Background : The relative number of children meeting the minimal required dose of daily physical activity remains execrably low. It has been estimated that in 2015 one out of five children will be overweight. Therefore, low levels of physical activity during early childhood may compromise the current …

As a result of the changing notions of work schools are increasingly acknowledging that they have a strong responsibility to guide students not only in their academic growth, but also in their career development. This paper presents the result of a study about effects of teachers training on career dialogue …

The first part-time jobs came into development in the 1950's. Due to shortage of (female) workers companies started offering part-time jobs to married women. Only part-time jobs were offered since the norms and values of that time viewed raising children and doing the household as the primary task of …

Weinigen zullen betwijfelen dat het nuttig is om onderzoek te gebruiken om de praktijk van sociaal werk te versterken. Een Europees congres eind 2009, met deelnemers uit sociaal werk onderzoek, beleid en praktijk, formuleerde bezorgdheid over het ondergebruik van de beschikbare resultaten uit sociaal …

Background The relative number of children meeting the minimal required dose of daily physical activity remains execrably low. It has been estimated that in 2015 one out of five children will be overweight. Therefore, low levels of physical activity during early childhood may compromise the current and …

Als gevolg van de industrialisering van onze planeet zijn ecosystemen verstoord geraakt, het klimaat is veranderd, de mondiale biodiversiteit is drastisch verminderd en armoede is nog steeds niet opgelost. Er wordt steeds meer druk uitgeoefend op de natuurlijke bronnen van onze blauwe planeet. Tenzij …

Vast empirical evidence underscores that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. As governments accordingly pursue export-promoting policies we are interested in the firmness of these conclusions with respect to African small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and the influence of the …

Established in 1993, Transparency International (TI) defines itself as “the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, that brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world”. Its …

This text is structured as follows. Section 1 concerns the background to this public lecture: the fact that social participation is becoming increasingly important in our society. This is evident, for example, from the way we are evolving from a protective welfare state into an activational, participative …

This paper focuses on the concept climate refugees in the 21st Century and mainly concerns environmentally displaced persons from developing countries. It seeks to answer the following question: 'Should the concept of climate refugees best be approached from a juridical or an environmental point of view?' …