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8D bridges the gap between research and real-world application.
🤝 Co-design 🧠 Knowledge Transfer 📣 Dissemination | Specialized in design-driven approaches and creative product development. Based in Leeuwarden, operating globally! https://www.8d.nl/
🤝 Co-design 🧠 Knowledge Transfer 📣 Dissemination | Specialized in design-driven approaches and creative product development. Based in Leeuwarden, operating globally! https://www.8d.nl/
Together with partners from Portugal, Greece and Slovakia we are building a learning experience that connects younger and older generations and stimulates sustainable behaviour. Read about Green Transitions, for which we developed a scenario based serious game: 8d.nl/en/projecten...
Intergenerational learning | Green Transitions serious game by 8D
Green Transitions is a European project in which 8D developed a serious game to connect intergenerational learning and sustainability.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Together with partners from Portugal, Greece and Slovakia we are building a learning experience that connects younger and older generations and stimulates sustainable behaviour. Read about Green Transitions, for which we developed a scenario based serious game: 8d.nl/en/projecten...
📣 New interview on research and design now online! Charlotte van Lotringen (University of Twente) is researching how digital tools can better align with the context of mental health care. Read the full interview here: lnkd.in/gvZxJr-h
#codesign #researchimpact #mentalhealth #innovation
#codesign #researchimpact #mentalhealth #innovation
August 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
📣 New interview on research and design now online! Charlotte van Lotringen (University of Twente) is researching how digital tools can better align with the context of mental health care. Read the full interview here: lnkd.in/gvZxJr-h
#codesign #researchimpact #mentalhealth #innovation
#codesign #researchimpact #mentalhealth #innovation
With the summer holidays just around the corner and another busy and surprisingly successful year behind us, it was time for a team outing! We got some fresh air on Schiermonnikoog – unfortunately with hot chocolate instead of ice cream due to the weather – but we had a great time nonetheless!
July 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
With the summer holidays just around the corner and another busy and surprisingly successful year behind us, it was time for a team outing! We got some fresh air on Schiermonnikoog – unfortunately with hot chocolate instead of ice cream due to the weather – but we had a great time nonetheless!
In our projects, we see two main pathways through which product development supports #datacollection for research purposes: during the (co-creative) design process itself, and when the prototype or final product is used as a research instrument. Read more on our new page: 8d.nl/en/mogelijkh...
Data Collection through Product Development | 8D
Data collection through product development: how does it work, and why is it valuable for researchers?
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June 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
In our projects, we see two main pathways through which product development supports #datacollection for research purposes: during the (co-creative) design process itself, and when the prototype or final product is used as a research instrument. Read more on our new page: 8d.nl/en/mogelijkh...
Design thinking in healthcare: "Design the change, not just the solution".
In our latest article, we share insights drawn from a decade of experience as designers in the research and innovation field.
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#designthinking #innovation #researchimpact
In our latest article, we share insights drawn from a decade of experience as designers in the research and innovation field.
8d.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#designthinking #innovation #researchimpact
Design thinking in healthcare: design the change, not just the solution
Design thinking in healthcare often stops once the product is finished. This article shows why the change itself also needs to be designed through co-creation.
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June 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Design thinking in healthcare: "Design the change, not just the solution".
In our latest article, we share insights drawn from a decade of experience as designers in the research and innovation field.
8d.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#designthinking #innovation #researchimpact
In our latest article, we share insights drawn from a decade of experience as designers in the research and innovation field.
8d.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#designthinking #innovation #researchimpact
Proud to contribute our design expertise to EFF-CoP: an ambitious, transdisciplinary #HorizonEurope project committed to fighting food fraud and increasing transparency in the food supply chain.👉 Check out the initiative's website – (and our fresh logo!) at: www.eff-cop.eu
May 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Proud to contribute our design expertise to EFF-CoP: an ambitious, transdisciplinary #HorizonEurope project committed to fighting food fraud and increasing transparency in the food supply chain.👉 Check out the initiative's website – (and our fresh logo!) at: www.eff-cop.eu
Researchers generate insights that could truly benefit society, yet many outcomes remain within academic circles. We explore how embedding design approaches in your research increases knowledge transfer and impact —and share inspiring examples. Read more: 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#researchimpact
#researchimpact
Effective knowledge transfer: how research findings reach society through design
Effective knowledge transfer: how do you tackle it as a researcher? How participatory design helps implement new science knowledge
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May 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Researchers generate insights that could truly benefit society, yet many outcomes remain within academic circles. We explore how embedding design approaches in your research increases knowledge transfer and impact —and share inspiring examples. Read more: 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#researchimpact
#researchimpact
What if residents helped shape public space as co-researchers?
