Contextual therapy focusses on restoring and enhancing relationships, based on its paradigm of relational ethics, presuming a human tendency for reciprocal care. It is precisely in a time of stressed relationships that this focus on strengthening humanity is of great importance. This article presents …

Hogeschool Windesheim is een brede hogeschool van grote regionale betekenis en heeft kwaliteit hoog in het vaandel. Honours en excellentie is sinds 2011 een speerpunt in het beleid, gekoppeld aan de missie waarin Windesheim de ambitie uitspreekt een innovatief kennis- en expertisecentrum te zijn dat …

Dit EU gesubsidieerd onderzoek was een 2 jaar EU-breed initiatief en resulteerde in een reeks instrumenten om organisaties te helpen met het organiseren van leren tussen generaties. In een vergrijzende maatschappij is het belangrijk dat organisaties de capaciteiten van oudere medewerkers beter benutten, …

Presentation given at CEDEFOP, Thessaloniki, Greece. October, 2014

Intergenerational learning (IGL) has been identified as a viable way to help organizations deal with the problems an ageing worker population brings with it. Information and communications technology (ICT) in its many forms can be utilized to support IGL. This paper investigates the requirements for …

Aging diversity in organizations creates potential challenges, particularly for knowledge management, skills update and skills obsolescence. Intergenerational learning (IGL) involves knowledge building, innovation and knowledge transfer between generations within an organization (Ropes 2011). Serious …

The recent shift towards the interdisciplinary study of the human-environment relationship is largely driven by environmental justice debates. This article will distinguish four types of environmental justice and link them to questions of neoliberalism and altruism. First, environmental justice seeks …

In this article, we raised the question as to what extent members from higher status groups effectuated social resources, more specifically voluntary association membership, as a possible new compensatory strategy to guarantee a successful intergenerational transmission of their occupational status. …

This paper addresses demographic change in the European Union, marked by an ageing population, rising retirement ages, and labor shortages due to baby‑boomer retirements and fewer younger workers. These developments increase the average age of workers and challenge knowledge‑intensive organizations that …

The workforce in the EU is ageing, and this requires investment in older workers so that the organisations in which they work remain competitive and viable. One such investment takes the form of organising and facilitating intergenerational learning: learning between and among generations that can lead …