This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament. It analyses the political and legal dynamics behind referendums on EU-related matters. It …

More than ten years ago, the European Union established the EU Counter Terrorism Strategy. The aim of the strategy was to ‘’combat terrorism globally while respecting human rights, and make Europe safer, allowing its citizens to live in an area of freedom, security and justice’’ (Council of the European …

Presentation at the second EECHB conference in Brussels

Sustaining historical buildings does not always align with the ambition to promote sustainability in the built environment. In this paper we explore the dynamics and strategies that spring from this basic tension, by investigating the differences and similarities between expert’s valuation and peoples’ …

Keynote op Media and Learning Conference 2016, Brussels, Belgium.

Presentatie VELON conferentie voor lerarenopleiders 2016, 4 en 5 februari 2016. Docenten werken graag met intrinsiek gemotiveerde studenten. Vanuit de literatuur weten we dat studenten, die intrinsiek gemotiveerd zijn, een sterke behoefte hebben aan een docent die hen ondersteunt in hun autonomie, gecombineerd …

Interventieonderzoek als onderdeel van docentenprofessionalering: een goodpractice. Presentatie tijdens VELON, 'Congres voor Lerarenopleiders 2016 ‘Professionaliseren IN en DOOR onderzoek’, 4 februari 2016, Brussel. Context: Leergang voor honoursdocenten A Teacher’s road to Excellence (ATRE) Goodpractice: …

An estimated 6,000 EU citizens have left their home country to join the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) in battle. The Netherlands has contributed approximately 260 foreign fighters to IS since 2012. Several attacks on European ground, such as Brussels and Paris, have been carried out by foreign …

On March 9th and 10th Zac Woolfitt attended the Media and Learning Conference in Brussels. The programme of this annual conference examines ‘developments, services and uses of media in education and training to […] identify policies and initiatives that promote digital and media competence at all levels …

The paper presents a framework that through structured analysis of accident reports explores the differences between practice and academic literature as well amongst organizations regarding their views on human error. The framework is based on the hypothesis that the wording of accident reports reflects …