Together with NHL Stenden’s Care Innovation group, 8D applied a #citizenscience meets design approach to explore what “social connection” means locally — developing solutions rooted in lived experience.
8d-games.nl/en/citizen-s...
Together with NHL Stenden’s Care Innovation group, 8D applied a #citizenscience meets design approach to explore what “social connection” means locally — developing solutions rooted in lived experience.
8d-games.nl/en/citizen-s...
Citizen Science and Design: designing and researching together
Citizen science: residents and researchers together design solutions for meeting and movement in public spaces.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What if residents helped shape public space as co-researchers?
Together with NHL Stenden’s Care Innovation group, 8D applied a #citizenscience meets design approach to explore what “social connection” means locally — developing solutions rooted in lived experience.
8d-games.nl/en/citizen-s...
Together with NHL Stenden’s Care Innovation group, 8D applied a #citizenscience meets design approach to explore what “social connection” means locally — developing solutions rooted in lived experience.
8d-games.nl/en/citizen-s...
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Stumbled across the Researchers on a Mission series – inspiring reads highlighting researchers turning bold missions into real impact.
Reading tip for anyone working in #research and #innovation!
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...
#ResearchImpactEU
Reading tip for anyone working in #research and #innovation!
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...
#ResearchImpactEU
Researchers on a mission | Research and Innovation
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu
April 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Stumbled across the Researchers on a Mission series – inspiring reads highlighting researchers turning bold missions into real impact.
Reading tip for anyone working in #research and #innovation!
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...
#ResearchImpactEU
Reading tip for anyone working in #research and #innovation!
projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...
#ResearchImpactEU
🧠 How do you design serious games that actually work in public health?
In our collab with Dr. Nienke Beerlage-de Jong (UT), we co-created eZoon—a tool tackling wicked problems like zoonotic outbreaks through participatory design.
Dive in 👉 8d-games.nl/en/nienke-be...
#eHealth #OneHealth
In our collab with Dr. Nienke Beerlage-de Jong (UT), we co-created eZoon—a tool tackling wicked problems like zoonotic outbreaks through participatory design.
Dive in 👉 8d-games.nl/en/nienke-be...
#eHealth #OneHealth
Nienke Beerlage-de Jong on creative intervention development eZoon
In a series of interviews with partners of 8D, we discuss creative intervention development within research projects. In the first episode: Dr Nienke Beerlage-de Jong from the University of Twente.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🧠 How do you design serious games that actually work in public health?
In our collab with Dr. Nienke Beerlage-de Jong (UT), we co-created eZoon—a tool tackling wicked problems like zoonotic outbreaks through participatory design.
Dive in 👉 8d-games.nl/en/nienke-be...
#eHealth #OneHealth
In our collab with Dr. Nienke Beerlage-de Jong (UT), we co-created eZoon—a tool tackling wicked problems like zoonotic outbreaks through participatory design.
Dive in 👉 8d-games.nl/en/nienke-be...
#eHealth #OneHealth
🎮 Serious gaming = more than a game.
Explore how psychology & science shape game-based research and behavior change.
Whitepaper – now available in English (no email gate - just reach out to us if you want to discuss!): 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#SeriousGames #BehaviorChange #GameBasedResearch
Explore how psychology & science shape game-based research and behavior change.
Whitepaper – now available in English (no email gate - just reach out to us if you want to discuss!): 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#SeriousGames #BehaviorChange #GameBasedResearch
Serious gaming, science and psychology | Whitepaper
Find out what psychological principles game designers apply and why serious gaming is perfect as a method for audience-based research.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🎮 Serious gaming = more than a game.
Explore how psychology & science shape game-based research and behavior change.
Whitepaper – now available in English (no email gate - just reach out to us if you want to discuss!): 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#SeriousGames #BehaviorChange #GameBasedResearch
Explore how psychology & science shape game-based research and behavior change.
Whitepaper – now available in English (no email gate - just reach out to us if you want to discuss!): 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
#SeriousGames #BehaviorChange #GameBasedResearch
Everyone loves designing the tool. But who’s creating the content? Content often gets sidelined—until it causes delays. We take a different approach: co-creative writing sessions with all stakeholders. How do you handle content in #innovation projects? What works – and what definitely doesn't?
March 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Everyone loves designing the tool. But who’s creating the content? Content often gets sidelined—until it causes delays. We take a different approach: co-creative writing sessions with all stakeholders. How do you handle content in #innovation projects? What works – and what definitely doesn't?
