Underground culture and non-institutional arts of Eastern Europe, North America and Western Europe of the 1970s/1980s often included experimentation with the dispensation of individual signatures and identities, in favor of pseudonyms and collective-anonymous identities. This included dispensation of …

The collection and analysis of relevant data for evaluating public policies is not a straightforward task. An important type of such studies is the so-called ex-post evaluation. The main objective of ex-post evaluations is to determine to what extent a realized intervention is successful in tackling …

A year later, in 2013, the Westerkwartier Area Cooperative was established – a new form of cooperation at the regional level, involving hundreds of dairy farmers, other SMEs, Terra MBO as the representative of the knowledge institutions in the region, the National Forest Service in the Netherlands (‘Staatsbosbeheer’), …

The dissertation at hand intents to analyze how public diplomacy can be used by Romania to improve the image of the European Union in the Republic of Moldova. Romania represents the biggest ally of the Republic of Moldova due to the historical, cultural and linguistic bonds between them. The disappointment …

The collapse of the Corporate Commercial Bank in 2014 is the biggest financial fraud case that occurred in Bulgaria since it joined the European Union. The prosecutors’ indictment defines it as a pyramid scheme case. It had a great impact on Bulgarian economy and politics, as its measurable impairment …

INTRODUCTION: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Therapeutic exercise is a recommended core treatment for people with knee and hip OA, however, the observed effect sizes for reducing pain and improving physical function are small to moderate. This may be due …

As a result of the scandal of the biggest social housing supplier "Vestia" in the non-profit rented sector in the Netherlands in 2012 a change is the steering mechanism was desired. The Dutch parliamentary survey committee suggested three possible "purer" alternatives for the current hybrid system, based …

Leading Interdisciplinary ConferenceThe Biennial Conference is the leading interdisciplinary conference on regulation and regulatory governance held in Europe, attracting researchers from all over the globe working in a wide range of disciplines including political science, law, accounting, business, …

Presentatie Onderzoeksdagen Schiermonnikoog Vakgroep Staatsrecht, Bestuursrecht en Bestuurskunde 15 & 16 juni 2016

Crisis response organizations operate in very dynamic environments, in which it is essential for responders to acquire all information critical to their task execution in time. In reality, the responders are often faced with information overload, incomplete information, or a combination of both. This …