Oscar Guermonprez is ruim veertig jaar actief geweest in het volkshogeschoolwerk. Hij stond aan de wieg van wat we nu ‘een leven lang leren’ en ‘participatie’ noemen. Hij was cursusleider en directeur van volkshogeschool Bergen. Hij behoort tot de grondleggers van het moderne vormings-, volksontwikkelings- …

The lack of career movement of members of ethnic minority groups in work organizations has been widely documented. The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into conditions for the realization of diversity goals in the case of talent development.

In this article, the author will question the seemingly obvious boundary between civil disobedience, as conceptualised by Rawls and Arendt, and several examples of criminal, or simply annoying, activities which don't meet their criteria, such as the case of the ‘Top 50'. The ‘Top 50' are multi-problem …

ABSTRACT This article argues that the role of the lecturer in an internationalised higher education institution is not limited to teaching internationally or interculturally diverse groups of students. Teaching staff members will normally be required to undertake a variety of tasks, which require different …

Western-European consumers have become not only more demanding on product availability in retail outlets but also on other food attributes such as quality, integrity, and safety. When (re)designing food supply-chain networks, from a logistics point of view, one has to consider these demands next to traditional …

De reconstructie van rituelen rondom dood en begraven in Roermond tussen 1870 en 1940. Promotieartikel.

With the average age of the working population increasing, Europeans now have to work longer. How can these extended careers become more successful and satisfying? And how can lifelong guidance and counselling specifically support older workers? 

SMEs represent a very important part of the European economy today, and within this SME group the creative sector is recently one of the fastest growing sectors. Our paper studies the innovation management of 105 creative SMEs in Flanders and the Netherlands, based on the innovation diagnostic instrument, …

Onderzoeksrapport naar aanleiding van het tweejarige onderzoeksprogramma (2009-2011) Laveren tussen belangen, dat mede mogelijk is gemaakt door de subsidieregeling RAAK van de Stichting Innovatie Alliantie. De accentverschuiving van uitkeringsverstrekking naar arbeidsre-integratie heeft geleid tot een …

Performance results are given of a new type of greenhouse, which combines reflection of near infrared radiation (NIR) with electrical power generation using hybrid photovoltaic cell/thermal collector modules. Besides the generation of electrical and thermal energy, the reflection of the NIR will result …