Meet our Community
Jan van Erp
My name is Jan van Erp and I am a scientist with TNO and professor of tangible user interaction with the University of Twente. One of the topics I am working on is the mediation of social touch over a distance (for instance to add touch to a Teams or Zoom conversation) and if and how robots and avatars should touch us (or not).
Dasha Kolesnyk
My name is Dasha Kolesnyk, I am a researcher. My research - both academic and applied - focuses on how people use touch in social interactions in a variety of contexts. I aim to contribute to something I call Touch Literacy - ethical and diverse communication through touch for people all over the world and all over the virtual realities.
Wouter Vos
I am the senior researcher at Elitac Wearables. I design the haptic feedback for the wearable products of the company. Elitac Wearables is specialised in integrating haptic actuators and electronics into wearables (https://elitacwearables.com/haptic-feedback-wearables/), both in our own products and in those of our clients.
Merel Jung
Merel Jung is an assistant professor at the department of Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Her research interests cover the automatic analysis of social behavior in interpersonal and human-robot interactions and the development of socially intelligent behavior for artificial agents with a focus on touch/haptic interactions.
Anouk Keizer
My name is Anouk Keizer and I work as an assistant professor in the Dijkermanlab at Utrecht University, department of Experimental Psychology. My research focuses on the role of bodily experiences in psychopathology and mental wellbeing. I am especially interested in how social touch experiences are linked to mental health/wellbeing and the transdiagnostic value of social touch experiences in psychiatric disorders.
Sima Ipakchian Askari
I'm Sima, a researcher at Vilans on the topic of digital care. I'm interested in understanding the touch needs and experiences of residents in long term care facilities as well as how haptic technologies could contribute to their quality of life and daily interactions.
Gijs Huisman
Gijs is Assistant Professor at the TU Delft Industrial Design Engineering’s Human-Centered Design group. His research interests revolve around social touch, haptic technologies, and embodied interactions.
Dutch Touch
2023
The Netherlands
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