Traditional information systems for crisis response and management are centralized systems with a rigid hierarchical structure. Here we propose a decentralized system, which allows citizens to play a significant role as information source and/or as helpers during the initial stages of a crisis. In our …

This presentation compares the two main gifted education programmes for undergraduate students in the Netherlands and Germany. The programmes were evaluated and will be compared in terms of the institutions involved, the educational objectives pursued, the nature of support provided to the students, …

English Abstract: Administrative turbulence in social work: the challenge of pluralist coalition-formation As elsewhere in Europe, social work in the Netherlands is facing ever more administrative changes. This article analyzes the administrative changes that local social work institutions are currently …

Publicatie van Victor van den Bersselaar als reactie op 'De vrije wil bestaat niet' van Victor Lamme. De auteurs plaatst kritische kanttekeningen bij het pleidooi van Lamme, die in 'De vrije wil bestaat niet' pleit voor neurologisch onderzoek naar sociale interventies. Volgens de auteur betwist Lamme …

IT-based networking trends such as the rise of social media, crowd sourcing, open innovation, and cloud computing enable a profoundly different way of working and collaborating that challenges significantly traditional approaches of companies towards governance, i.e. the mechanisms a company employs …

Social work organizations, research institutions, government agencies and housing associations are partners in many urban redevelopment programmes. Combining the interests of these organizations can be an interesting management challenge, and developing information systems to suit the combined information …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to emphasise the importance for libraries to address the issue of media literacy in the internet age. The library must claim its key expert role in the field of literacy. The library can function as a platform and playground for consuming and producing media content. …

This article shows that business ethics is not capable of explaining the responsibility of limited organized collectives such as chains, sectors and industries. The responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry to make AIDSblockers available for patients in Africa is an example of such a sector responsibility. …

Hoe goed slaagt de intersectorale zorg voor jeugd er in om het gewone leven van cliënten te helpen herstellen? Om de motor van de positieve ontwikkeling weer op gang te helpen brengen in het leven van ouders en jeugdigen (0–23) die om hulp vragen, omdat ze ontwikkelings- en opvoedingsbelemmeringen ervaren? …