Climate change is now considered more than just an environmental issue, with far-reaching effects for society at large. While the exact implications of climate change for policing practice are still unknown, over the past two decades criminologists have anticipated that climate change will have a number of effects that will result in compromised safety and security. This article is informed by the outcome of a co-creation workshop with 16 practitioners and scholars of diverse backgrounds based in The Netherlands, who sought to conceptualize and systematize the existing knowledge on how climate change will most likely impact the professional practice of the Dutch (or any other) police. These challenges, with varying degrees of intensity, are observable at three main levels: the societal, organizational, and individual level. These levels cannot be separated neatly in practice but we use them as a structuring device, and to illustrate how dynamics on one level impact the others. This article aims to establish the precepts necessary to consider when exploring the intersection between climate change and policing. We conclude that much still needs to be done to ensure that the implications of climate change and the subject of policing are better aligned, and that climate change is recognized as an immediate challenge experienced on the ground and not treated as a distant, intangible phenomenon with possible future impacts. This starts with creating awareness about the possible ways in which it is already impacting the functioning of policing organizations, as well as their longer-term repercussions.
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This book addresses the demand for evidence-based approaches to rural communication services (RCS). It presents theoretical foundations of RCS and a series of case studies showcasing the appropriation of media by smallholders and the promotion of enabling policy environments. Building on the RCS approach promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the 12 contributions included in this book deal with three prominent dimensions: (1) the need for theoretical grounding and action research; (2) the importance of promoting equality and inclusiveness, balancing digital and non-digital communication; and (3) the importance of addressing capacity, infrastructure, institutionalization and policy in an integrated manner. The book also shows how theoretical contributions inform rural practice and demonstrates how RCS is grounded in and informed by theory. In addition, it highlights key areas for research, capacity development and policy support to operationalize RCS. In a nutshell, it deepens our understanding of how RCS can be inclusive and drive collaborative change.
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Behaviour Change Support Systems (BCSS), already running for the 10th time at Persuasive Technology, is a workshop that builds around the concept of systems that are specifically designed to help and support behaviour change in individuals or groups. The highly multi-disciplinary nature of designing and implementing behaviour change strategies and systems for the strategies has been in the forefront of this workshop from the very beginning. The persuasive technology field is becoming a linking pin connecting natural and social sciences, requiring a holistic view on persuasive technologies, as well as multi-disciplinary approach for design, implementation, and evaluation. So far, the capacities of technologies to change behaviours and to continuously monitor the progress and effects of interventions are not being used to its full potential. The use of technologies as persuaders may shed a new light on the interaction process of persuasion, influencing attitudes and behaviours. Yet, although human- computer interaction is social in nature and people often do see computers as social actors, it is still unknown how these interactions re-shape attitude, beliefs, and emotions, or how they change behaviour, and what the drawbacks are for persuasion via technologies. Humans re-shape technology, changing their goals during usage. This means that persuasion is not a static ad hoc event but an ongoing process. Technology has the capacity to create smart (virtual) persuasive environments that provide simultaneously multimodal cues and psycho-physiological feedback for personal change by strengthening emotional, social, and physical presence. An array of persuasive applications has been developed over the past decade with an aim to induce desirable behaviour change. Persuasive applications have shown promising results in motivating and supporting people to change or adopt new behaviours and attitudes in various domains such as health and wellbeing, sustainable energy, education, and marketing. This workshop aims at connecting multidisciplinary researchers, practitioners and experts from a variety of scientific domains, such as information sciences, human-computer interaction, industrial design, psychology and medicine. This interactive workshop will act as a forum where experts from multiple disciplines can present their work, and can discuss and debate the pillars for persuasive technology.
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Het kennisnetwerk “Leren en Ontwikkelen voor Toekomstgericht Onderwijs” richt zich op onderwijsvernieuwingsvraagstukken. Scholen staan voor complexe uitdagingen waaronder een toename in diversiteit aan leerlingen die maatwerk vragen, de hardnekkige kansenongelijkheidsproblematiek, de noodzaak nieuwe technologieën adequaat in te zetten, en de opdracht leerlingen nieuwe leerinhouden maar vooral nieuwe leervaardigheden aan te leren. Voor scholen leidt dit tot aanpassingen zoals afstappen van klassikaal werken, focussen op leerprocessen in plaats van leerproducten en inzetten op autonomievergroting bij leerlingen. Onafhankelijk van de sector kampen scholen met vergelijkbare (ontwikkel)vraagstukken zoals nieuwe (meer ontwerpende en coachende) rollen van leraren, het anders beoordelen en monitoren van leerlingen en nieuwe samenwerkingsvormen binnen teams. Ons kennisnetwerk omvat bestaande samenwerkingsverbanden van lerarenopleidingen en scholenclusters die ervaring hebben met gezamenlijk onderzoek doen, opleiden en professionaliseren. De lectoren kennen elkaar van gemeenschappelijke (praktijkgerichte) onderzoeksprojecten, professionaliseringsactiviteiten en onderwijsontwikkeling. In het kennisnetwerk brengen we de verschillende samenwerkingsverbanden fysiek samen doordat onderzoekers, (toekomstige) leraren en lerarenopleiders in kennislabs op een onderzoeksmatige manier werken aan praktische oplossingen voor eerdergenoemde vraagstukken. Daarbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van een methodiek voor hybride kennislabs, ontwikkeld door een van de lectoraten, samen met de OU. Binnen het netwerk is een kernteam verantwoordelijk voor enerzijds destillatie van prangende onderzoeksvragen en het doen van onderzoeksaanvragen en anderzijds de monitoring van zowel de leeropbrengsten als praktische opbrengsten (werkzame principes) van de kennislabs en de verfijning van de werkwijze binnen de kennislabs. Het uiteindelijke doel zijn kennislabs die zodanig regionaal verankerd zijn wat betreft de professionalisering van betrokkenen, kennisdeling, inspiratie en ondersteuning bij het ontwikkelen van toekomstgericht onderwijs en het aanvragen en uitvoeren van praktijkgericht onderzoek dat deze na vier jaar zonder subsidie kunnen worden voortgezet. Daarnaast vormen ze een onmisbaar onderdeel van een landelijke kennisinfrastructuur. We beogen een open netwerkorganisatie waarbij lerarenopleidingen, scholen en kennisinstellingen zich op basis van hun expertise kunnen aansluiten
