Pollinator biodiversity has decreased in the past decades, but urban areas have increasingly been found to serve as a refuge when compared to the surrounding intensively managed farmland. This offers an opportunity for urban pollinator conservation to play a role in the conservation of pollinators. But …

In an era of information overload, relevance is key. Even more so in the physical store, where consumers are in a ‘shopping state of mind’ (Shankar et al., 2010), and where still a significant proportion of all purchase decisions is being made. Relevance can be achieved by filtering information and targeting …

It is argued that if we decide to keep a technology or practice if we get at least one positive result from it, we do not have to change anything at all. Even factory farming, and wars, have some positive results... Due to the complexity and all the "smart" devices and apps, we may have started to feel, …

‘we moeten weer even gaan kijken’. Even uit onze dagelijkse sleur gehaald worden en even kijken naar de wereld om ons heen. Wat gebeurd er door een alledaags object te vervreemden?

Decubitus heeft wereldwijd een grote impact op de kwaliteit van zorg en op de kwaliteit van even van zorgvragers. Om deze impact zo klein mogelijk te houden, is het van belang om decubitus preventief te behandelen of in een vroeg stadium te signaleren. Binnen Scharwyerveld wordt bemerkt dat er een kloof …

This study addresses the challenges facing the City of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, in adapting to climate changes and reducing the effects of flash floods. Praia is highly vulnerable to these extreme weather events, due to its volcanic scenery, uncontrolled urbanization, and insufficient infrastructure, …

De opdrachtgever voor het onderzoek is de LEVgroep. Een brede welzijnsorganisatie met onder andere de taak om de inburgering en participatie van vluchtelingen en statushouders te stimuleren en faciliteren. Nieuw landelijk onderzoek betreffende statushouders heeft uitgewezen dat participatie en inburgering …

Whereas different aspects of teaching and learning in Higher Education are often discussed within an academic community, teaching the EU seems to receive less attention. Especially in recent years we testimony the decreasing interest to EU studies in universities, including some signs of disappearing …

Even journalists and academics sometimes employ dichotomies that fall short almost immediately. An example is the prophets and wizards dichotomy. Populism with a scientific twist, which apparently makes sense and appeals to our gut feeling. A golden formula, with an implicit logical appeal to dialectics, …

In disability research, there is an increased focus on the well-being of families with a child with a disability, also known as family quality of life (FQOL). However, the well-being of families with a child with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) has not yet been explored, even though …