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… regarding the information that is provided in the course description: As you will see, the name of the course coordinators has been removed from the descriptions. To get the most up to date information about course coordinators, please check the online version of the course catalogue: https://curriculum.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/bachelor/university-college- maastricht/courses-curriculum Moving course coordinator information to the online catalogue allows us to accommodate for potential … to use them to analyse fiction  You have a good understanding of the craft of writing short stories and honed your creative writing skills Learning Resources  E-reader Teaching and Learning Activities Tutorial group meetings and creative writing workshops. Assessment Methods Weekly creative writing assignments (pass/fail) A short story of 1000-2000 words to be submitted in week 6 (pass/fail) An in-depth academic analysis of two (anonymised) short stories written by your peers in week 7 (Grade … manipulate basic mathematical expressions. A good knowledge of the analysis of common functions and their derivatives will be an asset for the course. Description of the course Economics is the study of exchange and tradeoffs. Questions about what to buy, what to produce and how to allocate time all involve tradeoffs between different alternatives, and economists develop models to better understand the process by which individuals and firms make such decisions. With these models in hand, economists …

… that nudge users toward specific, predictable decisions.13 The term ‘dark patterns’ was first coined by Brignull nearly fifteen years ago, who defined it as “tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn’t mean to, like buying or signing up for something”.14 Initially, the term served as a catch-all to describe how UI designs could negatively influence users and their decision-making, as reflected in Brignull’s taxonomy. Brignull's original definition and taxonomy, while groundbreaking, have been expanded upon by subsequent research to reflect other types of dark patterns as well as their harmfulness.15 In 2019, Mathur and others conducted an extensive study analysing 53,000 product pages from 11,000 shopping websites. This research uncovered nearly 2,000 instances of dark patterns.16 Their research led to a more comprehensive taxonomy and a refined definition of dark patterns as “user interface design choices that benefit an online service by … Very Large Online Platforms designated by the European Commission as of July 2024: AliExpress, Amazon Store, Apple Store, Pornhub, Booking.com, Google Play, Google Maps, Google Shopping, YouTube, Shein, Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, XNXX, Pinterest, Snapchat, Stripchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Temu, XVideos, Wikipedia, and Zalando. European Commission, ‘Supervision of the designated very large online platforms and search engines under DSA’ (Shaping Europe’s digital future) <https://digital- …

… that nudge users toward specific, predictable decisions.13 The term ‘dark patterns’ was first coined by Brignull nearly fifteen years ago, who defined it as “tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn’t mean to, like buying or signing up for something”.14 Initially, the term served as a catch-all to describe how UI designs could negatively influence users and their decision-making, as reflected in Brignull’s taxonomy. Brignull's original definition and taxonomy, while groundbreaking, have been expanded upon by subsequent research to reflect other types of dark patterns as well as their harmfulness.15 In 2019, Mathur and others conducted an extensive study analysing 53,000 product pages from 11,000 shopping websites. This research uncovered nearly 2,000 instances of dark patterns.16 Their research led to a more comprehensive taxonomy and a refined definition of dark patterns as “user interface design choices that benefit an online service by … Very Large Online Platforms designated by the European Commission as of July 2024: AliExpress, Amazon Store, Apple Store, Pornhub, Booking.com, Google Play, Google Maps, Google Shopping, YouTube, Shein, Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, XNXX, Pinterest, Snapchat, Stripchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), Temu, XVideos, Wikipedia, and Zalando. European Commission, ‘Supervision of the designated very large online platforms and search engines under DSA’ (Shaping Europe’s digital future) <https://digital- …

… People have different ideas about the best ways to manage water. These differences are usually not rooted in a lack of knowledge, but in having different perspectives, which tend to be implicit and difficult to unravel or directly reflect upon. In this chapter I present the so-called Perspectives Method – based on Cultural Theory – that allows changing and non-stereotypical perspectives on water to be operationalised, assessed, and monitored. After an introduction and brief explanation of the … (fish and birds), is water pollution controlled? Amphibian houses offer opportunities for ultimate housing enjoyment. Integration of water into spatial planning in an innovative way Nice idea, but will only be beneficial for people who can afford to buy such an expensive house. Guarantees should be given that the water remains accessible to all: prevention of private, isolated “river islands”. 25.5 A tool to analyse the past Another application of the Perspectives Method is to use the perspectives … analysis by Offermans and Cörvers (2012), who explained how perspective change contributed to changing societal support for strategies and ultimately to the implementation of different river management strategies, based on a literature study and a workshop with Part V Methods of knowledge production 294 experts. As of 1900, they distinguished three periods that were unique in the way they deal with river management in the Netherlands (see Figure 25.1 and Offermans & Corvers, 2012). For each period …