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Actual change:Evaluation of the recognition measures for victims of violence in youth care
Full text linkPassible polyphony:An extensive team-reflexivity process for hierarchical, transdisciplinary research teams
No full textThis article showcases an extensive team-reflexivity process of an embarking transdisciplinary research team in psychiatry. It explores a multilayered tension between the authors, five Dutch researchers with different embodied positions, from diverse research traditions and at different stages of their careers. This article represents a meaningful collision between the rise of horizontalizing participatory research practices, and persistent traditional hierarchies in academic psychiatry. We show how this played out in a hierarchical, transdisciplinary research team, including its emotion work and power ambiguities. Such an intensive and shared reflexivity process is novel, that is, not typical of a responsive research design. The value of this article is that we show and analyze what we have come to call our ‘passible polyphony’: a thorough grappling with multiple perspectives in often disharmonious interactions
Exploring the ICTY as Cultural Heritage: From Frozen Archive to Multidirectional Memory Practice
No full textThe past decennia have shown an increase in ad hoc international law institutions. Although some of them are now reaching the end of their lifespan, the afterlife of tribunals remains relatively unknown. How can the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), located in The Hague, as a site of cultural heritage representing layered narratives, be transformed into a place of multidirectional memory? This entry starts with identifying six narratives that the ICTY has accumulated during its lifespan and explores which areas of peace and justice were not addressed by the ICTY—but could be in a place of cultural heritage. We then conceptualize the potential of this afterlife of the tribunal as both a legal institution and an archive. The entry concludes by exploring how artistic representations of the ICTY can help understand its potential as a heritage site and develop it into a multidirectional place of memory that will keep growing and expanding our imaginations during its afterlife. The ICTY-as-heritage might gain a richness in relations and stories that could result in a deeper understanding of its history and future. Starting with the (material) evidence and (archival) silences and moving to reflections on the more symbolic meaning of the tribunal as a promise for peace and justice, artistic interventions complexify the ICTY’s narratives. These interventions also have the power to change the story of the tribunal. The ICTY has had a very specific trajectory. Nevertheless, it could inspire more creative thinking on the cultural afterlife of tribunals everywhere
Gender Equality and Life Satisfaction:A Mediation Model with Individual Autonomy, Income Per Capita and Trust
No full textGender equality has been found to positively affect life satisfaction. However, the reason why gender equality affects life satisfaction remains relatively unexplored. In this paper, we hypothesize three mediators for this relationship: individual autonomy, income per capita, and generalized trust. All three variables have been found to positively affect life satisfaction. We argue that each mediator may, in turn, depend positively on gender equality, suggesting that individual autonomy, income per capita, and generalized trust positively mediate the relationship between gender equality and life satisfaction. Using a sample of 81 countries from 1990 to 2020, we find that individual autonomy and income per capita are important channels that together explain 98% of the total relationship between gender equality and life satisfaction. While the mediation effect of individual autonomy is robust, the significance of income per capita is less consistent when using alternative estimation techniques. For generalized trust we do not find evidence of mediation
Betekenisgeving en rituelen bij persisterende en traumatische rouw
No full textVerlies van dierbaren confronteert nabestaanden met fundamentele vragen over de zin van het leven. Betekenisgeving kan bijdragen aan het ervaren van onder meer coherentie, verbondenheid en transcendentie. Rituelen en symbolische expressies van rouw kunnen betekenisgeving na verlies ondersteunen. In dit artikel gaat het over de rol van betekenisgeving en rituelen bij de behandeling van persisterende en traumatische rouw
The role of senior researchers in promoting good science: Obstacles and enablers. :[version 2]
No full textThis essay examines senior researchers’ professional responsibilities in fostering ethical research practices within their teams, as outlined in the ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. Senior researchers have an important role in preventing research misconduct and promoting a supportive academic environment. However, pressures within academia - particularly the ‘publish or perish’ culture - can lead to stress and potentially unethical practices, including power misuse, exploitation, and neglect of supervisory responsibilities. This essay explores the challenges senior researchers face in fulfilling their responsibilities and highlights a ‘slow science’ approach and targeted training to prioritize quality over quantity and to promote better supervision practices
Zwischen Räumen:Wie sich Nähe und Distanz in Städten durch die Sharing Economy verändern
No full textThe article examines whether and how the sharing economy, as a specific, non-exclusive practice of owning and using property objects, reproduces but also irritates and redevelops urban spatial and social relationships. To this end, it applies a methodological framework of analysis that, based on Georg Simmel and conceptually following Hartmut Rosa, examines phenomena and practices of sharing with regard to the relationships entered into with things, with others, as well as with oneself. Drawing on Simmel, a distinction is made between the private and the public as spheres in which proximity and distance are simultaneously practically negotiated and institutionally anchored from a spatial and social point of view. Property and its usage—alone or together with others—play a central role here, because spatial structures are formed and maintained, but can also change, depending on specific property objects and their particular use. Based on own empirical findings on the shared use of living space (homesharing) and vehicles (carsharing), the article examines what impact sharing practices have on proximity and distance relationships and thus on the (re)structuring of spaces within cities
Bridging Knowledge Gaps: Advancing Cybersecurity Education via Absorptive Capacity & Collaboration
No full textThis work, based on my dissertation (Esmaili, 2024), investigates the growing knowledge gap between vocational cybersecurity education and the cybersecurity industry, driven by rapid technological advancements and the increasing demand for skilled professionals. This gap challenges educators’ ability to deliver current and relevant training, limiting their capacity to prepare students for the dynamic and evolving needs of the cybersecurity field (Yusuf, 2024). Absorptive capacity (ACAP)—the ability to recognize, assimilate, and apply external knowledge—serves as the conceptual framework to address this challenge.By integrating perspectives on absorptive capacity, knowledge creation, and collaboration, this study examines mechanisms that enhance effective learning within partnerships between vocational education programs and the cybersecurity industry. This research employs an action research methodology, structured across four iterative cycles: i) establishing partnerships, ii) implementing collaborative learning environments, iii) engaging educators as active learners, and iv) developing an innovation lab for knowledge co-creation. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with educators, students, and cybersecurity professionals, and analyzed using open and axial coding to identify key themes and mechanisms.The findings show that trust-building, participatory decision-making, informal communication, and cross-functional activities are essential for strengthening educators’ ability to integrate new knowledge. Educators’ active involvement as learners proved crucial in bridging the knowledge gap and aligning curricula with the practical demands of the cybersecurity industry. The innovation lab emerged as a platform for knowledge co-creation, fostering meaningful collaboration between students, educators, and professionals.This research contributes to the literature by addressing gaps in ACAP implementation and emphasizing collaborative approaches to industry-education alignment. Key recommendations include promoting continuous professional development for educators, implementing co-creative learning models, and aligning cybersecurity education with industry needs to ensure future-proof training programs