This explorative project investigated the experiences of people of color in leadership positions in the Netherlands, focusing on the (semi-)public sector (see report Leiderschap in kleur) and the private sector (in progress). In addition, the role of boards and recruitment agencies in selecting and appointing leaders of color is investigated.
This project was funded by the Ministry of Health and aimed to provide a baseline assessment of violence in the family context of the Caribbean Netherlands, providing island-specific information about attitudes and practices that may inform policies that can effectively enact the principles of the Convention of the Rights of the Child and the Istanbul Convention. Conducted together with Ton Liefaard (Leiden Law School), Merel Griffith-Lendering and Tamara Salsbach (University of Curacao) and supported by Johan Kruip (UNICEF).
In this study we examine how the leadership styles and educational vision of the school leadership can contribute to a positive working climate for teachers and a positive learning climate for students in these schools.
This study employs a participatory action research method to uncover the practices and needs of a primary school with many students with migration backgrounds and challenging socioeconomic circumstances. Co-researchers Marleen Groeneveld, Lotte van der Pol and Joseph Jordan.
Ideeën over hoe het beste met etnische diversiteit in de samenleving kan worden omgegaan, worden ook wel diversiteitsideologieën genoemd. Er zijn veel verschillende ideeën, en er komen ook steeds nieuwe opvattingen bij.
Based on interview data collected in the Netherlands and Indonesia, this project aims to examine the memories of people with Dutch heritage who spent their childhoods in the former Dutch Indies. The project combines a descriptive method with a critical discourse analysis. Co-researchers Martin Everaert, Lenny van Rosmalen, and Eleanor Daws.
The parenting origins of prejudice (2017-2023): a study on the role of parents in the development of interethnic prejudice in children, including White Dutch, Turkish-Dutch, and Afro-Dutch families. Funded by an NWO-Vici grant awarded to Judi Mesman. This project led to the book Opgroeien in Kleur (Mesman, 2021). PhD students Ymke de Bruijn, Daudi van Veen and Fadime Pektas. Co-supervised by Rosanneke Emmen.
A multi-faceted collaborative project with researchers who study different aspects of young children’s development in non-Western rural samples, and include observational data of caregiver-child interactions that were coded for sensitive parenting.
The study was funded by an ERC-Consolidator grant awarded to Judi Mesman. PhD students Antoinette Kroes, Tessa van den Rozenberg, Laura Doornkamp, Astrid Jehle and Stefanie Esveld, co-supervised by Marleen Groeneveld and Lotte van der Pol. PhD student Laura Doornkamp was also co-supervised by Sandra Groeneveld.
Social resilience is often presented as a panacea for problems from inequality to polarisation. But what is social resilience and how do you build a resilient society? Over five years, the research project will examine social interventions that seek to create social resilience in eight Dutch cities. Funded by an NWA grant awarded to Anouk de Koning and co-applicants Femke Kaulingfreks and Maartje van der Woude. PhD student within the subproject Professional politics of Social work: Sharifa Redan, co-supervised by Femke Kaulingfreks and Willem Boterman.
