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 7th, 2025

Events and news

Stay in Touch

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 (2025):

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

Dutch Touch Society

2025

The Netherlands

Get in Touch

dutchtouchsociety@gmail.com