De white paper beschrijft hoe gezondheid in relatie tot de leefomgeving als integraal ontwerpprincipe in gebiedsontwikkeling kan worden toegepast. Ook biedt de white paper praktische tips voor samenwerkende partijen bij gebiedsontwikkelingsplannen om gezondheid vanaf het begin te integreren in het ontwerpproces …

In a society with increasingly unequal access to opportunities and an expanding pressure on youngsters to perform, safe spaces where socially vulnerable youngsters are allowed to learn and develop valuable skills are highly important. In the Youngsterdam project, professional youth workers support these …

Een grote oorzaak van het afsterven van soorten van kikkers komt door verstedelijking. Echter blijkt het dat de tungarakikkers geen last hebben van dit fenomeen. Door de fysiologische processen van deze kikkers te begrijpen kunnen bedreigde anuranen (kikkers) beschermd en behouden worden. Onderzoekers …

At the request of the municipality of Rotterdam, the NGO Stichting Humanitas undertook participatory research on boys and men that do sex work in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This demographic often goes unnoticed in interventions by public institutions or social work organizations. The research focused …

In the Netherlands municipalities are searching for guidelines for a heat resilient design of the urban space. One of the guidelines which has recently been picked up is that each house should be within a 300 meter of an attractive cool spot outside. The reason is that houses might get too hot during …

This article focuses on how length of participation in professional youth work is associated with five outcome variables: prosocial skills, self-mastery, social network, civic participation (volunteering and organizing activities) and finding support from social care services. The study was designed …

Previous research has suggested that professional youth work settings empower socially vulnerable youngsters, strengthening their personal development and social participation. It is expected that youth work can prevent personal and social problems of youngsters, which may have longer term positive social …

Building resilience to radicalization has become a key pillar of many policies for preventing violent extremism. However, sustained debates over the precise nature of the terms radicalisation and resilience impact the ability to implement these policies. A growing body of literature argues that the way …