Com començar... Per a nosaltres, la participació en el simposi d’homenatge a Manuel L. Abellán celebrat a l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans a Barcelona el 24 de febrer de 2022 va ser una de les coses més maques i especials que ens han passat els últims anys. Ho diem amb solemnitat i amb tota sinceritat, …

Career opportunities play an important role in keeping teachers passionate and motivated in their profession. As such opportunities contribute to growth, challenge, variation and recognition, they can both attract high quality candidates to the profession and keep talented teacher in the profession for …

The purpose of this final chapter is twofold: (1) to provide the synthesis of learnings on quality in teaching and teacher education on the basis of the analysis and discussion of the fourteen chapters collected in this monograph, and (2) to discuss implications for future research on quality in teaching …

Music festivals are among the most affected sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, despite their precarious situation, several Dutch festivals have managed to innovate and transform during the crisis. This chapter seeks to understand how these festivals managed to bounce forward. Based on three case …

The vast literature on accountability in the public sector (usually called ‘public accountability’originating from political science and public administration tends to emphasize the positive dimension of holding authorities to account. As formulated by one prominent scholar in the field, ‘[a]ccountability …

In this chapter we present a study on the development of CSR Communication in social media of top European companies from 2012 to 2020

This article compares two similar yet never compared cases of intra-European othering: Spain and the South Slavic region. Their common denominator is what I call the Periphery Problem: a hierarchical cultural difference between Europe’s symbolic centre (Western Europe) and its exotic peripheries. Using …

Research finds that the global market value of cargo bikes will hit 2.4 billion euros by 2031. Analysts with Future Market Insights assessing the growth of cargo bikes have placed the parcel courier industry as a key buyer of electric cargo bikes, forecasting that 43 per cent of sales could go to this …

In het onderwijs worden talloze plannen gemaakt: lesplannen, jaarplannen, curriculumplannen, kwaliteitszorgplannen en instellingsplannen. Dit hoofdstuk bekijkt de rol van plannen in het onderwijs vanuit bestuursfilosofisch perspectief. Het gaat dus niet over de concrete inhoud van plannen of de specifieke …

Communication that fosters collective action is considered a key driver of transformational change. This study explores the role that cooperatives could play in transforming the current unsustainable food system toward sustainability. The focal point of the study is how communication processes of nonprofit …