26 September 2025
n Leidschendam-Voorburg started the movement to halve youth care in 2030. With 1 in 7 children in the youth care system, the system has become stuck and priceless. But the most painful thing is that the current system increasingly excludes children from ordinary life and makes them feel that they are the problem. To break this negative spiral, a fundamentally new perspective is needed. What kind of community do we want and can we be for children who grow up here?Kees Hair organized this evening on behalf of Socires and the Vrije Universiteit, together with colleague Bas Bosma. They developed a conversation method that we use to strengthen local youth care. Similar meetings are organised with local police, libraries, churches and civil society organisations. We are always concerned about how social practices can strengthen citizenship, mutual trust and a democratic ethos.
26 September 2025
There are talks within the library world about the significance of democratic citizenship. These conversations are quite difficult, which is quite understandable: people have been talking for centuries about what the term citizenship means. Colleagues Ronald van Steden and David Oldenhof wrote an article about this in the Library magazine of September this year.
25 September 2025
8 September 2025
On Thursday 28 August 2025, colleague Ward Huetink and Lia Hol van Vrijzienen gave the Netherlands a workshop during the Christian Social Congress in Doorn.
29 August 2025
In addition to a collection of books, the library also wants to be a people's palace that promotes democratic citizenship. Good aim, but they must remain alert to the tensions that it creates. Colleagues Ronald and David wrote an article about it. It was published this morning on the social affairs website.nl
25 August 2025
There have been many reactions to the article in Het Financieele Dagblad about the book De Bermudatriehoek by Talent van Simon van Teutem and the absence of intellectual philanthropy in the Netherlands. There was more to the latter. Because when and why is the intellectual philanthropy gone? Colleague Kees Buitendijk wrote an article about this for Wereldvanfilantropie.nl
20 August 2025
Let young talent choose a job with social impact, instead of a Zuidas career, author Simon van Teutem finds. That's easier said than done. The Netherlands has no tradition of intellectual philanthropy, so jobs in NGOs, think tanks and journalism remain dotted thinly, writes Kees Buitendijk.
19 August 2025
As a preview of the book 'Denken over film - techniek in beeld', an essay from that book recently appeared on the website of philosophy.nl. In it Miriam Rasch writes about Paterson
8 August 2025
With the forthcoming Parliamentary elections on 29 October, Socires organises four closed talks on the state of Dutch democracy. The central question here is: "What future is there for democracy in the Netherlands?"
1 August 2025
Together with JongRijk organized Socires a meeting for young government officials on the impact of geopolitical shifts on their work. Global power shifts, geopolitical uncertainty, war and technological disruptions also affect Education, Health, and Social Security.