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Gespleten loyaliteit:Sociaal werkers in morele nood
Get PDFRede in verkorte vorm uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding vanhet ambt van hoogleraar Sociaal Werk aan de Universiteit voorHumanistiek op 17 oktober 2024
White spots in democratic renewal:A literature review of the design of democratic renewals
Get PDFHet idee dat de representatieve democratie reparatie verdient wordt breed gedragen. Actieve burgers, politici en ook ambtenaren tonen daarbij telkens opnieuw grote inventiviteit, denk aan de ‘G1000’ in België, de invoering (en afschaffing) van het raadgevend referendum in Nederland en het Franse Klimaat Beraad. Dat idee is echter niet van gisteren. Zoals Frank Hendriks stelt in zijn recente boek over democratische vernieuwing staat de huidige vernieuwingsgolf in een lange hervormingstraditie (Hendriks, 2023: p. xxvi). De bibliotheek over experimenten en meer geïnstitutionaliseerde democratische vernieuwingen dijt gestaag uit. De hoop is telkens dat democratische vernieuwingen kunnen bijdragen aan het verbeteren van vertrouwen in instituties, het vertrouwen van burgers in zichzelf en elkaar, en aan het verhogen van draagvlak voor ingrijpende beslissingen. Als recente voorbeelden van maatschappelijke uitdagingen waar vernieuwingen misschien de oplossing voor zijn, gelden de laatste jaren de opkomst van populisme, de toenemende polarisatie en de klimaatverandering. We zien om ons heen dat de resultaten gemengd zijn, dat de pogingen om daar met meer of nieuwe inspraak iets aan te veranderen soms slagen en soms niet. Is het niet weer eens tijd voor tussentijdse lessen? Welke ontwerpfactoren zijn goed in beeld, en welke factoren zijn nog witte vlekken: we weten dat ze belangrijk zijn, maar we weten nog niet goed hoe we ze vorm moeten geven. Het was dus een welkome vraag van het wetenschappelijke platform Charge (gelieerd aan de politieke partij Volt), om literatuuronderzoek te doen naar “de recente ontwikkelingen op het gebied van democratische vernieuwing en hoe die van belang [kunnen] zijn voor burgers in Europa en in Nederland?” (Charge onderzoeksvoorstel 2023).In dit rapport leggen we eerst uit hoe we op die vraag ingingen en bespreken we daarna de bevindingen en de gaten in de literatuur. En passant slaan we een brug tussen het debat over democratische vernieuwing en het opkomende rechts-populisme in Europa. Daarna doen we enkele concrete aanbevelingen voor het opzetten van democratische vernieuwingen
Be a good sport::A care ethical inquiry into sport parenting
No full textIn recent years, reports on youth sports excesses and abuses of minors underscore the need for a safer sport environment. However, the way in which parents guide their children in dealing with winning and losing in sports is less understood. A care ethical inquiry into sport parenting might contribute to a better understanding of the role parents play in creating a safe sport environment for their children. This study applies theoretical perspectives from care ethics into practical context focusing on the relationship between parents and their sporting children through the lens of relational identity. An interpretative phenomenological study was conducted into the meaning of competitiveness amongst Dutch parents of children aged eleven and twelve, who play hockey and are in the midst of transitioning from sport as a game to competitive sport. This article concludes that the meaning of competitiveness for these parents is twofold. On the one hand there is a desire to be proud of your child’s success, fuelled by meritocratic ideals. On the other hand, parents desire their child’s ongoing commitment to sport, which they consider a return investment for the sacrifices they make to support their child’s sport participation. From a care ethical stance of relational responsibility, parents should not solely view sport as a quid pro quo concept in which desires are fulfilled or battles settled, but rather as a game that is enjoyed by both parents and children. Mature sport parenting can only emerge once the tensions resulting from parental sacrifices on the one hand and the child’s loyalty to meet parental expectations on the other are overcome through dialogue and reflection, aimed at elucidating responsibilities within the relationship. More research is needed to gain insight into the significance of this relational connection for the youth sports climate
What is a healthy social network?:Reflections on the social network advice
No full textIn late 2023, the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport launched an advisory on the social network that people need to avoid feeling lonely and to stay healthy. The advisory emphasizes the importance of the social network for health and includes suggestions for strengthening it. The advisory is presented in this paper. A qualitative formulation was chosen because there was not an unequivocal threshold value for a healthy social network. The social network advice was formulated by the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the ‘Eén tegen Eenzaamheid’ (One against Loneliness) program. The authors of this article are members of the SAC
Flourishing as an aim of higher education:exploring the aspirations and challenges of the educational philosophy of the University of Humanistic Studies (UvH)
No full textIn the University of Humanistic Studies (UvH) research and education are inspired by an inclusive humanistic worldview. As a worldview-based university, the UvH has both an entitlement to promote humanism as the prime source of inspiration and a responsibility to live up to its worldview-based mission. It strives not only for the academic formation of students, but also promotes humanistic moral and ethical values and assists students in developing skills and dispositions that enable them to live a good life, more specifically a good working, civic, and personal life. In my own words, it aims for students' flourishing. This aim leads to various challenges in a university, and I discuss two of them. First, the university has to combine the promotion of humanistic values and the cultivation of students' disposition to put these into practice with respect for the autonomy of students. Second, it has to combine aiming for students' flourishing with looking after the mental well-being of students while ensuring that caring for, and preventing, students' psychological problems does not overrule, or even jeopardize, education for flourishing
Expanding the quality of life paradigm:Contributions from the field of disability studies
No full textThis article considers the contributions from the field of Disability Studies to the conceptualization of Quality of Life (QOL) for people labelled with Intellectual Disability (ID). We suggest four elements from the field of Disability Studies that may be incorporated into an evolving QOL paradigm. The first element concerns the meaning of disability itself. Those working in contemporary Disability Studies identify societal obstacles and points of inaccessibility as sources of disablement while also recognizing the experience of difference. We suggest this understanding of disability as an interaction between a person and the social world/environment may be included more explicitly in QOL conceptualization. A responsive and adaptable definition of disability in the QOL paradigm is recommended. The second element is the recognition of relationality. The field of contemporary disability studies challenges the value of considering a person's disability as a solitary medical experience and questions the goals of independence, instead considering the value in interdependence and community. This could be included in the QOL paradigm by further emphasizing the importance of relationships and contributions of those labelled with ID. The third element is participatory design and epistemic justice, making space for people labelled with ID to contribute to research and direct the course of their own lives and supports. This element of self-determination is important to QOL but an increase in participatory research, service, and support design in the field is recommended. The final element is intersectionality, the idea that the experience of disability must be understood in the context of other points of identity or marginalization such as race, gender, and sexuality. We recommend that the QOL paradigm should allow for these additional elements to be included in further design and research in the field
Cross-national analysis of the prevalence of prolonged grief disorder
No full textBackground: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is now included as a diagnosis in international classification systems. Most research on PGD is based on Western populations, but first data from non-Western countries have recently become available. Little is still known about country-related effects on PGD's prevalence. Objective: Determining possible causes of variations in the prevalence of PGD as defined by DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 within and between countries. Methods: We retrieved data from 24 prevalence studies, the World Bank and the 2022 World Risk Report. Negative binomial regressions were used to explore methodological, loss-related and country context characteristics as predictors of PGD. The average rate of PGD was calculated using random effects models. Results: The included studies comprised 34 samples from 16 countries (20,347 participants). Non-probability sampling and older mean age of the sample as well as lower country vulnerability were associated with higher PGD rates. The average PGD prevalence was 13 % (95 % CI [11, 22]), varying from 5 % (95 % CI [3, 11]) in probability to 16 % (95 % CI [13, 25]) in non-probability samples. Limitations: Samples from Europe and North America were overrepresented. For about half of the countries, data were available from only one sample. Conclusions: While confirming the importance of studies' methodological quality, the results show that PGD is of public health relevance around the world, but especially common in less vulnerabled countries with better access to daily necessities and healthcare services, highlighting sociocultural impacts on grief processing. Further investigations of cross-national differences are needed