More contact with colleagues, no picture frames but on the wall: evaluation of activity-based working at FSW
No fixed offices, only flexible workstations: For colleagues in the Faculty Office and CADS, it has been everyday reality since the Activity-based Housing pilot. In a new evaluation, colleagues are positive, although some miss the convenience of having their own office.
The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSW) has realised two pilots ('living labs'). In October 2021, the pilots at the Faculty Office (FB) and the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) were put into operation. In summer 2023, these pilots were evaluated. In this report, the Psychology and Economic Behaviour Knowledge Centre reports on the findings.
Optimal use of university buildings
In 2016, the new Long-Term Housing Plan 2016-2025 (LTH) was drawn up. One of the goals of this LTH is to achieve optimal use of university buildings. To this end, the space standards were tightened on the basis of which new accommodation is realised and an activity-based housing (AGH) programme was launched to gain experience with the new way of accommodating and using space through pilots.
Activity-based housing and workspace sharing
The principle of activity-based housing is that employees look for a workplace that suits the activity they are performing. Concentrated work in a quiet workplace, meetings in a conference room and using a mobile phone in a place where they do not disturb anyone. This principle also involves sharing workstations, not all employees having their own fixed workplace and some work being done at home these days. At the same time, it must be ensured that employees have a nice workplace, can easily access their books, and enjoy coming to university buildings.
Read (only in Dutch): Evaluatie Activiteitgericht Huisvesten (AGH) Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen.