In recent decades, after several family tragedies with fatal outcomes in the Netherlands, a critical attitude emerged towards the role of youth care that prompted refinements of procedures and guidelines. These measures partly aim to eliminate moral hesitancy among social workers, defined as hesitation …

Despite the importance of positive transitions for children's future development, little is known about how Dutch parents experience transitions of their children with SEN in regular education. Therefore, the current study aimed (a) to investigate the experiences of parents in the Dutch context of their …

Effective collaboration between professional and informal caregivers is essential in residential dementia care, but often disrupted by relational tensions. This 2-year case study explores how these tensions emerge and develop. Using visual and inductive analysis of qualitative data, we study a strained …

In our continuously changing world, at a period of hegemonic capitalism and individualism, there are pockets of (renewed) recognition of the need for inclusive, ethically grounded, and sustainable modes of living. Intersecting crises—climate change, social fragmentation, economic inequality, platform …

This thesis researches the values threatened due to data and AI development and application in the Netherlands. This is related to what should be written in an oath for the Dutch data professional to promote these values and lower the threat to these values. Following the Design Science Methodology and …

In this paper, we present a digital tool named Diversity Perspectives in Social Media (DivPSM) which conducts automated content analysis of strategic diversity communication in organizational social media posts, using supervised machine-learning. DivPSM is trained to identify whether a post makes mention …

Value-loaded critical thinking refers to a combination of critical thinking, moral value development and reflection. It is important to teach value-loaded critical thinking in secondary education and philosophy seems the pre-eminent subject to do so. This article describes the theoretical foundations …

With contributions from over 30 international legal scholars, this topical Research Handbook on International Food Law provides a reflective and crucial examination of the rules, power dynamics, legal doctrines, societal norms, and frameworks that govern the modern global food system. The Research Handbook …

Using political discourse analysis, this book examines the extent to which the salient approaches of previous leadership generations have translated into present day policies shepherded in by Xi Jinping. On the strategic political level, the book includes comparisons of China's recent leadership periods …