Dr. Melissa Sebrechts

Melissa Sebrechts recently finished her PhD in sociology at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (University of Amsterdam). Trained as a medical anthropologist, she examined the concept of recognition in the context of sheltered workshops for young men with mild intellectual disabilities. She is now working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University for Humanistic Studies, studying welfare clients’ experiences of social justice against the background of welfare devolution in the Netherlands

(2018) Rituals of recognition: Interactions and interaction rules in sheltered workshops in the Netherlands
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23254823.2018.1464399


(2018) When doing your best is not good enough: Shaping recognition in sheltered workshops (Doctoral thesis)

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