Self-determination theory is hugely popular in peer reviewed psychology, while it is both a very general theory, and in nature common sense. However, it seems to be, as John Maynard Keynes argues. that “It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” Psychology can hardly be blamed for being …

Always striving for superlatives makes for one-dimensional judgements. From one perspective something can be the best or the most unique, but from an infinite number of other perspectives it isn't. The fastest runner is not necessarily the healthiest person, let alone the best partner or parent. In addition, …

In the alchemy of the 21st century, the dream of yore - to turn lead into gold – is now to create mental faculties (mind), for example in CPUs. Every university and tech company focuses on living technology, on artificial intelligence, with real brainpower, to make autonomous decisions based on a built-in …

It is argued that, as a result of modern communication techniques, a displacement took place; the internet made it possible to increase the distance between living and working because people could also work from home (answer emails, prepare lessons, etc.). As a result, the number of workplaces has been …

De Baptistengemeente Rotterdam-Centrum (BGR-C) is een telkens kleiner wordende gemeente. Al meer dan veertig jaar heeft ze te maken met de terugloop van het ledenaantal. Daardoor is de toekomst van de gemeente een belangrijk onderwerp sinds de eeuwwisseling. In deze praktijkcontext ben ik een discrepantie …

First of three presentations for energy companies participating in the University of Groningen Business School, course Branding

Human behaviour change is necessary to meet targets set by the Paris Agreement to mitigate climate change. Restrictions and regulations put in place globally to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 during 2020 have had a substantial impact on everyday life, including many carbon-intensive behaviours such …

Op 22 februari 2022 spraken dr. Anne Loonen en dr. Joost Schoeber hun lectorale rede uit, tijdens een bijeenkomst in gebouw Nexus van Fontys Hogescholen op de campus van de TU/e Eindhoven. Daarin spraken ook dr. Jan Bernards, lector Thin Films & Functional Materials bij het lectoraat Applied Natural …

The setting is the intensive course Art and Sustainability Education that I teach annually as Professor in Art Education at the Estonian Academy of Arts. This time, in the autumn of 2018, I am with ten students and we have gathered for four days in Arbavere, a resort on the periphery of Lahemaa National …

Nieuwe wetgeving voor jeugdzorg in Nederland heeft geleid tot de implementatie van teams, die geïntegreerde eerstelijns jeugdzorg bieden. Belangrijke doelen van de nieuwe Jeugdwet waren meer geïntegreerde, tijdige zorg en minder gebruik van intensieve vormen van zorg. Het doel van dit onderzoek was het …