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Personal profile
Quote
“Intelligent systems have the potential to contribute to the reduction of physical inactivity. However, this requires a distinctive approach and envisioning of societal and personal needs.”
Research profile
Steven Vosis part-time Professor of Design and Analysis of Intelligent Systems for Vitality and Leisure Time Sports. He is head of the research group ‘Move to Be’ at the School of Sports Studies, Fontys University of Applied Sciences. He is also part of the Policy in Sports and Physical Activity Research Group at KU Leuven, Belgium. Vos is interested in designing tailored services and products to improve sports, physical activity and vitality, taking into account individual, social and environmental factors. He aims to improve public health by offering people, especially the very heterogenous group of less experienced athletes, personalized and smart tools to help them get and keep moving.
Vos has contributed to establish sports & vitality as one of the strategic research and design topics of the department, both in terms of internal profiling (through projects and the Roadmap Human Technology for Vital People) and external profiling (through co-authoring the Dutch national research agenda on sports & exercise, supporting the Vitality Academy, and setting up living labs).
Academic background
Steven Vos holds a master’s degree in Social Psychology from KU Leuven, Belgium, and also completed his PhD research in Kinesiology and Sport Policy there over a decade later. He worked at KU Leuven in a variety of positions and spent several years as a research manager at the Accessibility Expertise Center in Belgium before joining Fontys University of Applied Sciences. Currently, he is still a research fellow at KU Leuven, while also holding a professorship at Fontys and a Full Professorship at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
Affiliated with
- Fontys University of Applied Sciences
- Data Science Center Eindhoven - Quantified Self research program
- Vitality Academy (Utrecht University – TU/e)
Partners in (semi-)industry
- 2M Engineering
- Golazo SX
- Imec NL
External positions
Lector Move to Be, Fontys University of Applied Sciences - School of Sport Studies
1 Apr 2013 → …Fingerprint Fingerprint is based on mining the text of the person's scientific documents to create an index of weighted terms, which defines the key subjects of each individual researcher.
sport
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Sports
Social Sciences
sports club
Social Sciences
expenditure
Earth & Environmental Sciences
participation
Social Sciences
sports facility
Earth & Environmental Sciences
physical education
Social Sciences
Belgium
Social Sciences
Network
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Projects 2017 2019
ProVita KIC Health 17288
Brankaert, R., Brombacher, A., Lu, Y., Valk, C., Damen, I., Gerrits, E., Brankaert, R., Vos, S., Schoumacher, J., van Mierlo, P. & van Mierlo, P.
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research direct
Nano4Sports
Vos, S., Funk, M., van der Spek, E., Menheere, D., Brombacher, A., van der Avoird, M., Schoumacher, J., van Mierlo, P., van Mierlo, P. & Vos, S.
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research direct › Research
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Research Output 2001 2019
Who uses running apps and sports watches? : determinants and consumer profiles of event runners' usage of running-related smartphone applications and sports watches.
Janssen, M. A., Scheerder, J., Thibaut, E., Brombacher, A. C. & Vos, S. B., 2017, In : PLoS ONE. 12, 7, p. 1-17 17 p., e0181167Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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A stepwise science-industry collaboration to optimize the calculation of energy expenditure during walking and running with a consumer-based activity device
Oomen, J., Arts, D., Sperling, M. & Vos, S., 1 Feb 2019, In : Technology in Society. 56, p. 1-7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
expenditures
energy
industry
Calorimetry
science
Investigating Motor Competence in Association with Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in 7- to 11-Year-Old Children
Adank, A. M., van Kann, D. H. H., Hoeboer, J. J. A. A., de Vries, S. I., Kremers, S. P. J. & Vos, S. B., 5 Nov 2018, In : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15, 11, 11 p., 2470Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Mental Competency
Exercise
Motor Activity
Body Height
Sports
Let's walk and talk: A design case to integrate an active lifestyle in daily office life
Damen, I., Brankaert, R. G. A., Megens, C. J. P. G., van Wesemael, P. J. V., Brombacher, A. C. & Vos, S. B., 21 Apr 2018, CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 11 p. CS10Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
Health
Merging
Economics
Study protocol of the quasi-experimental evaluation of "kEIGAAF": a context-based physical activity and nutrition intervention for primary school children
Verjans-Janssen, S. R. B., Van Kann, D. H. H., Gerards, S. M. P. L., Vos, S. B., Jansen, M. W. J. & Kremers, S. P. J., 6 Jul 2018, In : BMC Public Health. 18, 1, 842Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Exercise
Physical Fitness
Netherlands
Multilevel Analysis
Anthropometry
Courses
Press / Media
TU/e assigns sports professor, with focus on the inexperienced sportsman
24/09/15
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
Clipr: motivate children to jump at Jump XL
Author: Kamp, S. L., Jun 2018Supervisor: Vos, S. (Supervisor 1) & Peters, P. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Bachelor
Design implementation of behavioural change techniques to improve perceived euhydration
Author: van den Broek, S., Jun 2018Supervisor: Vos, S. (Supervisor 1) & Khan, J. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
Okioko: designing a data-driven application for overload injury prevention of social community runners
Author: van Laarhoven, J., 14 Jan 2016Supervisor: Brombacher, A. (Supervisor 1), Delbressine, F. (Supervisor 2) & Vos, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
Sona : design for visual impaired child development through participation in physical activity
Author: Gerardts, M., Jun 2018Supervisor: Vos, S. (Supervisor 1)
Student thesis: Master
SquatMat: improve technique to reduce risk of injuries
Author: Verbeek, T., Jun 2018Supervisor: Vos, S. (Supervisor 1) & Liang, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Bachelor