A large number of poor women in different communities faced social, economic and political inequalities as they are restricted from involvement in productive activities. In order to address this issue, the government facilitated microfinance saving and credit opportunities as are unable to receive financial …

Background: Recent transitions in long-term care in the Netherlands have major consequences for community- dwelling older adults. A new paradigm expects them to manage and arrange their own care and support as much as possible. Technology can support this shift. A study has been conducted to explore …

Social media have become a large part of nowadays companies’ marketing strategy, but how does this impact the customers’ perception of a brand? The aim of this dissertation is to research the influences of social media advertisements on consumer based brand equity in the travel industry. To this end, …

Professional youth workers and their organizations pursue further improvement of quality and transparency in their work. Political developments require to demonstrate the added value of professional youth work to active citizenship. Due to the complex, dynamic and interactive nature of professional youth …

Industrial Design Engineering [Open] Innovation (IDE) is a 3-year, English taught, VWO entry-level, undergraduate programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). The IDE curriculum focuses on the fuzzy front end of (open) innovation, sustainable development, and impact in the implementation …

Technological developments have a major impact on how we live, work and learn together. Several authors refer to a fourth revolution in which robots and other intelligent systems take over an increasing number of the current (routine) tasks carried out by humans (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2014; Est et al., …

Change agent capacity-building compendium.Due to increasing globalization, technological advances and sociological changes, the world is becoming more complex than ever. Complexity has gone from large systems, to organizational and individual levels. Today it concerns all aspects of society. The will …

Inleidende presentatie in een workshop vanuit VSG, NOC*NSF en Kenniscentrum Sport over hoe meer gehaald kan worden uit breedtesport evenementen.

Children worldwide are confronted with interpersonal violence (IV) on a daily basis. They encounter violence in children’s books, cartoons, on television and in the media or, more personally, in social media, at home, at school, in church or on the streets, with the acts being perpetrated by parents, …

Workshop Social return: van plicht naar partnerschap. De overheid vraagt van ondernemers om inclusief te gaan via social return voorwaarden in aanbestedingen. Zo vragen zij ondernemers werk(ervarings)plekken te creëren voor mensen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt. Via de Wet Banenafspraak en quotum …