Astrid D.A.M. Kemperman

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"Bridging the digital and built environment to enable a better quality of life for all citizens."

Research profile

Astrid Kemperman is Associate Professor of Urban Planning & Quality of Life at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Her area of expertise focuses on smart urban environments that promote healthy living and well-being. Her research involves integrating advanced ICT solutions in daily activity patterns to address societal challenges such as physical inactivity, social isolation, and loneliness. She extends the state-of-the-art in modeling and measuring people’s preferences and needs to optimize the integration of technological devices, systems and living environments. This integration supports active, healthier and more livable communities for residents and visitors.

Her fundamental research is supported by European and national grants. Applied research is supported through cooperative grants with policy makers and industry partners.

Examples of her research include the C-Space project on the development of a smart tourist recommender system. The SOULMATE project that aims to secure old people’s ultimate lifestyle mobility by offering augmented reality training experiences; and the GOAL project with a focus on gamification to achieve overweight prevention and active lifestyle.

Dr Kemperman is an associate editor of Annals of Tourism Research, and serves as a Curator for the Annals Virtual Special Issue (VSI) ‘Choice modelling in tourism’. She is also an editorial board member of the European Journal of Tourism Research and has acted as a reviewer for many other journals. She has published widely in international peer-reviewed journals (>50 scientific publications and >80 conference papers). In addition, she is a regular visiting research fellow at the University of Queensland Business School in Australia, where she collaborates on research on livable tourism environments.

Academic background

Astrid Kemperman obtained her PhD at Eindhoven University of Technology in 2000. She was an assistant professor at the Urban Planning Group until 2014, when she was promoted to associate professor. She teaches courses on urban planning and methodology at the bachelor and master level. In 2015 she has developed a new course ‘Smart urban environments’ and the project ‘Big data and experiments for urban analysis’ that she still teaches. Astrid regularly supervises PhDs & PDEngs in the research domain of smart healthy living.

Astrid has been actively involved in administration as a member and chair of a variety of committees at departmental and university level. Currently, she is chairperson of the examination committee of the department of the Built Environment and is a member of the Advisory Committee on Bachelor’s and Master’s Program Examinations (AEB/AEM) of Eindhoven University of Technology. Dr Kemperman is also a member of the independent retail advice committee for the Province of Noord-Brabant.

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Research Output

662 Citations
86 Conference contribution
58 Article
6 Chapter
5 Paper
15 More

Children’s school travel and wellbeing in the Netherlands

van de Craats, I., van den Berg, P. E. W., Kemperman, A. D. A. M. & Waygood, E. O. D., 2020, Transport and children's wellbeing. Waygood, O., Friman, M., Olsson, L. & Mitra, R. (eds.). Elsevier, p. 317-338 22 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

6 Downloads (Pure)

Correlates of older adults’ walking trip duration

Liu, Z., Kemperman, A. D. A. M. & Timmermans, H. J. P., Sep 2020, In : Journal of Transport & Health. 18, September 2020, 10 p., 100889.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Does collective self-build contribute to social cohesion and social satisfaction of the ageing population?

van den Berg, P. E. W., Sanders, J., Maussen, S. J. E. & Kemperman, A. D. A. M., 2020, 26th conference international association people-environment studies .

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Factors affecting parental safety perception, satisfaction with school travel and mood in primary school children in the Netherlands

van den Berg, P. E. W., Waygood, E. O. D., van de Craats, I. & Kemperman, A. D. A. M., Mar 2020, In : Journal of Transport & Health. 16, 11 p., 100837.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Factors affecting parental safety perception, satisfaction with school travel and mood in primary school children in the Netherlands

van den Berg, P. E. W., Waygood, E. O. D., van de Craats, I. & Kemperman, A. D. A. M., 2020, Proceedings of the 99th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Transportation Research Board, 20-00290

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Activities

17 Editorial activity
4 Invited talk
2 Publication peer-review
1 Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition
3 More

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Bike2School. Een onderzoek naar de factoren die van invloed zijn op het fietsgebruik van jongeren in Limburg, Noord-Brabant en Overijssel

Pauline E.W. van den Berg, Astrid Kemperman & Karst Geurs

29/05/19

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Research

Director (f/m) of European Membrane Institute

A.D.A.M. Kemperman

Author: Külter, R., 31 Oct 2012

Supervisor: Smeets, J. (Supervisor 1), van de Ven, L. (Supervisor 2) & Kemperman, A. (Supervisor 2)

Student thesis: Master

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