- Regional Development and Innovation
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Local Economic Development and Planning
- Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Community Health and Development
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies
- Disaster Response and Management
- Water resources management and optimization
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Media Studies and Communication
Universität Ulm
2023
Human Sciences Research Council
2016-2021
District University of Bogotá
2015
Robotic technology has proven to be advantageous for student learning and social development in educational settings. However, order enhance their effectiveness provide a more human-like tutoring experience, robots must capable of adapting the user exhibiting proactivity. By acting proactively, these intelligent robotic tutors can anticipate potential obstacles take preventative measures avoid negative outcomes. determining when how behave proactively remains an open question. This study...
ABSTRACTThe economic expansion of South African corporates across the continent is an evolving and contested process. This paper seeks to inform knowledge on experiences companies expanding into Africa by looking at social investment approach five large within in their Swaziland operations. While responsibility programmes are proving be useful for private sector, these highlight need more studies find evidence developmental role major sector players like region impact corporate Africa.
Evidence suggests that substantial and robust community engagement is essential to local urban governance. In this paper, we reflect on the importance of a more comprehensive approach values both cognitive affective, technical relational, outer inner dimensions human experiences. The intangible receive little attention in public administration political science fields, or governance processes themselves. paper aims make start addressing gap by engaging ideas from emerging field contemplative...
This article begins by introducing Water For People ‐ Honduras, and its five year strategic plan. Its overall goal is to increase water sanitation coverage achieve meaningful change in hygiene behavior three of the poorest Honduran municipalities: Chinda, Santa Barbara; San Antonio, Cortes; El Negrito, Yoro. The describes mapping as a tool that used internationally physically mark all points (water sources, treatment locations), along with their operational status, on global positioning...
Using robots in educational contexts has already shown to be beneficial for a student's learning and social behaviour. For levitating them the next level of providing more effective human-like tutoring, ability adapt user express proactivity is fundamental. By acting proactively, intelligent robotic tutors anticipate possible situations where problems student may arise act advance preventing negative outcomes. Still, decisions when how behave proactively are open questions. Therefore, this...