Projects

Current research projects

• The Nordic Graduate School of Applied History of Education (2020-25). Contact person: Johannes Westberg

• Pedagogies of puberty (1890-1930) Contact persons: Sanne Parlevliet and Mineke van Essen

• A Suicide Prevention Intervention Project for Foster Youth. (2023-2026) Contact persons: Diana van Bergen and Kim Setkowski

• Recovery of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors. (2022-2026) Contact persons: Diana van Bergen and Mandy Gijzen

• A web based cognitive behavioral therapy that addresses gender dysphoria, gender minority stress and suicidality among gender minority youth. Contact persons: Diana van Bergen and Minke Eilander.

• A Prevention, Risk, Resilience and Recovery Approach of Suicidal Behavior in Middle Aged Men & Youth’ (2025-2027). Contact person: Diana van Bergen

• Databank Dutch Protestant teachers 1830-1940 (together with HDC Centre for Dutch Religious History, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (starting 2025). Contact person: John Exalto

• Unmarried minor motherhood 1950-1980: Changes in the professional approach (part of the IISG-project) (2023-2025). Contact person: John Exalto

Current PhD-projects

• A culture of governance: the case of the Carmel secondary schools, 1922-2000 (PhD student Willem van der Geest, 2018-2022)

• Inequality of educational opportunities in the Netherlands, 1965-2008 (PhD student Anita Berendsen Msc., 2020-2025)

• Mediocrity: a conceptual history (PhD-student Chelsea Rodriguez, 2020-2025)

• Beyond Madrasah Ibtidaiyah: Muslim primary schools in Indonesia in the 1970s (PhD-student Karra Kurdi, 2021-2025, funded by a MORA 5000 scholarship)

• Growing apart: a historical analysis of in Cyprus, 1878–2020 (PhD student Suleyman Gelener, 2021-27)

• Navigating everyday racism: voices, experiences and power dynamics in higher vocational education in the Netherlands (PhD student Charlotte Wekker, 2022-26,funded by NWO Doctoral Grant for Teachers)

• Transnational Universities in China and Europe: Between Geopolitical Objects and Sites for Learning (PhD student Li Yingyan 2023-27,funded by CSC grant)

• The Role of Online Bullying to Suicide (PhD student Anne Frederiks-Franssen,funded by NWO Doctoral Grant for Teachers)

• Suicide in Young Men during Covid and Subsequent Years (PhD student Eline Verschoor, funded by NWO Doctoral Grant for Teachers)

• Attitudes and Related Behaviors toward Sexual Diversity in Young Adolescents in the Context of a Reading Intervention in Schools. (PhD student Elise Stiekema, funded by 113 suicide prevention the Netherlands)

• Suicide prevention among young people. Exploring various Angles for Effective Policy and Practice (PhD student Milou Looijmans,funded by 113 suicide prevention the Netherlands)

• Pedagogies of the naked child (PhD student Bente Ooms)

Concluded projects

• Youth, education and work in (post-)conflict areas. Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Jacques Zeelen and Dr. Josje van der Linden

• Democratising Critical Thinking. Critical Thinking, Bildung, and Citizenship in Vocational Education. Contact persons: Piet van der Ploeg en Anouk Zuurmond

• Out of the book closet. Children’s literature’s influence on adolescents’ attitude towards sexual and gender diversity (2019-2020). Contact person: Dr. Diana van Bergen and dr. Sanne Parlevliet 

• Enhancing community and market oriented TVET programmes in agriculture in the northern region of Mozambique (01 January 2020 – 31 December 2021). Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Jacques Zeelen and Dr. Josje van der Linden

• How did education policy shape the race towards mass education? A comparative perspective based on France, Italy, Spain and Sweden, c. 1840–1940 (2017-21). Contact person: Johannes Westberg

• Lifelong learning in technical companies: A practice oriented research to enhance workplace learning and to craft sustainable educational trajectories for employees in technical companies (September 2019 – September 2022). Contact person: Josje van der Linden.

