dr. J. van Dijk (Jelle)

I am a design-researcher with a background in cognitive science and a PhD in industrial design. I am interested in theories of embodiment and how they may change our vision on the design of interactive systems that are both physical and digital at the same time.

With a small team of Phd students and graduation students we design and research empowering technologies for neurodiverse users, for example persons on the autism spectrum. We are also developing a co-design methodology and toolkit called Design your Life with which young autistic adults create their own solutions.

I am active in research communities of tangible and embodied interaction, participatory design, and research-through-design.

I am also a member of the ethical committee of the faculty of Engineering Technology.

Students with interest in Embodied Interaction, Human-Centered Design, Participatory Design/ Co-Design, or Neurodiversity, come see me if you want to do a project. You may be studying industrial design, creative technology, Y-tech or related. A philosophical/theoretical project on relations between embodiment and technology is also possible. You may also be studying psychology and interested in investigating the use of assistive technologies for special needs groups, or you may want to do a design ethnography coming from anthropology or sociology. If you have rapid prototyping skills (Arduino; 3d modeling and printing, programming skills) and you want to use these to design meaningful products supporting people, do not hesitate to contact me, for example via:

Jelle.vandijk@utwente.nl.

Outside of university I have warm contacts with a number of health care institutions especially organizations involved in care at home, facilitated living, therapy, training, coaching and ambulant support. I am always interested in increasing our network of stakeholders and share and build knowledge together.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Application Programs
# Power (Psychology)
# Scaffolds
# Social Robots

Social Sciences

# Cognition
# Young Adult

Medicine & Life Sciences

# Autistic Disorder
# Technology

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Human Centered Design (HCD)

I am a design-researcher with a background in cognitive science and a PhD in industrial design. I am interested in theories of embodiment and how they may change our vision on the design of interactive systems that are both physical and digital at the same time.

With a team of Phd students and graduation students I design and research empowering technologies for neurodiverse users (for example concerning persons on the autism spectrum)

We are also developing th Design your Life toolkit and co-design methodology which enables young autistic adults to create their own personalized solutions.

I am active in research communities of tangible and embodied interaction, participatory design, and research-through-design.

I am also member of the ethical committee of the faculty of Engineering Technology.

Students with interest in Embodied Interaction, Human-Centered Design, Participatory Design, Co-Design, or Neurodiversity (e.g. Autism) come see me if you want to do a project. You may be studying industrial design, creative technology, I-tech. A philosophical/theoretical project on embodiment and technology is also possible. If you are studying psychology and wish to investigate assistive technologies or if you want to do a design ethnography coming from anthropology or sociology, let me know. And if you have rapid prototyping skills (Arduino; 3d modeling and printing, programming skills) and you want to use these to design meaningful products supporting people in everyday life, do not hesitate to contact me, for example via:

Jelle.vandijk@utwente.nl.

Austin, J. (2023). Compassion in turbulent times: The co-design and mixed methods evaluation of a mobile self-compassion intervention for people with cancer. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036557092

van Huizen, J. C. , van Dijk, J., Staal, W. , & van der Voort, M. C. (2023). Design Your Own Supportive Lifeworld: An Enactive Approach. Poster session presented at INSAR 2023 Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden.

Waardenburg, T., van Huizen, N. , van Dijk, J., Dortmans, K., Magnee, M., Staal, W., Teunisse, J-P. , & van der Voort, M. (2022). Design Your Life: User-initiated design of technology to empower autistic young adults. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 16(3), 172-188. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-11-2021-0064

van Huizen, N., Waardenburg, T., Overdevest, N. , van Dijk, J., Staal, W. , & van der Voort, M. C. (2022). Towards a toolkit to empower young autistic adults: Using grounded theory to analyze ten design case studies. 1-21. Paper presented at DRS 2022, Bilbao, Spain. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.432

van Huizen, J. C., Waardenburg, T. S. , van Dijk, J., Staal, W. , & van der Voort, M. C. (2022). Design your life: A toolkit that helps young autistic adults create their own supportive technologies. Abstract from Supporting Health by Technology 2022, Groningen, Netherlands.

Austin, J. , Drossaert, C. H. C. , Dijk, J. V. , Sanderman, R., Børøsund, E., Mirkovic, J. , Schotanus-Dijkstra, M. , Peeters, N. J. , Klooster, J-W. J. R. V. ., Schroevers, M. J. , & Bohlmeijer, E. T. (2022). Integrating top-down and bottom-up requirements in eHealth development: The case of a mobile self-compassion intervention for people with newly diagnosed cancer. JMIR cancer, 8(3), Article e37502. https://doi.org/10.2196/37502

Waardenburg, T. S. , van Huizen, J. C., Magnée, M. , van Dijk, J., Teunisse, J-P. , & van der Voort, M. C. (2022). Meer autonomie door je eigen technologische omgeving te ontwerpen: Resultaten van tien casestudies. Poster session presented at 21ste Nationaal Autisme Congres 2022, Online.

Van Dijk, J. (2022). Zooming in on embodied social sensemaking: Mapping the design space in the context of videoconferencing. In TEI 2022 - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction Article 3501324 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3490149.3501324

Birhane, A. , van Dijk, J., & Pasquale, F. (2021). Debunking Robot Rights Metaphysically, Ethically, and Legally. Paper presented at We Robot, Miami, United States.

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Courses I coordinate:

* Embodied Interaction (master, open to ID, I-tech, and philosophy (but contact me first))
* Designing for Specific Users (bachelor, ID)
* Honours Master Program, Design track.
* Creative Intelligence (master, part of the Transdisciplinary Master Insert Shaping responsible futures)

Bachelor

Industrial Design Engineering

Master

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