Cookies

Like most websites, the website of the University of Humanistic Studies uses cookies. Dutch regulations require websites to ask for approval the first time the site is visited. More information

Yes, I accept cookiesPreferences
EN NL

First International Chaplaincy Research Summer School


1 September 2019


This past summer eleven chaplaincy colleagues joined us here at the University for Humanistic Studies in Utrecht for the first International Chaplaincy Research Summer School. The participants re-presented six different countries: Germany, England, Luxemburg, Belgium, Switzerland and The Netherlands. They worked in diverse settings within the field of chaplaincy, such as healthcare, the military and prison. 


The week was packed with lectures about quantitative, qualitative, and other forms of research like action and participatory research. In the afternoon sessions we helped each other prepare our own research projects. In our conversations throughout the week it became apparent that in every country similar challenges were faced, for instance we all struggled with the public perception of what chaplaincy truly entails, with questions about the funding of chaplaincy, and with questions about what type of research fits chaplaincy the best. After an intensive week of networ-king, knowledge sharing, getting to know each other, and a festive dinner, we all left with a renewed sense of optimism about the future of our profession.


Read more

This past summer eleven chaplaincy colleagues joined us here at the University for Humanistic Studies in Utrecht for the first International Chaplaincy Research Summer School. The participants re-presented six different countries: Germany, England, Luxemburg, Belgium, Switzerland and The Netherlands. They worked in diverse settings within the field of chaplaincy, such as healthcare, the military and prison.