• Practical guidance with ethical dilemmas due to religious differences (2019-2022). Contact person: Dr. Diana van Bergen.

• Preventing suicidality among Dutch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth through a web-based intervention” (2018-2022). Contact person: Dr. Diana van Bergen

• Reforms in Education: A European Research Network (2020-22). Contact person: Johannes Westberg

Concluded PhD-projects (a selection)

• Greetje Bijl (2014), Loopbaan en levensloop van onderwijzers en onderwijzeressen: sociale mobiliteit, huwelijk, inkomen, benoemingen en ontslag in het openbaar lager onderwijs in Groningen, ca. 1850-1920 [Career and Lives of teachers. Social mobility, marriage, income, the appointments and discharge in public school in Groningen, ca. 1850 – 1920]. 412 pp.

• Symen van der Zee (2015), De effectiviteit van daltononderwijs [The effectiveness of Dalton education]. 270 pp.

• Josje van der Linden (2016), Ensuring meaningful lifelong learning opportunities for groups at risk. 271 pp.

• Marieke Dekker (2016), Effectiviteit aan de horizon: Een studie rond onderzoek naar resultaat op het gebied van de justitiële kinderbescherming in Nederland tussen 1945 en 2005 [Effectiveness on the horizon: A study of research into results in the field of judicial child protection in the Netherlands between 1945 and 2005]. 292 pp.

• Alice Wabule (2017), Professional integrity of teachers in Uganda: Practical action strategies. 275 pp.

• Ingrid van der Bij - de Puij (2019), De rol van de Groningse kinderrechter bij ondertoezichtstelling 1922-1995: Beperking van ouderlijk gezag door de overheid [The role of the Groningen juvenile court judge in child custody order 1922-1995: Restriction of parental authority by the government]. 385 pp.

• Marika Curganov (2021), Kritische kijkers: Een onderzoek naar mediaopvoeding bij adventure/fantasy-verhalen in de adolescentie [Critical Viewers: An Investigation of Media Education in Adolescence Adventure/Fantasy Stories]. 249 pp.

• Ying Zhou (2021), Education and Politics in China: Civic Education in Times of Reform, 1901-1937. 249 pp.

• Clementine Degener (2021), Ethnicity Reflections in Foster Families, pp

• Jennifer de Lange (2022), Suicidality among sexual and gender. minority youth Minority stress and mental healthcare. pp

• Jan Brandsma (2022), Strijdmakkers Ontstaan, groei en professionalisering van het Buitengewoon Onderwijs in Nederland ca. 1895-1950 [Comrades in arms: origin, growth and professionalization of special education in the Netherlands, ca. 1895-1950]. 604 pp.

• Willem van der Geest (2023), In verandering koersvast: ontwikkelingen in de organisatiecultuur van de Stichting Carmelcollege 1922-2000 [Staying on track by adapting to a changing world: Developments in the organisational culture of the Stichting Carmelcollege School Foundation, 1922-2000]. 308 pp.

• Simon van der Wal (2023), Traditie in vernieuwing: het opleiden van (geschiedenis)leraren: beleid en praktijk, 1963-1998 [Tradition in innovation: the history of initial training for (history) teachers in the Netherlands: policy and practice, 1963-1998]. 805 pp.

• Milou Smit (2023), Van storend gedrag tot stoornis: De (bio)medicalisering van gedragsproblemen van Nederlandse kinderen en jongeren 1950-1990 [From disruptive behavior to disorder: The (bio)medicalization of behavioral problems of Dutch children and young people 1950-1990]. 355 pp.

• Pieter van Rees (2023). Political education: The science of democratic citizenship education in the Netherlands and the United States (1920-2020). 221 pp.

• Jan Pouwels (2024). Wild Fruits: The Pedagogical Merits of Conflicts. 238 pp.