Solomon Islands has relied on highly unsustainable industrial logging since the 1980s. While the development narrative around logging emphasizes its macro-economic importance, it structurally overlooks the impacts on local people's lives. Based on 200 qualitative interviews conducted in 25 villages and …

Cooperation is more likely when individuals can choose their interaction partner. However, partner choice may be detrimental in unequal societies, in which individuals differ in available resources and productivity, and thus in their attractiveness as interaction partners. Here we experimentally examine …

This chapter addresses how pictures and storytelling can be applied to create more empathy and outlines a specific methodology. In the framework of a European Erasmus+ project, a methodology was developed to create more contact between individuals of polarized groups of youngsters in 5 European countries: …

Purpose This study aims to enhance understanding of the collaboration between chairs of nurse councils (CNCs) and members of executive hospital boards (BM) from a relational leadership perspective. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a qualitative and interpretive methodology. The authors study …

Samenvatting  Dit onderzoek is geschreven als afronding van de hbo-opleiding Archeologie aan hogeschool Saxion te Deventer. Het onderzoek gaat over de tankgracht en luchtafweerstelling nabij Vlaardingen-Westwijk, Krabbepark en is geschreven in opdracht van de gemeente Vlaardingen. De scriptie heeft …

Somalia's climate is naturally arid and semi-arid, with two major rainy seasons. However, irregular rainfall and severe droughts that are becoming more intense and frequent increase the country's water scarcity, disrupting livelihoods and causing drought-related migration and population displacements. …

Background Given the importance of the first 1000 days of a child’s life in terms of laying the foundations for healthy growth and development, parents are a logical target group for supporting health-related practices with regard to young children. However, little attention is paid to the influence …

From the very beginnings of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, water management has been a topic of prime importance. This subject has taken even greater priority in recent times due to climate change and the consequent erratic weather and sea-level rise. The measures taken to ensure water safety have been …

The article describes what a restorative city is by looking at research, experiences in different countries and by describing the developments in Restorative City Wrocław. A restorative city is a city that recognises its urban environment as a network of relations in which – in the case of conflict – …

In al de jaren dat hij aan zijn proefschrift werkte, had Simon Polinder nooit moeite om op feestjes uit te leggen waarom hij onderzoek deed naar de rol van religie in de internationale politiek. Dat kwam, helaas, omdat iedereen na de hartverscheurende aanslagen op de Twin Towers in de Verenigde Staten …