Projects
Examples of research projects of the group Humanism and Social Resilience:
Vibrant Senior Communities
The municipality of Rotterdam started the 'Vibrant Senior Communities' project to increase the social quality in residential complexes for the elderly. This research evaluates the approach.
Intervention profiles to help tackle loneliness and social isolation among elderly people
In this project a typology of intervention profiles has been developed. The typology is a tool to find suitable interventions for elderly people who are lonely or socially isolated.
Community resilience in Feijenoord
Humanitas Rotterdam has a new approach to welfare work in the Feijenoord area. Strengthening the resilience of the residents is central to this. Yke van der Schoor's PhD research follows the results of this approach.
Organising meaningful contact
PhD research into how contacts of older people take shape within volunteering, when these contacts are perceived as "meaningful", and what role volunteer organisations play in establishing and maintaining these contacts.
Humanist Sources of Resilience
This project investigates humanistic sources in culture and their significance for developing, maintaining and strengthening resilience.
EU4TRANSITION: European University for Transition
This European research project is aimed at a new type of university in which philosophy of life and ecology are central. The aim is to stimulate interdisciplinary research and teaching.
SEE ME: Social inclusion through Meaningful Ageing
This European research is aimed at improving the position of elderly people living independently. The aim is to improve the social inclusion of older people and to gain insight into their potential for personal growth.
Ficino and Fantasy: Imagination in Renaissance Art and Theory from Botticelli to Michelangelo
Did the Florentine humanist and philosopher Marsilio Ficino influence the art of his time? This book by Marieke van den Doel departs from Ficino’s views on the imagination as a faculty of the soul.
Meaningful Ageing: A humanist view
The main objective of this book (editors: prof. Joachim Duyndam and prof. Anja Machielse) is to add new interdisciplinary insights, and research results to the current academic debate on ageing.
The changing role of volunteer organisations in the care sector (completed)
Research into the changing role of volunteer organisations in the care sector, and an examination of the ‘Vrijwillig Dichtbij’ (‘Voluntarily Nearby’) programme.
Social regeneration of residential complexes for senior citizens (completed)
Research into social vitality in housing estates for the elderly. How can this be stimulated, what role can residents play in this themselves and what professional support is needed?