviour. The different topics within this domain relate to the often used categorisation in healthcare of primary prevention (health promotion), secondary prevention (treatment) and tertiary prevention (management of disease).  

Publications

2024
Design for Dementia, Mental Health and Wellbeing: Co-Design, Interventions and Policy. Routledge. Niedderer, K., Ludden, G., Dening, T. & Holthoff-Detto, V.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003318262Compassionate technology, value-based design for (e-)mental healthIn Design for Dementia, Mental Health and Wellbeing . Ludden, G., Noordzij, M., Lusi, B., Lotringen, C. v. & Klaassen, R.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003318262-20Reimagine the ICU: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on How Environments (Can) Promote Patient Well-Being, 97-114. Kim, C. M., van der Heide, E. M., van Rompay, T. J. L. & Ludden, G. D. S.https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867231219029
2023
From a Morning Forest to a Sunset Beach: Understanding Visual Experiences and the Roles of Personal Characteristics for Designing Relaxing Digital Nature (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Kim, C. M., van Rompay, T. J. L., Louwers, G., Yoon, J. K. & Ludden, G. D. S.https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2023.2285626Blueprints: Systematizing Behavior Change Designs-The Case of Social Comparison Theory, Article 11. de Vries, R. A. J., Lemke, M. & Ludden, G. D. S.https://doi.org/10.1145/3617364Playfulness and New Technologies in Hand Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Scoping Review, Article e44904. Cisneros, T. V. P., Brons, A., Kröse, B., Schouten, B. & Ludden, G.https://doi.org/10.2196/44904The Inviting Music Player: A Case Study on Design for Loss of Initiative in Dementia, 67-79. Wesselink, R. R., Ludden, G. D. S., Hettinga, M. & Eggen, B.https://doi.org/10.57698/v17i2.04Scenario-based Co-design with Older Adults: A Design Case on Decreasing Loneliness, 99-113. Tunc, S., Nijboer, F., Ludden, G. D. S., van Velsen, L. S. & Tabak, M.https://doi.org/10.57698/v17i2.06Goals for Goal Setting: A Scoping Review on Personal InformaticsIn DIS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 2625-2641). Association for Computing Machinery. Ekhtiar, T., Karahanoglu, A., Gouveia, R. & Ludden, G.https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596087Expressive entities: An Exploration and Critical Reflection on Poetic Engagements with Technology. University of Twente. Lee, Y. S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556392

Research profiles

Courses academic year 2023/2024

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2022/2023

My research is organised in larger and smaller projects many of which are collaborations with researchers from other disciplines (health, computer science, etc) and with industry and public partners (including Philips VitalMinds, Zorggroep St Maarten, Dimence).

Find all projects on the website of the Interaction Design group

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W243
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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