The adoption of new technologies requires people to work differently and adopt new ways of thinking. This, however, is complicated because social conventions in professional disciplines are deeply rooted and have a long history. An extreme case as an exemplar was studied to investigate social change …

Nieuwe migranten kloppen na aankomst met hun hulpvragen vaak als eerste aan bij informele netwerken. De Brusselse zelforganisatie De Mangoboom in Bloei is zo’n netwerk. Vrijwilligers van de organisatie bieden nieuwe migranten verlichting van allerhande eerste noden. Ze helpen bij het regelen van papieren, …

This chapter examines the use of deterrence by President Putin of the Russian Federation against potential democratic revolts. It combines insights from the literatures on democratic revolutions and social movements on the one hand and deterrence and coercion on the other. This exploratory research sketches …

Russian disinformation has thus far proven to be unconvincing for most Dutch target audiences. This is the conclusion of the present chapter. Information and disinformation have become effective weapons in international politics. This is part of a development where the weapons and concepts used in deterrence …

Although it appears increasingly important yet potentially challenging to attract customers to physical stores, location-based messaging, i.e., delivering mobile phone messages using data about the recipient's location when that recipient is near the sender, has been said to enable such attraction. Still, …

In dit artikel presenteren we de uitkomsten van een grootschalig praktijkgericht onderzoek naar de relatie tussen gezinshuisouders en ouders van jeugdigen die niet meer thuis kunnen wonen. De volgende onderzoeksvraag was daarbij leidend: Welke aanpak om tot een constructieve samenwerkingsrelatie te komen …

The knowledge base for Social Work is strengthening. Underpinning of Social Work deriving from scientific research is necessary given the growing complexity of the work and its context. How this research should be conducted and to what type of outcomes it must lead, is part of an ongoing debate. In the …

The project is carried out in close collaboration with a non-profit organisation Sama Nepal in Nepal. The project started with the research question: â How can inclusive education be promoted in Nepal from an occupational therapy perspective?â . To answer this question, a theoretical foundation consisting …

De Werkplaatsen Sociaal Domein (WSD) bestaan ruim 10 jaar en zijn inmiddels een gevestigd instituut geworden in de praktijkontwikkeling van het sociale domein in Nederland. In de 15 werkplaatsen wordt praktijkgericht onderzoek gedaan in netwerken van regionale samenwerkingspartners van gemeenten, maatschappelijke …