Dr. Marenne Mei Jansen onderzocht in haar proefschrift Educating for Military Realities de relatie tussen vorming en de militaire praktijk. Specifiek keek zij naar de opleiding van infanterieofficieren aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie in Breda en stelde zich de vraag wat de ambitie van de NLDA …

Dit proefschrift gaat over militaire educatie, over de ambitie van militaire academies met betrekking tot vorming en over de relatie tussen vorming en de militaire praktijk. In het bijzonder heeft dit proefschrift betrekking op de opleiding van infanterie officieren aan de Nederlandse Defensie Academie …

Nieuwe rekruten leren vooral hoe ze zich moeten gedragen door goed te kijken naar hun ouderejaars en het is dan ook aan te bevelen ouderejaarscadetten meer verantwoordelijkheid te geven bij introductieperiodes. Tot die conclusie komt militair psycholoog Sander Dalenberg in zijn proefschrift Officer, …

Article about the socialisation of new recruits at military academies, a topic that has been core business among military behavioural scientists for decades. The authors make a connection with effective leadership behaviour of junior leaders in today's missions. They describe effective leadership as …

In this article the correlation between the problems military personnel encountered during peacekeeping operations and the deficiencies they experienced during their education/training prior to deployment is analyzed. Education and training should be designed in such a way that the kind of problems soldiers …

The authors discuss the problems surrounding the functioning of soldiers in areas in which human rights are being violated. Central to this article is the question of how commanders in operations under difficult circumstances can contribute to knitting peace and security and human rights closer together …

With his article the author aims to contribute to the judgement of people facing questions of military leadership under difficult circumstances. It is based on his experiences as a leader of marine corps units. He tries to describe how some leadership principles can be used during Peace Support Operations …

In his article the author deals specifically with the social and communicative skills required of a commander. These skills proved to be of great importance when he was commanding officer of an air force detachment in Italy.

In this article the authors will explore if, and under what conditions Mission Orientated Command (MOC) can be applied in peace-supporting operations like UNPROFOR. The focus of the study is on the application of MOC within battalions on platoon or group level and is based on interviews with Dutch soldiers-privates, …