This chapter investigates the deeply mediatized experience of place and space within the lived practice of events by studying two annual Dutch cultural events as cases: Oerol Festival (2017) and 3FM Serious Request (2017). Drawing on substantial datasets containing online and offline participant observations, …

Climate change engagement is often conducted on a jurisdictional scale, and stakeholder engagement typically brings representatives from all constituencies around a common table. Yet, individual behavior is largely influenced by norms and leaders within their cultural groups, and the “Noah’s Ark” style …

This study explored what contributes to successful family foster care from the perspective of young people by asking them about their most positive memory of family foster care. Forty-four Dutch adolescents and young adults (aged 16–28) participated in this study and shared their most positive memory …

Since study delay is a major concern for the academy’s management, this research has been conducted to find out: What are the main risk factors which contribute to study delay and dropout for students at Safety and Security Management in Breda (IVK-B) and which action can be taken to prevent or reduce …

Een nieuw bestaan opbouwen in Nederland, is een terugkerende thema in gesprekken met (voormalig) vluchtelingen die wij hebben gevoerd in het kader van onderzoek naar studeren en werken in Nederland. In de gesprekken over deze nieuwe start klonk vaak optimisme, dankbaarheid en volharding door. Dat laatste …

Ethnic minorities such as the Roma in Romania and the Indigenous peoples in Canada have struggled for centuries, suffering from discrimination and patronization by both their governments and society. In fact, they continue suffering from poor treatment. In order to address this, minority policies have …

Shortages in the nursing profession are increasing. It is, therefore, imperative to understand why novice nurses are leaving the profession. This qualitative study explores Dutch novice nurses’ motives for leaving the profession. Individual semi-structured interviews were held with seventeen former novice …

Binding is een cruciale factor voor studentsucces. Het gevoel van verbondenheid met de opleiding en medestudenten ontstaat echter niet vanzelf. Wat maakt dat een student zich verbonden voelt met de opleiding? Deze vraag gaf onderzoeker Claudia Gomes aanzet om in te zoomen op dit thema, bracht haar in …

This thesis investigates the interplay between displacement and marriage practices among Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Jordan. Processes of national identification, belonging, and citizenship rights impact marriage practices, and do so differently depending on the particular displacement history …

OBJECTIVE: Language development is important for children's success in life. Therefore, language is monitored by child health care professionals and parents, but a uniform set of milestones in language development is lacking. Our aim was to identify a set of clear and distinctive milestones that empirically …