Publications and Videos

Publications (written/videos) available through hyperlinks

Van der Linden, J., Rodrigues, A., Kopp, M., Abraham, B. & Dier, F. (Eds.) (2020). Youth, education and work in (post-)conflict areas. Globalisation Studies Groningen. University of Groningen.

When participatory action research meets visionary thinking (reflective magazine, to be made available soon)

Rethinking the Education-to-Work Transition for Young People Special Issue Social Sciences (2025). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/A23N4YHJPN

Deo, mushroom farmer in Gulu, Uganda

The story of Deo - full version: https://vimeo.com/684950197
The story of Deo - short version: https://vimeo.com/684947542

Susan, fashion academy and shop director in Gulu, Uganda

The story of Susan - full version - https://vimeo.com/592402184
The story of Susan - short version - https://vimeo.com/592823990

Julius, car mechanic in Kampala, Uganda

The story of Julius – full version: https://vimeo.com/273273927
The story of Julius – short version: https://vimeo.com/273279740

Faces of memories. EMDR Trauma healing in Northern Uganda

https://vimeo.com/eyeopenerworks/emdr

PhD’s defended at University of Groningen / Makerere University

(Full theses available from https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/latest-news/events/promoties)

Namubiru Zula (available soon). Fishers’ Ways of Learning: A participatory action research at Kigungu Fishing ground on Lake Victoria. PhD thesis. Makerere University, Uganda.
Robert Jjuuko (2021). Youth Transition, Agricultural Education and Employment in Uganda. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen.
Marit Blaak (2021). ‘The normative practitioner’. PhD Thesis, University of Groningen.
Peace Tumuheki (2017). Lifelong Learning in Practice. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen.
Alice Wabule (2017). Professional Integrity of Teachers in Uganda. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen.
Josje van der Linden (2016). Ensuring meaningful lifelong learning opportunities for groups at risk. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen.
Cuthbert Tukundane (2014). Education and skills for development: Transforming support programmes for early school leavers in Uganda. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen.
Margaret Angucia (2010). Broken citizenship: Formerly abducted children and their social reintegration in Northern Uganda. PhD Thesis. University of Groningen.

Books

VET 4.0 collective (2024). Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa. A Social Skills Eco Perspective, Bristol University Press. (with Nottingham University, UK; Rhodes, Witwatersrand, South Africa).

Van der Linden, J., Rodrigues, A., Kopp, M., Abraham, B. & Dier, F. (Eds.) (2020). Youth, education and work in (post-)conflict areas. Globalisation Studies Groningen. University of Groningen.

Blaak, M., Tukundane, C., Van der Linden, C.J., Elsdijk, F. (Eds.) (2016). Exploring pathways for craftsmanship in a globalised world. University of Groningen. Globalisation Studies Groningen.

Zeelen, J. (2015). Bowling together: Lifelong learning as a collective challenge in the North and the South. Inaugural address. Globalisation Studies Groningen. University of Groningen.

Zeelen, J., van der Linden, J., Nampota, D., & Ngabirano, M. (Eds.). (2010). The Burden of Educational Exclusion. Understanding and Challenging Early School Leaving in Africa. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: Sense Publishers.

Boog, B., Preece, J., Slagter, M., & Zeelen, J. (Eds.). (2008). Towards quality improvement of action research: Developing ethics and standards. Rotterdam/Taipei: Sense Publishers

Articles in Journals

Broek, S., Kuijpers, M. A. C. T., Semeijn, J. H., & van der Linden, J. (accepted). “I Never Thought I’d Do This. It’s So Empowering”: Adults’ Transitions into Learning. Adult Education Quarterly.

Namubiru, Z., Van der Linden, J., Openjuru, G.L., Aganyira, K., (accepted). Initiating Self-directed Lifelong Learning through Participatory Action Research with young fishers at Kigungu on Lake Victoria. Int Rev Educ 72.

Bloema, M., Van der Linden, J. & Duarte, J. (2025). ‘We leren dan allebei nieuwe woorden’. Meertalig voorlezen: thuis en op de basisschool. MeerTaal, 12(2), 10-12.

Broek, S., Kuijpers, M. A. C. T., Semeijn, J. H., & van der Linden, J. (2025). Exploring card-sorting potential to uncover the interplay between adult learners’ motivations and barriers to (start to) learn. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 44(3), 330–346. DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2025.2462163

Todorovic, D., van der Linden, J., Sieckelinck, S., & Timmerman, M. C. (2025). From Likes to Lifeworlds: The Contributions of Youth Work Practice in the Online Lifeworld to Young People’s Development. Social Sciences, 14(10), 618. DOI: 10.3390/socsci14100618

Todorovic, D., van der Linden, J., Sieckelinck, S. & Timmerman, M. C. (2025). Scrolling with young people: Transferring general youth work methods into digital spaces. Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 177, 108468, DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108468

Blaak, M., Irepu, S., & Zeelen, J. (2024). Transforming collaboration between communities and non-governmental organisations: Reflections on learning spaces in Central-Eastern Uganda. Action Research, 22(1), 51–68. DOI: 10.1177/14767503231202627.

Broek, S., Kuijpers, M. A. C. T., Semeijn, J. H., & van der Linden, J. (2024). Conditions for successful adult learning systems at local level: creating a conducive socio-spatial environment for adults to engage in learning. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 43(2–3), 200–223. DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2024.2338366

Broek, S. D., Van der Linden, J., Kuijpers, C., & Semeijn, J. H. (2024). Local level conducive socio-spatial environments for adults to engage in learning: Piloting an empirical exploration based on card-sorting. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13236259 [conference proceedings VETNET]

Lotz-Sisitka, H., Openjuru, G.L.,& Zeelen J. (2024). The Role of the University as Mediator in a Skills Ecosystem Approach to VET, In: Mc Grath et al, Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa. A Social Skills Eco Perspective, Bristol University Press. pp. 139-158.

Namubiru, Z., Aganyira, K., Van der Linden, J., Openjuru, G.L. (2024). Sustainable fishing, lifelong learning and youth entrepreneurship: The case of Kigungu fishing ground in Uganda. Int Rev Educ 70, 723–746. DOI:10.1007/s11159-024-10062-0

Van der Linden, J. (2024). Medemenselijkheid. Boekbespreking: De Winter, M. (2024). Medemenselijk opvoeden. Samenlevingspedagogiek voor een hoopvolle en daadkrachtige generatie. Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice 33(3), 146–149 DOI: 10.18352/jsi.854.

Todorović, D., Van der Linden, J., Sieckelinck, S., Timmerman, M.C. (2024). Supporters with Vantage Position: The Role of Youth Work in the Online Lifeworld from the Perspective of Adolescents and Youth Work’s Partners. Youth 2024, 4, 427–441. DOI: 10.3390/youth4020030.

Tumuheki, P.B.., Jacques Zeelen & George Ladaah Openjuru (2024): University degree benefits and labour market experiences of non-traditional graduates in Uganda, Studies in the Education of Adults. DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2024.2411737

Broek, S., van der Linden, J., Kuijpers, M. A. C. T. & Semeijn, J. H. (2023). What makes adults choose to learn: Factors that stimulate or prevent adults from learning. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education 29(2): 620 – 642. DOI: 10.1177/14779714231169684

Todorović, D., Sieckelinck, S., Manders, W., Van der Linden, J., Timmerman, M.C. (2023). Developmental Needs of Adolescents in the Online Lifeworld in the Context of Youth Work. European Social Work Research 1(2): 165-182. DOI: 10.1332/OXMM1218

Jjuuko R., Tukundane, C. & Zeelen, J. (2019): Exploringagricultural vocational pedagogy in Uganda: students’ experiences, International Journal of Training Research, DOI: 10.1080/14480220.2019.

McGrath, S., Ramsarup, P. Zeelen, J. Wedekind, V. Allais, S. Lotz-Sisitka, H. Monk, D. Openjuru, G., & Russon, J. (2019). Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2019.1679969

Tumuheki, P.B., J. Zeelen, & G.L. Openjuru. (2016a). Towards a conceptual framework for developing capabilities of ‘new’ types of students participating in higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Educational Development 47: 54–62. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.12.005

Tumuheki, P.B., Zeelen, J. & Openjuru, G. L. (2016b). Motivations for participation in higher education: narratives of non-traditional students at Makerere University in Uganda, International. Journal of Lifelong Education, DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2016.1165745

Tumuheki, P.B., Zeelen, J. & Openjuru, G.L. (2016c). The influence of out-of-institution environments on the university schooling project of non-traditional students in Uganda. Studies in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2016.1201807

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