Arbeid geeft betekenis aan het leven van mensen, ook aan dat van mensen met een afstand tot de arbeidsmarkt. In dit kader is wetgeving ontwikkeld om ook deze mensen te laten participeren op de arbeidsmarkt. De Participatiewet heeft als doel iedereen in staat te stellen bij te dragen aan de maatschappij, …

Sinds 14 juli 2016 is het VN-Verdrag Handicap van kracht in Nederland. Dit verdrag biedt gemeenten de mogelijkheid om de integratie te realiseren tussen de verschillende beleidsterreinen binnen het sociaal domein, om zo te komen tot een inclusieve samenleving waarin iedereen mee kan doen. Onderdeel van …

Urban planners and several stakeholders in public and private sector are in need of (quickscan) tools that can assess the vulnerability to floods and thermal stress. Urban flooding and thermal stress have become key issues for many cities around the world. With the continuing effects of climate change, …

‘Old’ marketing, such as flyers and newspaper ads, did not work that well anymore for Sport2000 Bakker, and was becoming too expensive. They assumed that social media would be a cheaper, more effective, and goal-oriented marketing tool. Sport2000 Bakker was also seeking more customer participation and …

Opening lecture for the exhibition. In this short speech I have highlighted the vision of the research group which is the basics of our vision on artistic research, which lies at the bottom of this exhibition. So the three are closely linked: vision on and practices of the research group, vision on and …

During the past decades deinstitutionalisation policies have led to a transition from inpatient towards community mental health care. Many European countries implement Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) as an alternative for inpatient care for “difficult to reach” children and adolescents with severe …

Despite several decades of Sport for All policies, opportunities for sports participation are still unequally divided, with certain socially disadvantaged groups having less access to sports. To reduce this gap, structural efforts are needed. A question that arises is what role nonprofit sports clubs …

Since the 1960s, the structure of the German population has significantly changed as a result of a number of migration waves. This structural change, and the fact that is was rather ignored by German governments, created a democratic deficit. Large parts of the permanent population were structurally …