Krase Social Research & User Experience

I am excited to share my new project — Shared Journeys — which creates an inspiring space where newly arrived young people and their Dutch peers connect, share experiences, and build mutual understanding through creativity.
Focusing on youth aged 15+ from the Asylum Seekers’ Center (AZC) in Leersum and young people from Vlaardingen, the project offers 20 creative workshops from November to April, guided by me and the professional photographer Julie Nakzi. Participants use digital tools to tell their stories through photos, sound, and visuals.
The theme — “What would I put in my suitcase if I left home?” — inspires reflections on identity, memory, and hope. Their stories will be shared in interactive exhibitions from April to August in public spaces in Vlaardingen and Leersum, visible from the street to engage passersby. The journey ends with a final exhibition in September at the Fenix Museum Rotterdam.
Shared Journeys focuses on vulnerable youth outside major cultural centers. At a time of rising social tension around migration, the project offers an alternative — using art and storytelling to foster empathy, creativity, and belonging.

The project is support by Fonds voor Cultuurarticipatie with collaboration Stichting Vrolijkheid and Stichting Antypesto.

In February and in March I worked with children from Amsterdam North.
The project was in collaboration with SPIN and took place in one of their playgrounds Zeeslag.
I conducted a series of workshops related to urban design and games.

Topic: design your own dream neighbourhood
Duration: every Friday 20 January – 17 February
Goals: To challenge children to get to know their home town and to stimulate their creativity and imagination.
Target: Children 6-12 years old
In a series of five 2-hour sessions, the children mapped the neighbourhood’s streets and made models of their dream neighbourhood. In the first session, the children learned about the principles of topography, looked at different types of maps and discovered what elements they contain. Then they drew their own map with routes and objects such as a helicopter pad, a children’s museum and, of course, candy and ice cream shops

#MOOC4ALL project has been completed, with the International Training Conference “Future of Digital Learning” in collaboration with partners from Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Finland and the Netherlands. It was a productive and informative day as all participants shared their knowledge, experiences, and ideas. The event celebrated the culmination of the project and looked at the ways it has achieved its end.
The partnership is proud to announce the development of the three project outcomes:  
 – The Social Model for Online Learning is a comprehensive, 150-page guide that delves into online learning offering various practical, non-formal activities designed to help facilitators nurture a beneficial learning environment. https://lnkd.in/ehM4TdwW
– A mobile app that functions as a virtual forum, designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas between those interested in attending an online course. https://lnkd.in/eY8_uC-k
– Facilitators Manual provides all MOOC facilitators with detailed steps to become good MOOCster.

#MOOC4ALL,#erasmusplusproject, #SMOL, #digitalamarketing, #facilitation, #sociallearning #KA2project

When: Save the date March 30, 2023 “MOOC4ALL – Innovative Model for Facilitating On-line Learning Success”
More information here

This year I will join the Designathong challenge with students from Amsterdam! Looking forward to co-create for “Our planet our future” jam in the Netherlands!

Krase Research &UX will contribute to developing the web platform for the social learning model for online learning in VET.

Hidden MANGA treasures in a two-floor comic book store at the back of the Anne Frank Museum, a street with only galleries and hair salons…

Such a great time I have spent as a mentor in DeliteLab this summer. I am very happy for all my mentees and looking forward to seeing their amazing ideas getting off the ground.
The Ice Academy 2021 has ended but the entrepreneurial journey has just  begun!

On Monday, December 16th, we celebrated the participants of the last (13th) Creative Lab of the year! It was an inspiring and joyful evening with new and old members of our growing community.

I wish you all the best in the future! I will miss you!