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EMPOWER YOUR INNOVATION JOURNEY
Open call to #citizenscience projects and #industries:
Join our pilots to solve #innovation challenges through citizen science and the co-design of new business models.
More info on our eu-citizen.science platform:
eu-citizen.science/ecs_project/...
When: 1-15 April
Open call to #citizenscience projects and #industries:
Join our pilots to solve #innovation challenges through citizen science and the co-design of new business models.
More info on our eu-citizen.science platform:
eu-citizen.science/ecs_project/...
When: 1-15 April
March 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
EMPOWER YOUR INNOVATION JOURNEY
Open call to #citizenscience projects and #industries:
Join our pilots to solve #innovation challenges through citizen science and the co-design of new business models.
More info on our eu-citizen.science platform:
eu-citizen.science/ecs_project/...
When: 1-15 April
Open call to #citizenscience projects and #industries:
Join our pilots to solve #innovation challenges through citizen science and the co-design of new business models.
More info on our eu-citizen.science platform:
eu-citizen.science/ecs_project/...
When: 1-15 April
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Just launched a new section on our website showcasing our experience in international partnerships, consortium building, and EU grants! Excited that our cross-border adventures and EU project expertise now have a place on our renewed site: 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
European Consortia | International Partnerships | Research & Innovation
European game development partnerships: why we think it's important to look across borders when developing serious games >>>
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March 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Just launched a new section on our website showcasing our experience in international partnerships, consortium building, and EU grants! Excited that our cross-border adventures and EU project expertise now have a place on our renewed site: 8d-games.nl/en/mogelijkh...
✨ Another fresh portfolio page ✨ The EFF-CoP project aims to combat #foodfraud and enhance transparency within the food supply chain. 8D contributes its design expertise to create innovative tools for knowledge transfer and disseminating research findings. #horizoneurope 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
European Food Fraud Community of Practice (EFF-CoP) – Design Expertise in Horizon Europe
The EFF-CoP project combats food fraud and enhances transparency in the food supply chain. 8D provides design expertise to develop educational tools and dissemination resources.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
✨ Another fresh portfolio page ✨ The EFF-CoP project aims to combat #foodfraud and enhance transparency within the food supply chain. 8D contributes its design expertise to create innovative tools for knowledge transfer and disseminating research findings. #horizoneurope 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
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⭐ Gender, Intersectionality and Caregiving - PhD opportunity
Project exploring gendered dynamics and intersectional challenges for informal caregivers for older adults living with stroke or dementia.
Closing date: 28th April
#PhdSky #AcademicSky
www.sphereprogramme.ie/scholar-appl...
Project exploring gendered dynamics and intersectional challenges for informal caregivers for older adults living with stroke or dementia.
Closing date: 28th April
#PhdSky #AcademicSky
www.sphereprogramme.ie/scholar-appl...
SPHeRE Scholar Application Procedure
Apply to the SPHeRE PhD Programme Scholar applications are now open for the 2025 academic year. There are three modes of application for entry to the SPHeRE Structured PhD Programme: The first mode is...
www.sphereprogramme.ie
March 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
⭐ Gender, Intersectionality and Caregiving - PhD opportunity
Project exploring gendered dynamics and intersectional challenges for informal caregivers for older adults living with stroke or dementia.
Closing date: 28th April
#PhdSky #AcademicSky
www.sphereprogramme.ie/scholar-appl...
Project exploring gendered dynamics and intersectional challenges for informal caregivers for older adults living with stroke or dementia.
Closing date: 28th April
#PhdSky #AcademicSky
www.sphereprogramme.ie/scholar-appl...
In collaboration with eVRgreen Studio, our designers developed the board game ‘Warmlopen in Amersfoort’. This intervention is designed to help the Municipality of Amersfoort engage its residents in a collective reflection on their city’s sustainability. Read more: 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
Sustainable energy transition | Intervention
Foster collaboration on the energy transition through play. Explore the innovative intervention we designed for the Municipality of Amersfoort.
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March 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
In collaboration with eVRgreen Studio, our designers developed the board game ‘Warmlopen in Amersfoort’. This intervention is designed to help the Municipality of Amersfoort engage its residents in a collective reflection on their city’s sustainability. Read more: 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
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Last week, @johanvandermeulen.bsky.social and I attended 'Successful R&I in Europe 2025', a #HorizonEurope matchmaking event in Düsseldorf, connecting ambitious researchers and entrepreneurs. Inspiring, especially as we’re actively working on the Horizon Project EFF-CoP, tackling food fraud.
