A community of people who care about interaction

Dutch Touch is the short name for The Society for the Study of Social and Affective Touch in the Netherlands, started by Gijs Huisman in 2015.

The Society brings together professionals working around social touch – academic researchers, industry specialists working with haptics, haptic therapists, artists, and other professionals.

The Meetings of the Society are held on a yearly basis and are open to anyone interested. The purpose of the society is to inspire and to encourage cooperation of people working on social and affective touch across various disciplines and fields.

The next Dutch Touch meeting is on November 8th, 2024

Events and news

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On 11 November 2022, the 6th Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social and Affective Touch took place in the Netherlands, also known as “Dutch Touch”, This year’s meeting was hosted by …
November 14, 2022
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The 5th Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social and Affective Touch in theNetherlands, also known as “Dutch Touch”, took place in Amsterdam on the 23rd ofNovember 2021. The society is a …
March 20, 2021
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Report: 1st Dutch meeting on the study of social and affective touch
August 10, 2015

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Sign up for updates on the next meeting and events around the touch scene of the Netherlands (a few emails a year).

Organizers of the upcoming yearly gathering (autumn 2023):

Judith Weda
Merel Jung
Sima Ipakchian Askari
Gijs Huisman
Jan van Erp
Dasha Kolesnyk

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