Robot tutors provide new opportunities for education. However, they also introduce moral challenges. This study reports a systematic literature re-view (N = 256) aimed at identifying the moral considerations related to ro-bots in education. While our findings suggest that robot tutors hold great potential …

In today’s world, information security is a trending as well as a crucial topic for both individuals and organizations. Experts believe that nothing can guarantee any system’s security unless humans’ information security behavior is taken under consideration. Opening an e-mail attachment without checking …

Onderzoeken laten zien dat hechtingsstijlen veranderbaar zijn als gevolg van psychologische behandeling. Doel was om na te gaan of hechting ook binnen een psychologische behandeling van verslaving kan veranderen. Daartoe is bij 49 cliënten in de ambulante verslavingszorg gekeken of de therapeutische …

Agrobiodiversity has been decreasing substantially in Europe. Social scientific research in this area has paid limited attention to how citizens value agrobiodiversity and its decline, and how these valuations can be influenced. We explore the influence of different arguments for enhancing agro-biodiversity, …

The wide use of social media has facilitated new social practices that influence place meaning. This paper uses a double case study of two neighborhood blogs in gentrifying communities, to explore the role of social media in sharing place associations and community formation. Drawing on Collins’ theory …

A presentation in which the importance of culture / cultural heritage in safeguarding livability and strengthening place attachment is emphasized.

Die Bedeutung von Bindung und Beziehungsarbeit stößt bei pädagogischen Fachkräftenauf ein zunehmendes Interesse. Diese Bewegung erwächst aus dem Interesse und derNotwendigkeit, innerhalb des Spektrums der Sozialen Arbeit adäquater undbindungsorientierter zu arbeiten. Neben diesen Tendenzen ist durch …

In our research we focus on the architectural characteristics of a location, seen as a precondition to appeal to the imaginative power of learners that plays a part in satisfying their (presupposed) spiritual hunger and longings for a better world. The concepts space, nonplace, and place, in their relation …

Arts, cultural heritage and culture in general are supposed to strengthen place attachment amongst others through improving awareness. If so they can possibly be used as instruments to counterbalance the consequences of population decline.

Objectives: The aim of this paper is to provide insight into what it means to live with the intention to end life at a self-chosen moment from an insider perspective. Setting: Participants who lived independent or semidependent throughout the Netherlands. Participants: 25 Dutch older citizens (mean age …