Dr. Eugène Loos is a Professor of “Old and New Media in an Ageing Society” in the Department of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam and a Senior Lecturer of Communication, Policy and Management Studies at the Utrecht University School of Governance in the Netherlands.

He is a member of ASCoR (Amsterdam School of Communication Research (http://ascor.uva.nl/) and the Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG (https://www.utwente.nl/en/nig/)

As a linguist, he has conducted research and written several books, book chapters and journal articles in the field of organizational (intercultural) organization and the use of new media. Currently his research focuses on the role of old and new media related to accessible information for senior citizens, in order to guarantee their inclusion in our society. He investigates the (ir)relevance of age for: (1) senior citizens’ digital information search behavior, (2) the impact of textual and visual signs in health information on their cognition, affection and behavior, (3) the use of digital (sport) games for their physical and social wellbeing.

He was a member of the Evaluation Board of the European research project “Third Age Online (TAO) Community & Collaboration” (2011-2013).

He was part of the COST Action 269 “User aspects of ICT”, COST 298 “Participation in the Broadband Society” (http://www.cost298.org/) and COST Action IS0906 “Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies” (http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu).

He currently is a Management Committee member “ISCH COST Action IS1402 Ageism - a multi-national, interdisciplinary perspective” http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/isch/IS1402 and co-chair of this COST Action’s Working Group “Ageism and Media” . He is also a Member of ACT (Ageing + Communication +Technologies) project (http://actproject.ca/)

Dr. Loos is also:

• Associated editor OBS* http://obs.obercom.pt
• Member of the Editorial Board International Journal of Communication and Health http://communicationandhealth.ro/editorial-board/
• Member of the Editorial Board Universal Access to the Information Society: An international interdisciplinary journal (UAIS) http://www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/10209
• Reviewer for UAIS
• Reviewer for New Media & Society
• Reviewer for Journal of Intergenerational Relationships
• Reviewer for Societies
• Member Program board member of 21^st, 2^nd and 3rd International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population (ITAP), part of HCII 2015, 2016 and 2017 http://2017.hci.international/itap

AGE-WELL Funded Projects

• Promoting Social Connectedness through Playing Together- Digital Social Games for Learning and Entertainment (4.2 CONNECT-PLAY)
• Promoting Social Connectedness through Collaborating on Digital Storytelling and Knowledge Creation and Sharing (4.3 CONNECT-CREATE)

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