In het praktijkgericht onderzoek is een analyse gemaakt van het gemeentelijk beleid van Den Haag en bevindingen elders met betrekking tot het onderwerp ‘Het Buurthuis van de Toekomst’. Daarnaast zijn er 14 face to face ondervragingen gehouden. De onderzoeksvraag is: Hoe kan voetbalvereniging Duindorp …

Initiatives in the field of local renewable energy appear to be very successful in several countries. Because of their activities, the share of renewable energy and the involvement of citizens and civil society organizations in energy transition have increased. Examples form Denmark are well known, but …

Wat kan de brede school betekenen bij de ontwikkeling van de pedagogische civil society?

Adaptive urban development is the design, construction and continuing evolution of urban areas to anticipate and react to changes in the environment and society. These changes include both processes within the city itself and external developments. It is expected that until 2100 a total of 5 billion …

The main purpose of this report is to give an account of the most appropriate roles and arrangements that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can assume in the newly created, UN-administered, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). In order to do that, extensive literature …

Development aid is a sector that raises many discussions on whether it stimulates a developing country, or holds back economic progress. Most discussions are about bilateral aid, aid given from the government of a donor country, for example the Netherlands, to a government of a partner country, for example …

Since the Arab Spring in the beginning of 2011, Egypt has experienced many social and political changes. Islamist parties have gained a firm foothold in the political arena after years of secular rule by the Mubarak regime and the interim SCAF government. A new constitution, in which men and women are …

Turkey's historical focus on the European Union dates back to the Ottoman period. In this era, numerous developments clearly illustrated Turkey's focus on the EU. These developments included among others the Tanzimat, literally 'reorganisation', which implies secularization of the judicial system, and …

The main question in this report -an advisory framework outlining the possibility of military intervention- is stated as follows: The Syrian crisis: is foreign military intervention the answer? The aim is to answer if, and when, could military intervention be an adequate and realistic answer. "What is …

Aan het begin van deze eeuw lijken de eigen kracht van jeugdigen en ouders en de kracht van hun omgeving zowel uitgangspunt als doel van het jeugdbeleid en de praktijk. Welke theoretische en ideële concepten liggen hieraan ten grondslag? Is Nederland ‘over-geprofessionaliseerd’ als het gaat om opvoeden …