ABN AMRO case studies: Tara Expeditions - final report

Tara Expeditions, Frankreich: Die Stiftung fördert die wissenschaftliche Erforschung der Auswirkungen globaler Erwärmung auf marine Ökosysteme, sowie die öffentliche Wahrnehmung dieser Themen. Die Studie diskutiert die Herausforderungen, denen sich die Organisation aufgrund ihres Charakters als Hybride Organisation ausgesetzt sieht

Experiment Altersöffnung im Bundesfreiwilligendienst: ausgewählte empirische Ergebnisse 2013

In diesem Ergebnispapier stellen wir ausgewählte empirische Befunde unserer Studie zur Einführung des Bundesfreiwilligendienstes vor. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Altersöffnung. Weitere Ergebnisse sind in unserer Studie aus dem Juni 2012 sowie in den am Ende angegebenen Artikeln nachzulesen

Why share premises? The organisational development process of the House for Health

While demands for charities to increase collaboration are on the rise, collaboration has no value in itself; it needs to answer to specific organisational or societal needs. This article draws on a case study of the House for Health, a consortium of five charities in the Netherlands that shares a building for joint use. It asks how this particular arrangement can be made instrumental to fostering the charities’ missions. We find that it is best suited to enable collective organisational learning and discuss strengths, weaknesses and options for implementation

Variability in the Alignment of Number and Space Across Languages and Tasks

While the domains of space and number appear to be linked in human brains and minds, their conceptualization still differs across languages and cultures. For instance, frames of reference for spatial descriptions vary according to task, context, and cultural background, and the features of the mental number line depend on formal education and writing direction. To shed more light on the influence of culture/language and task on such conceptualizations, we conducted a large-scale survey with speakers of five languages that differ in writing systems, preferences for spatial and temporal representations, and/or composition of number words. Here, we report data obtained from tasks on ordered arrangements, including numbers, letters, and written text. Comparing these data across tasks, domains, and languages indicates that, even within a single domain, representations may differ depending on task characteristics, and that the degree of cross-domain alignment varies with domains and culture

Variability in the alignment of number and space across languages and tasks

While the domains of space and number appear to be linked in human brains and minds, their conceptualization still differs across languages and cultures. For instance, frames of reference for spatial descriptions vary according to task, context, and cultural background, and the features of the mental number line depend on formal education and writing direction. To shedmore light on the influence of culture/language and task on such conceptualizations, we conducted a large-scale survey with speakers of five languages that differ in writing systems, preferences for spatial and temporal representations, and/or composition of number words. Here, we report data obtained from tasks on ordered arrangements, including numbers, letters, and written text. Comparing these data across tasks, domains, and languages indicates that, even within a single domain, representations may differ depending on task characteristics, and that the degree of cross-domain alignment varies with domains and culture