March 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Last week, @johanvandermeulen.bsky.social and I attended 'Successful R&I in Europe 2025', a #HorizonEurope matchmaking event in Düsseldorf, connecting ambitious researchers and entrepreneurs. Inspiring, especially as we’re actively working on the Horizon Project EFF-CoP, tackling food fraud.
In our latest blog, we discuss the challenges of transdisciplinary research and potential solutions. We draw from our own experiences as designers in academia and an insightful conversation with Dr. Julia Hermann, Assistant Professor of Ethics at the University of Twente. 8d-games.nl/en/transdisc...
Transdisciplinary Research: Challenges and Recommendations
Transdisciplinary Research: Challenges and Recommendations. We explored this topic with Dr. Julia Hermann (University of Twente). Read more:
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March 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In our latest blog, we discuss the challenges of transdisciplinary research and potential solutions. We draw from our own experiences as designers in academia and an insightful conversation with Dr. Julia Hermann, Assistant Professor of Ethics at the University of Twente. 8d-games.nl/en/transdisc...
📣 Are you a teacher who loves shaping the future of education? We’re looking for educators—from primary school to vocational and adult education—who are interested in occasionally sharing their insights or testing innovative learning materials. [1/4]
March 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📣 Are you a teacher who loves shaping the future of education? We’re looking for educators—from primary school to vocational and adult education—who are interested in occasionally sharing their insights or testing innovative learning materials. [1/4]
We’re creating an educational picture book to promote #diversity and #inclusion in primary education. During the last consortium visit at our office, we revealed the character art by our talented colleague Edwin! Exciting to see the book taking shape ✨ Read more: 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
February 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We’re creating an educational picture book to promote #diversity and #inclusion in primary education. During the last consortium visit at our office, we revealed the character art by our talented colleague Edwin! Exciting to see the book taking shape ✨ Read more: 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
In what ways can co-creation strengthen academic and societal impact? Get inspired by our collaboration with researcher Lise Beumeler on a #VR prototype for ICU recovery, which led to strong participant engagement, follow-up studies and media coverage: 8d-games.nl/en/co-creati...
Co-creation in research: insights and outcomes | Research & Design
What are the academic and societal benefits of a participatory approach? A blog on the 'unexpected gains' of co-creation in (healthcare) research.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In what ways can co-creation strengthen academic and societal impact? Get inspired by our collaboration with researcher Lise Beumeler on a #VR prototype for ICU recovery, which led to strong participant engagement, follow-up studies and media coverage: 8d-games.nl/en/co-creati...
📢 Just published: an expert interview with Dr. Ayla Schwarz (Wageningen University) on the opportunities and barriers in scaling #gamification and physical activity apps like Missie Master—developed by 8D and Sportbedrijf Drachten.
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8d-games.nl/en/ayla-schw...
Implementing and scaling physical activity apps | Expert interview
Dr. Ayla Schwarz (Wageningen University) explored the barriers and opportunities for implementing and scaling up gamification. Discover more:
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February 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
📢 Just published: an expert interview with Dr. Ayla Schwarz (Wageningen University) on the opportunities and barriers in scaling #gamification and physical activity apps like Missie Master—developed by 8D and Sportbedrijf Drachten.
8d-games.nl/en/ayla-schw...
8d-games.nl/en/ayla-schw...
We're updating our website with new projects! One of them is Read with MEE, dedicated to strengthening #multilingual #literacy in early education: 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
With Mercator European Research Centre / @fryskeakademy.bsky.social #nhlstenden and universities in Basque Country / Dublin.
With Mercator European Research Centre / @fryskeakademy.bsky.social #nhlstenden and universities in Basque Country / Dublin.
Strengthening multilingual literacy in early education | 8D
Read with MEE and 8D are collaborating to enhance multilingual literacy in early education, paving the way for inclusive and diverse learning environments.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We're updating our website with new projects! One of them is Read with MEE, dedicated to strengthening #multilingual #literacy in early education: 8d-games.nl/en/projecten...
With Mercator European Research Centre / @fryskeakademy.bsky.social #nhlstenden and universities in Basque Country / Dublin.
With Mercator European Research Centre / @fryskeakademy.bsky.social #nhlstenden and universities in Basque Country / Dublin.
This was fun! 🎉 Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen invited us to give their PhD candidates a behind-the-scenes look at our work: how can researchers use design to translate their process and findings into real-world impact? Lovely morning with a lovely group of people! #designdrivenresearch
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This was fun! 🎉 Campus Fryslân - University of Groningen invited us to give their PhD candidates a behind-the-scenes look at our work: how can researchers use design to translate their process and findings into real-world impact? Lovely morning with a lovely group of people! #designdrivenresearch