In Amsterdam, just like in 87 % of all municipalities in the Netherlands, integrated neighbourhood teams have been installed as an answer to the reform of the welfare state. During the last decade, the social domain has gone through its strongest change since 1945. Transitions by new national acts and …

This article focuses on how length of participation in professional youth work is associated with five outcome variables: prosocial skills, self-mastery, social network, civic participation (volunteering and organizing activities) and finding support from social care services. The study was designed …

At the request of the municipality of Rotterdam, the NGO Stichting Humanitas undertook participatory research on boys and men that do sex work in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This demographic often goes unnoticed in interventions by public institutions or social work organizations. The research focused …

Sociaal schaduwwerkers zijn informele spelers die in het gat springen wanneer formele organisaties mensen niet bereiken. Hun ‘nabije kennis’ verdient net zoveel waardering en erkenning als ervaringskennis.

‘Entrepreneurship for Society’ is a new transdisciplinary minor program on social entrepreneurship (SE), offered by Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Students, teachers, researchers and partners from the field of SE collaborate in minor, with the aim of reinforcing a new perspective …

Introduction The Netherlands is changing from a welfare to a participation society in which citizens themselves are responsible for their health. However, this is not accessible to every citizen, resulting in an increase in marginalized vulnerable groups, often with a migrant background with problems …

The symposium 'Inclusion Hands On' took place on April 8, 2021. Due to COVID-19, the program was completely digital. The day started with a plenary opening, and then various guests joined to start the conversation about inclusion in the AUAS. After that, 16 different workshops were offered; there were …