About Me
Pia de Boer is a PhD candidate at the Department of Communication Science. Her research interests focus on (1) determining what skills are necessary to use Internet-of-Things beneficially and on (2) measuring those skills among the general user population from an individual perspective. This should provide a better understanding of the impact of IoT.
Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Internet
# Internet Of Things
Social Sciences
# Health
# Internet
# Performance
Medicine & Life Sciences
# Fitness Trackers
# Internet Of Things
# Task Performance And Analysis
Organisations
Research
The PhD project is part of a project called 'Any Thing for Anyone? Digital inequality and the Internet-of-Things', which is funded by the NWO (VIDI Scheme). The aim of this project is to investigate inequalities in IoT skills among the general user population.
Publications
Recent
Boer, P. S. D.
, Deursen, A. J. A. M. V.
, & Rompay, T. J. L. V. (2022).
Health on the move—can we keep up? Activity tracker performance test to measure data and strategic skills.
International journal of human-computer interaction, 1-11.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2097367
van Deursen, A. J. A. M.
, van der Zeeuw, A.
, de Boer, P.
, Jansen, G.
, & van Rompay, T. (2021).
Development and validation of the Internet of Things Skills Scale (IoTSS).
Information Communication and Society.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1900320
van Deursen, A. J. A. M.
, van der Zeeuw, A.
, de Boer, P.
, Jansen, G.
, & van Rompay, T. (2021).
Digital inequalities in the Internet of Things: differences in attitudes, material access, skills, and usage.
Information, communication and society,
24(2), 258-276.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1646777
de Boer, P. S.
, van Deursen, A. J. A. M.
, & van Rompay, T. J. L. (2020).
Internet-of-Things Skills Among the General Population: Task-Based Performance Test Using Activity Trackers.
JMIR human factors,
7(4), e22532. [e22532].
https://doi.org/10.2196/22532
de Boer, P. S.
, van Deursen, A. J. A. M.
, & van Rompay, T. J. L. (2019).
Accepting the Internet-of-Things in our homes: The role of user skills.
Telematics and informatics,
36, 147-156.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.12.004
van Deursen, A.
, van der Zeeuw, A.
, de Boer, P.
, Jansen, G.
, & van Rompay, T. (2018).
Gebruik van Internet Of Things in Nederland anno 2018. University of Twente.
UT Research Information System
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Cubicus
(building no. 41), room C222
De Zul 10
7522NJ Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Cubicus
C222
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands