Sander Hermsen
@sanderhermsen.bsky.social
Behaviour Change (and) Design – Applied and fundamental research meets practice – Radboudumc and OnePlanet Research Centre, Nijmegen, NL – he/him/his – EN/NL/DE
When, and why, do health care professionals refer patients to lifestyle interventions?
This week, I presented work that helps answering this question at @ehps2025.bsky.social in Groningen, NL #ehps2025
Missed it? No worries! The poster is here: osf.io/wgfvm
This week, I presented work that helps answering this question at @ehps2025.bsky.social in Groningen, NL #ehps2025
Missed it? No worries! The poster is here: osf.io/wgfvm
August 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When, and why, do health care professionals refer patients to lifestyle interventions?
This week, I presented work that helps answering this question at @ehps2025.bsky.social in Groningen, NL #ehps2025
Missed it? No worries! The poster is here: osf.io/wgfvm
This week, I presented work that helps answering this question at @ehps2025.bsky.social in Groningen, NL #ehps2025
Missed it? No worries! The poster is here: osf.io/wgfvm
Finally an honest security notice
August 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Finally an honest security notice
The installation in the larger hall was hallucinogenic and beautiful, but I especially loved the smaller screens in the side room, explaining the work and showing ‘riffs’ of Gehry-style imagery as fluid as a jazz improvisation. Would certainly recommend
June 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The installation in the larger hall was hallucinogenic and beautiful, but I especially loved the smaller screens in the side room, explaining the work and showing ‘riffs’ of Gehry-style imagery as fluid as a jazz improvisation. Would certainly recommend
Anadol uses AI in what it’s best at: summarising, pretending, finding common denominators in huge swathes of data
June 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Anadol uses AI in what it’s best at: summarising, pretending, finding common denominators in huge swathes of data
Impressive generation of endless streams of Gehry-like works based on hundreds of thousands of images from the architect’s archives. Used with permission and done through ‘sustainable computing’, whatever that may be
June 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Impressive generation of endless streams of Gehry-like works based on hundreds of thousands of images from the architect’s archives. Used with permission and done through ‘sustainable computing’, whatever that may be
Went to see Refik Anadol’s audiovisual reimagination of Frank Gehry’s architectural legacy through AI and generative art at the Guggenheim Bilbao last week.
Quite fitting that the work of the poster child of computer-aided architecture now gets reinterpreted by the poster child of AI-driven art
Quite fitting that the work of the poster child of computer-aided architecture now gets reinterpreted by the poster child of AI-driven art
June 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Went to see Refik Anadol’s audiovisual reimagination of Frank Gehry’s architectural legacy through AI and generative art at the Guggenheim Bilbao last week.
Quite fitting that the work of the poster child of computer-aided architecture now gets reinterpreted by the poster child of AI-driven art
Quite fitting that the work of the poster child of computer-aided architecture now gets reinterpreted by the poster child of AI-driven art
Excellent statue of Saint Tacano, patron saint of people who manage to get their round in strategically, so they only need to fork out for some fresh pints for the lads and not the girlfriends’ gin and tonics, mojitos, and aperol spritzes
June 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Excellent statue of Saint Tacano, patron saint of people who manage to get their round in strategically, so they only need to fork out for some fresh pints for the lads and not the girlfriends’ gin and tonics, mojitos, and aperol spritzes
Inaugural lecture of professor Manon Bloemen at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences - her research focuses on creating inclusive opportunities for physical activity for children with physical disabilities. A fascinating mix of fundamental and applied research, co-creation, and implementation
June 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Inaugural lecture of professor Manon Bloemen at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences - her research focuses on creating inclusive opportunities for physical activity for children with physical disabilities. A fascinating mix of fundamental and applied research, co-creation, and implementation
Went to see @pixiesofficial.bsky.social tonight and boy did they deliver 🤩 I remember getting the Doolittle album in 1990 - teenage me could not have foreseen me singing along to the Pixies 35 years later 😂
April 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Went to see @pixiesofficial.bsky.social tonight and boy did they deliver 🤩 I remember getting the Doolittle album in 1990 - teenage me could not have foreseen me singing along to the Pixies 35 years later 😂
I bought this nice cotton No One Is Illegal tote bag from Stichting Gast, a volunteer group who help refugees with housing and everything else. If you happen to have some spare money lying aroond, I can heartily recommend donating to their cause www.stichtinggast.nl/helpen/doner...
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I bought this nice cotton No One Is Illegal tote bag from Stichting Gast, a volunteer group who help refugees with housing and everything else. If you happen to have some spare money lying aroond, I can heartily recommend donating to their cause www.stichtinggast.nl/helpen/doner...
Once a year, the Dutch reveal their true mercantile selves, when they celebrate King’s Day by clearing out their attics and flogging all the rubbish to their compatriots - turning the entire country in one enormous fleamarket
April 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Once a year, the Dutch reveal their true mercantile selves, when they celebrate King’s Day by clearing out their attics and flogging all the rubbish to their compatriots - turning the entire country in one enormous fleamarket
Hanami in my garden!
April 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hanami in my garden!
Recently, because of building in the area, the rubbish bins have been replaced by a temporary solution: a larger container. The former nudge now finally has an actual use: as a sign indicating where to leave your full bin liners
April 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Recently, because of building in the area, the rubbish bins have been replaced by a temporary solution: a larger container. The former nudge now finally has an actual use: as a sign indicating where to leave your full bin liners
Image from November 2024: Your regular reminder that if you don’t provide a course of action that fits people’s needs, you can #nudge them until their hair goes green, but they will not change their behaviour
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Image from November 2024: Your regular reminder that if you don’t provide a course of action that fits people’s needs, you can #nudge them until their hair goes green, but they will not change their behaviour
Also, the little ‘garden’ surrounding the bin is now half destroyed.
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Also, the little ‘garden’ surrounding the bin is now half destroyed.
Nor does it work in practice. This is from February 2022. You know you’ve lost when you have to embellish your nudge with explanatory posters
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Nor does it work in practice. This is from February 2022. You know you’ve lost when you have to embellish your nudge with explanatory posters
Nudges are a grift, people.
From the birdsite, november 2021, in front of a block of flats not far from my house.
Yet another clearly ineffective instance of the prying eyes nudge 👀
Wonder how much the authorities paid the local nudge cowboys for this ‘solution’
From the birdsite, november 2021, in front of a block of flats not far from my house.
Yet another clearly ineffective instance of the prying eyes nudge 👀
Wonder how much the authorities paid the local nudge cowboys for this ‘solution’
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Nudges are a grift, people.
From the birdsite, november 2021, in front of a block of flats not far from my house.
Yet another clearly ineffective instance of the prying eyes nudge 👀
Wonder how much the authorities paid the local nudge cowboys for this ‘solution’
From the birdsite, november 2021, in front of a block of flats not far from my house.
Yet another clearly ineffective instance of the prying eyes nudge 👀
Wonder how much the authorities paid the local nudge cowboys for this ‘solution’
Admit it, it’s just cool
March 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Admit it, it’s just cool
Work-related visit to the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, a hospital so large that it has its own gravitational field. Loved this clock: a video projection of people moving rubbish with brooms
March 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Work-related visit to the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, a hospital so large that it has its own gravitational field. Loved this clock: a video projection of people moving rubbish with brooms
With Tesla sales falling, it’s not a surprise to see Elmo diversifying into different transport modes
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
With Tesla sales falling, it’s not a surprise to see Elmo diversifying into different transport modes
Far-right politicians in Europe: we need resurrection of the intra-European border controls
Meanwhile, our borders:
Meanwhile, our borders:
January 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Far-right politicians in Europe: we need resurrection of the intra-European border controls
Meanwhile, our borders:
Meanwhile, our borders:
Just discovered this: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... Especially love this close-up of a weevil by Sherif Abdallah Ahmed and the picture of a seagull riding a turtly by Enric Gener
January 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Just discovered this: www.nature.com/immersive/d4... Especially love this close-up of a weevil by Sherif Abdallah Ahmed and the picture of a seagull riding a turtly by Enric Gener
You know your brand is in trouble when there is a market for car stickers where people publicly denounce the brand’s management
December 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
You know your brand is in trouble when there is a market for car stickers where people publicly denounce the brand’s management
Worrying street name in Wageningen, Netherlands. Fortunately the weather was dreadful and everybody stayed fully clothed
December 19, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Worrying street name in Wageningen, Netherlands. Fortunately the weather was dreadful and everybody stayed fully clothed
Took part in protests against the anti-science budget cuts of the Dutch far-right government yesterday. Brought the dog for moral support.
Interesting speech by MP @lisawesterveld.bsky.social, she emphasised the lack of debate and deterioration of democratic practice in the current govt #WOinActie
Interesting speech by MP @lisawesterveld.bsky.social, she emphasised the lack of debate and deterioration of democratic practice in the current govt #WOinActie
December 12, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Took part in protests against the anti-science budget cuts of the Dutch far-right government yesterday. Brought the dog for moral support.
Interesting speech by MP @lisawesterveld.bsky.social, she emphasised the lack of debate and deterioration of democratic practice in the current govt #WOinActie
Interesting speech by MP @lisawesterveld.bsky.social, she emphasised the lack of debate and deterioration of democratic practice in the current govt #WOinActie