Mike Grijseels collaboration bio

Mike Grijseels, is a PhD candidate at the Athena Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He was originally trained as an exercise therapist and worked in elderly care for 6 years. He then pursued a MSc in International Public Health at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His current work is on inclusive technologies for people with disabilities where he combines different insights from STS (Actor-Network-Theory, Transition Studies, technologies-in-practice, matters of care) to answer the question; how can we use technology to improve inclusion for people living with disabilities? In this transdisciplinary, action-based research, Mike uses methods based on reflexive monitoring, situated intervention, joint learning and co-creation. He is also a member of The Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern Culture (WTMC).