Visible assumptions
A finding should say what it rests on. Public evidence, an assumption and a simulated outcome are different things.
We are a small team based in Groningen, the Netherlands. We build simulations that help organisations explore how different people may experience a changing place, service or policy.
What changes when real people encounter a plan built on assumptions about them?
We make those assumptions visible in models that partners can explore, question and compare. Our work currently focuses on public spaces and society simulations.
Each project begins with a specific decision, the available evidence and a clear idea of what must still be checked in the real world.
A finding should say what it rests on. Public evidence, an assumption and a simulated outcome are different things.
We compare alternatives against a baseline, and ask whether a simpler method answers the question just as well.
A model that fails its check is a research result. We report it rather than turn it into a success story.
The work is research. Simulated agents are not substitutes for real people. The website experiments are explanatory demonstrations, not validated findings or reproductions of the full research systems.
One decision and a short email are enough to begin.