This paper reports on the collective ideas of the occupational scientists and therapists who attended the “Refugees – Addressing Key Social Issues” think tank at the Occupational Science Conference held in Hildesheim (2017). Forced migration is recognized as a prevalent issue in today’s society. Forced …

This short communication contains a reflection on local entrepreneurial ecosystems and how to boost them, in the context of smart specialisation strategies of cities and regions. It is based on a literature study and inputs from ten member cities of the InFocus project (sponsored by the EU's URBACT programme), …

Student achievement is a frequently debated issue in many European countries. In most public debates, it is assumed that all school-level stakeholders hold the same beliefs about student achievement. This paper contributes to the debate by presenting the results of research on the beliefs of teachers …

Semi-structured in-depth interviews (n = 12) were held to explore older patients’ motives of whether or not to perform self-management while hospitalized and to identify factors influencing self-management during hospitalization. These interviews were analyzed using the Quacol method. Self-management …

FabLearn Netherlands invited submissions to the first FabLearn conference in the Netherlands that was held September 28, 2018, preceding Maker Faire Eindhoven September 29 and 30. This publication contains the accepted papers that were presented at the conference.

One of the first questions that a company most of the time puts in before investing in a workplace vitality trajectory is what the return or effect is of a workplace vitality trajectory. They want to know what it really gives the organization in return if they invest in vitality, in order to decide whether …

Doing business with France and in France is a term that is very familiar in the Netherlands. The French Chamber of Commerce (CFCI) in Amsterdam was therefore founded in 1979 by initiators like Freddy Heineken. The CFCI gained a lot of success till now, as it has network of more than 200 members and 1600 …

In bilingual streams in the Netherlands, school subjects are taught in an additional language so that pupils learn both subject content and the target language by using language meaningfully. Teachers of English in bilingual streams (TEBs) are often expected to collaborate with subject teacher colleagues …

This book contains the abstracts of the 4th European Agroforestry Conference carried out in the city of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) during the European Green Capital 2018. The book has plenty of extraordinary information and experiences about agroforestry practices and systems around the world including …

On 5 April 2018, the Toolconference of the Participatory City Making project was held (www.participatorycitymaking.nl). This is one of the lectures/workshops held during the conference. Lecture by Peter van Waart & Berit Piepgras