Dutch Touch Society – Research Group

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 13th, 2026

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Events and news

Events

LowLands Science 2025

Is shared fear half as bad? In August 2025, Lowlands visitors were able to immerse themselves in a unique film experience where it wasn’t only about watching, but also about feeling. In this experiment, …

February 11, 2026

Events

9th Dutch Touch Society Meeting – Utrecht, 7 November 2025

The Dutch Touch Society held its 9th meeting on 7 November 2025 in Utrecht, generously supported by Gijs Huisman. The University of Utrecht kindly hosted the event and provided the venue. The meeting opened …

December 3, 2025

Output

Digital Social Touch Toolkit

We present the Digital Social Touch Toolkit, a research tool in development aimed at the systematic study of differences in attitudes regarding the ethics of digital social touch interactions. The toolkit consists of cards …

February 11, 2023

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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