Jaarlijks organiseert het Instituut voor Social Work aan de Hogeschool Utrecht een internationale week. Dit jaar stond in het teken van Challenges of Social Work. De week was een groot succes, mede dankzij de ruim vijftig internationale docenten en studenten van onze partneruniversiteiten en internationale …

In de nazomerse week van 18 september werd de conferentie Refocus on Recovery georganiseerd in Nottingham (Verenigd Koninkrijk). Op deze driedaagse zijn meer dan 400 deelnemers uit zo’n 200 landen vertegenwoordigd. De Sheriff van Nottingham opent de conferentie en hij refereert aan de ‘split roles’ die …

In this paper we briefly introduce the Capability Approach (CA) and focus on its opportunities for social work practice and research. As the CA is purposively underspecified, we provide theoretical handles for operationalization by pointing to four topics particularly relevant to social work theory: …

In this study, we investigated changes in and differences between the sport participation of individuals during the transition to adulthood, and the role of major life events that mark this transition. We employ a neo-Weberian theoretical framework related to changes in temporal and social resources …

Verschillende gebeurtenissen hebben invloed op de sportparticipatie van volwassen, denk aan het beginnen en stoppen met werken, samenwonen, etcetera. Wat is de invloed van deze gebeurtenissen op de sportparticipatie? Wat wil een volwassene in een nieuwe levensfase rondom sport en bewegen? Hoe kunnen …

Airport capacity, expressed as the maximum number of air traffic movements that can be accommodated during a given period of time under given conditions, has become a hard constraint to the air transportation, due to the scarce amount of resources on the ground and restrictions in the airspace. Usually …

Raising the literacy levels of young children is a major concern in many countries for which various programmes have been suggested. One of these is family literacy programmes. In previous meta-analyses wide variability in effects has been found and it has been suggested that this is partly caused by …

Entrepreneurship is often used as a synonym for starting up a new business. Existing SMEs — from purchasing to succession — are all too often left out of the picture. This booklet tells the stories of those involved in handing over their businesses to the next generation. It’s an honest and straightforward …