About

With our research, we (Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance) enable companies and entrepreneurs to reduce their footprint on space, materials, employees and human beings with the help of digital technology. 

We combine perspectives from tech and business and we mainly focus on the high-tech manufacturing industry (including agro and health), smart mobility and fintech. We develop digital technology, but also investigate its role in business operations and the value chain.

In addition, we develop education for students and employees in which the focus points are: solving issues related to sustainable development, (in)equality and digital technology. Students learn how to shape a sustainable economy through smart technology and data. Not only through education, but also by letting students participate in scientific research.

Currently, seven research groups are part of Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance: Change Management, Fotonica, New Finance, Platform Economy, Purposeful Marketing, Smart Sensor Systems & Smart Sustainable Manufacturing.

Learn more about our work and our research groups in this video:

Projects

Potential health impacts of 5G systems (NextGEM)

Our society can no longer live without technology that uses radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF). Especially in telecommunications, we cannot escape 3G-, 4G- and now 5G-technology.
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Agrotech

We see an increasing convergence of technology and agriculture.
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Measuring crop growth with sensors

The Dutch greenhouse horticulture industry is a global leader in sustainable innovations. Compared to other countries, its ecological footprint is already low, but new technologies offer opportunities to further control cultivation and make it more sustainable.
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News

24 April 2023

Great solutions found during Sensor Data Challenge

Research

Team "Leanatics" from Arnhem Nijmegen University of Applied Sciences was the winner of the Sensor Data…
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6 February 2023

Inauguration of Dr. Hongli Joosten-Ma, Professor in Purposeful Marketing

Research

Join us on 16 March to celebrate the inauguration of Dr. Hongli Joosten-Ma, professor in Purposeful Marketing.
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31 January 2023

GROUNDED: Making the invisible applicable

Research

Over the next 8 years, The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Saxion University of Applied Sciences will work…
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Events

6 September - 8 September

The Future of our Money System: Wat do we water and what not?

During this 3-day conference we use the developed tools to explore possible future scenarios
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Team

John Bolte

dr. John Bolte

Leading professor and professor Smart Sensor Systems

dr. John Bolte
Leading professor and professor Smart Sensor Systems
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Steven van den Berg

dr. Steven van den Berg

Professor Photonics

dr. Steven van den Berg
Professor Photonics
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Jenny Coenen

dr. ir. Jenny Coenen

Professor Smart Sustainable Manufacturing

dr. ir. Jenny Coenen
Professor Smart Sustainable Manufacturing
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Hongli Joosten-Ma

dr. Hongli Joosten

Professor Purposeful Marketing

dr. Hongli Joosten
Professor Purposeful Marketing
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Martijn van der Linden

dr. Martijn van der Linden

Professor New Finance

dr. Martijn van der Linden
Professor New Finance
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Nicole Stofberg

dr. Nicole Stofberg

Professor Platform Economy

dr. Nicole Stofberg
Professor Platform Economy
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Jacco van Uden

dr. Jacco van Uden

Professor Change Management

dr. Jacco van Uden
Professor Change Management
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Margot Custers

Margot Custers

Programme Coordinator Centre of Expertise

Margot Custers
Programme Coordinator Centre of Expertise
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Merel Hillen

Merel Hillen

Senior Management Assistant

Merel Hillen
Senior Management Assistant
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Publications

Report

General Feasibility Report: Implications for setting up Savings Groups in Europe

This feasibility report aims to create a solid background for Savings Groups programming in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands where partner organisations of the LETS SAVEE project are based.

Thesis

Balancing the social and financial sides of the coin

Two things are important in order to participate properly in society: being financially healthy and having a solid social network. They are two sides of the same coin. How do you keep it balanced?

Article

Sensor fusion of odometer, compass and beacon distance for mobile robots

The estimation of the pose of a differential drive mobile robot from noisy odometer, compass, and beacon distance measurements is studied. The estimation problem, which is a state estimation problem with...

Article

Ecological momentary assessment study of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and non-specific physical symptoms with self-declared electrosensitives

The main objective of the study is to determine if non-specific physical symptoms (NSPS) in people with self-declared sensitivity to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) can be explained...

Article

PrimaVera: Synergising Predictive Maintenance

The full potential of predictive maintenance has not yet been utilised. Current solutions focus on individual steps of the predictive maintenance cycle and only work for very specific settings.

Article

Legibility as a Design Principle: Surfacing Values in Sensing Technologies

This paper introduces the design principle of legibility as means to examine the epistemic and ethical conditions of sensing technologies. Emerging sensing technologies create new possibilities regarding...