Contextual therapy focusses on restoring and enhancing relationships, based on its paradigm of relational ethics, presuming a human tendency for reciprocal care. It is precisely in a time of stressed relationships that this focus on strengthening humanity is of great importance. This article presents …

The disruptive rise of the sharing economy has revolutionized the field of consumption of things and influenced many associated areas. Participation in these social innovations is an important phenomenon and people are exploring and expanding the further possibilities of the sharing economy with emerging technologies …

This dissertation focusses on counter-radicalisation policies and their effectiveness in Denmark and the Netherlands. Increased terrorism on European soil in the last decade, forced EU member states to implement renewed counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation measures. The purpose of this study …

Boekbespreking van Paul van Tongeren. Willen sterven: Over de autonomie en het voltooide leven

This article is about a research project focused on the development of a common knowledge base for social work education in the Netherlands. Recent substantial changes in society and social policy were the reason for a reconsideration of the educational content of social work education. A great urgency …

As social media platforms, such as Instagram, continue to expand and evolve, fashion brands also have to change and adapt to reach its consumers. Influencer marketing is a relatively new marketing strategy that came up in the course of the growing popularity of social media. Macro- and micro-influencers …

In this research, which is part of my PhD research into the influence of the use of social media in higher education, I have lessened the amount of variables, from Tinto’s integration theory. By including only the best-proven predictive variables, based on previous studies, I avoid the capitalization …

Rondom de transities in het sociale domein is een schat aan nieuwe woorden gaan klinken. Woorden die vaak evenmin als de praktische verschuivingen die ze vergezellen eenduidig zijn. Die meerduidigheid, gecombineerd met een razendsnelle inburgering van de nieuwe woorden als een jargon van voor zonneklaar …

Citizen science – the active participation of lay people in research – may yield crucial local knowledge and increase research capacity. Recently, there is growing interest to understand benefits for citizen scientists themselves. We studied the perceived impacts of participation in a public health citizen …

In social settings, people often need to reason about unobservable mental content of other people, such as their beliefs, goals, or intentions. This ability helps them to understand, to predict, and even to influence the behavior of others. People can take this ability further by applying it recursively. …