Research Areas

Westenberg Research conducts research within various areas.
A few examples:

Urban social issues

  • Sustainable tourism
  • Multicultural discomfort

School and youth

  • Parent involvement with schools
  • School dropout
  • Young people’s hopes and fears (in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom)

Organisation

  • Quality management in judicial organisations (in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Norway)
  • Diversity and Human Resource Management (in the Netherlands and Greece)
  • Personnel recruitment and selection

Sustainability

  • Attitudes to sustainable businesses
  • Attitudes to sustainable products
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Health care

  • Evaluation of empowerment projects for chronically ill
  • Lifestyle and health in disadvantaged neighbourhoods
  • Treatment of substance addicts

 

Europe

  • European identity (all Member States of the European Union)
  • Consumer empowerment (all Member States of the European Union)

Some research projects

Topic

Method Commissioned by

Quality management in judicial organisations, a qualitative comparative analysis in four European countries: Switzerland, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands

Depth interiews  Literature research

Justiz Forschung Switzerland &
Montaigne Centre for Confict Resolution

Bustle in the historic centre of Amsterdam: perceptions of residents, enterpreneurs, directors of cultural institutions,
local visitors and foreign tourists.

Focus groups

World Heritage Agency of the Municipality of Amsterdam

Diversity in organisations and experiences of racism in Greece and Germany (i.c.w. EGA HRM Consult)

Reports on opinion in the EU Members about miscellaneous topics: European identity, Women in decision making positions, Consumer empowerment, Railway  (i.c.w. TNS)

Survey

European Commission

Young people's perception of working in the graphic media industry

Depth interviews
Factory visits

Graphic Media Branche Organisation

Lifestyle and health care in deprived neighbourhoods

Focus groups
Home visits

NIGZ, GGD Midden Brabant

Living environment, hopes and fears of young people in European capitals: London, Paris, Milan, Rome, Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam. i.c.w. Science of the Time

Expert interviews
Survey
Focus Groups
Visuals

Foot Locker Europe

The elements of 'Status' and 'Respect'

Survey

Algemeen Dagblad Magazine

Writing scientific research proposals

Literature research
Interviews

Universities of Utrecht, Amsterdam and Rotterdam

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