The Netherlands strives for an inclusive society. In order to achieve this, the United Nations Convention on Disability has been ratified. In this convention sport is explicitly named as a means towards inclusion. Still, it is not yet clear what the role of sport is in this. Extensive research has been …

De economische hbo-opleiding waarvoor dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd heeft haar competentiegerichte onderwijs, gebaseerd op de piramide van Miller (1990), volgens een vast stramien ingevuld. Op basis van wetenschappelijke literatuur in combinatie met een curriculumanalyse bestaat echter het vermoeden dat …

Since the 1980s, many initiatives have attempted to tackle the deprivation currently experienced in South Rotterdam. Efforts have been made to attract creative workers and, in a counter-reaction, other initiatives have aimed to encourage the creative talents of poorer residents to strengthen their …

Over the years the industrial production was transformed by steam power in the 19th century, by electricity in the early 20th century, and by automation in the 1970s (Lorenz, et al., 2015). Today’s society is on the verge of the fourth industrial revolution, the Smart Industry. The impact of the Smart …

A year later, in 2013, the Westerkwartier Area Cooperative was established – a new form of cooperation at the regional level, involving hundreds of dairy farmers, other SMEs, Terra MBO as the representative of the knowledge institutions in the region, the National Forest Service in the Netherlands (‘Staatsbosbeheer’), …

This fourth edition in the series ‘Work and life of teacher educators’ is edited by Elizabeth White. We thank her for taking this initiative and the inspiring text she has made in cooperation with eight colleagues from diverse countries. The shared experience and professional development of all colleagues …

Citizen participation is booming, especially the number of urban bottom-up initiatives where information and communication technologies (ICT) are deployed is increasing rapidly. This growth is good news for society as recent historical research shows that the more citizens actively and persistently interfere …

In this study we analyze the difference in perception regarding the BPM initiative between management and employees of an operational department of the Peruvian Air Force and compared the BPM Maturity with benchmark studies. The research question is: Does differences in perception of BPM Maturity between …

Het Delft Global Initiative (DGI) is een groep onderzoekers die hun expertise gebruiken om concrete oplossingen te vinden voor problemen die men ondervindt in ontwikkelingslanden. Eén van de huidige problemen is de grote behoefte aan protheses die zo min mogelijk kosten en makkelijk te repareren zijn. …

The purpose of this thesis is to document research conducted at The Hague University of Applied Sciences on the topic of European and Latin American Integration, more precisely the UNASUR. The central question to this research was: Is further integration of the UNASUR possible when applying the three …