J. van Houwelingen - Snippe PhD (Josca)

Programme coordinator Interaction Technology
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j.vanhouwelingen-snippe@utwente.nl
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Since January 2022, Josca is the programme coordinator of Interaction Technology.

Previously, Josca was a PhD Candidate at the Department of Communication Science.

Her scientific interests focus on Human-Computer interaction in health care settings. She previously worked within the project Growing Roots, which was a CREATE HEALTH project funded by ZonMW. The project aimed to reduce loneliness amongst older adults by providing digital nature, i.e. a way to experience nature interaction without having to go outside.

Expertise

  • Psychology

    • Wellbeing
    • Loneliness
    • Social Connectedness
    • Research
    • Connectedness
    • Emotion

  • Computer Science

    • Robot
    • Telepresence

Organisations

My Ph.D. project, named Growing Roots, was a CREATE HEALTH project funded by ZonMW. Our project aimed to reduce loneliness amongst elderly by providing virtual nature, i.e. a way to experience nature interaction without having to go outside.

Publications

2024

Those who love nature are never alone: Designing digital nature to improve social wellbeing amongst older adults (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. van Houwelingen - Snippe, J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036559867

2023

Designing digital nature for older adults: A mixed method approach (2023)Digital Health, 9, 1-14. van Houwelingen - Snippe, J., Ben Allouch, S. & van Rompay, T. J. L.https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231218504‘That is a place where I would want to go’: investigating digital nature to enhance social wellbeing among older adults. (2023)Ageing & society, 43(11), 1-24. van Houwelingen - Snippe, J., Ben Allouch, S. & van Rompay, T. J. L.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X2100177X

2021

Virtual Reality Representations of Nature to Improve Well‑Being amongst Older Adults: A Rapid Review (2021)Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science, 6, 464-485. van Houwelingen-Snippe, J., Ben Allouch, S. & van Rompay, T. J. L.https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-021-00195-6

2020

Feeling connected after experiencing digital nature: A survey study (2020)International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(18). Article 6879. van Houwelingen-Snippe, J., van Rompay, T. J. L. & Allouch, S. B.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186879Does digital nature enhance social aspirations?: An experimental study (2020)International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(4). Article 1454. van Houwelingen-Snippe, J., van Rompay, T. J. L., de Jong, M. D. T. & Allouch, S. B.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041454

Research profiles

From the start of 2022 I work as the master programme coordinator of Interaction Technology (I-Tech).

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2024/2025

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 2023/2024

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