Food additives (E-numbers) are allowed in foods, but many consumers have a negative perception of them. The objective was to study the opinion of food experts about the causes and ways to reduce consumer distrust about E-numbers. Thirteen food experts from universities, research institutes, the government, …

Alumni can be of enormous value for higher education institutions because of the time and money they can spend on their former institution. Going beyond prior research that has as yet mostly considered alumni giving, this study focuses on exploring drivers for non-monetary alumni behavior (i.e., alumni …

Presentation at the European Conference for Social Work Research, Leuven: Belgium

De Schilderswijk en Escamp University zijn zaterdagscholen in de Schilderswijk en Escamp. In tegenstelling tot veel weekendscholen zijn deze Universities niet gericht op het bestrijden van achterstanden, maar bieden zij juist de beter presterende leerlingen meer uitdagingen. De Haagse Hogeschool onderzocht, …

The role of (entrepreneurial) universities as change agents in regional economic development has been highlighted before, but how they can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been largely neglected hitherto. Using qualitative methods, we show how being confronted with adverse …

In the floodplains of the Rhine branches in the Netherlands, many so called ‘flood free’ areas can be found. These areas remain dry during extreme river discharges. In the province of Gelderland alone, over 80 of such areas exist. The province of Gelderland and Rijkswaterstaat have formally agreed to …

Invited talk presented during the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding between Tinajin University and the Dutch Hanze and Saxion Universities of Applied Sciences.

Prof. Dr. Rineke Smilde and René van Munster have been invited to present the music practices developed by the research group Lifelong Learning in Music in the field of music and health care to students and invited guests of the Royal Academy of Music Arhus (Denmark). Among the invited guests are policy …

This contributed volume is based on the "European Core Competences Framework for health and social care professionals working with older people" (ECCF), developed and verified in a unique international cooperation between 26 universities and universities of applied sciences in 25 European countries, …

Poster presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning.