MAG 2026-1. Authors: Alberto Antonello (Universiteit van Amsterdam – Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde). As populations age and the financial burden of long-term care rises, many developed countries increasingly rely on families to help care for elderly relatives. In the Netherlands, policy reform
MAG 2026-1. Authors: Emilie Rademakers (Universiteit Utrecht – Faculteit Recht, Economie, Bestuur en Organisatie), Mery Ferrando, Anna Salomons (Tilburg University – Tilburg School of Economics and Management) Collective labor agreements (CLAs) shape wages and working conditions for millions of work
MAG 2026-1. Authors: Ewoud Jansma (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam – Erasmus School of Health Policy Management). In the Netherlands, long-term care policy assumes that older adults rely first on their social network – particularly their children – before turning to formal care. This raises the quest
MAG 2026-1. Authors: Maaike Hornstra (Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam), Maximilian Reichert (Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam) Individuals today experience more family transitions throughout their life tha
MAG 2026-1. Authors: Mia Aktaş (Tilburg University – Department of Economics). Over the past decade, more adolescents around the world have sought gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, which temporarily pause the physical changes of puberty. For transgender youth, whose gender identity
MAG 2026-1. Authors: Deni Mazrekaj (Universiteit Utrecht – Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen), Silvia Palmaccio (Bocconi University). This project examines whether individuals in same-sex relationships differ from individuals in different-sex relationships in receiving wealth transfers from their
LISS 2025. Authors: Jessy Hendriks (Universiteit Utrecht – Faculteit Recht, Economie, Bestuur en Organisatie). Public entities such as judges and the police have always faced criticism, but recent political framing that particularly attacks their morality is rising. Scholars and practitioners fear t
LISS 2025. Authors: Antje Schmitt (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen – Faculteit Gedrags- en Maatschappijwetenschappen), Claudia C. Kitz (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen – Faculteit Gedrags- en Maatschappijwetenschappen). Crafting sustainable careers describes the process by which employees actively manage th
LISS 2025. Authors: Erdem O. Meral (Universiteit van Amsterdam – Faculteit der Maatschappij en Gedragswetenschappen), Dongning Ren (Maastricht University – Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience), Queer people in the Netherlands have strong legal protections and the country is known for its progress
LISS 2025. Authors: Patrick Klaiber (Tilburg University – Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences), Inge Merkelbach (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam – Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences), Alejandro Dominguez Rodriguez (Universiteit Twente – Faculty of Behavioural, Management a
LISS 2025. Authors: Katia Begall (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen – Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen). This project examines digital unpaid labor as a new dimension of the gendered household task division, alongside the established categories of physical and cognitive labor. Digital household tasks
LISS 2025. Authors: Marc Verboord (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam – Erasmus School of History, Culture, and Communication). This research will study the notion of legitimacy in journalism in the Netherlands from an audience perspective. Respondents will receive vignettes with fictious descriptions o
