jelger kroese

Hi! I'm a trainer, practice-based researcher and creative technologist working toward an ecological, more resilient society. I design, code and work with groups. And I combine these activities to create and research (learning) experiences focused on understanding and fostering reciprocal relationships between and within ourselves and the environment. Most of my work takes place in transdisciplinary research collaborations, at the intersection of soundscape ecology, environmental psychology and human-computer interaction.

I'm currently working on Listening Towards an Ecological Self, a research project and interactive installation in collaboration with Hanneke Scholten (Twente University) and Thomas van Rompay (Twente University). The project explores the relation between (virtual) sound environments, ecological awareness, emotion and psychological wellbeing, using a custom spatial sound installation.

I'm part of the collective Shock Forest Group.

I'm also tutor transdisciplinary research and education at University of Amsterdam's Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. I run the course and coach teams of MSc students working on 5-month projects. Projects I'm currently supervising:

• Mapping and improving the outdoor acoustic ecology of Amsterdam Science Park for the benefit of human and other life on campus, in collaboration with Waag Amsterdam and ARISE, Naturalis.

• Supporting Anatta Foundation increase impact with their non-profit youth well-being app, part of the Positive Mental Health EU Erasmus+ project.

• Reducing light pollution in Amsterdam, in collaboration with Municipality of Amsterdam.