Participation of the youth as a challenge “360˚ Participation. Youth Handbook” by John Grace and Pauline Grace
How can we increase youth participation in society? Read a review of some practical tools available.
Allocated budget to an adult refugee in Romania in the reception phase
This paper focuses on the estimation of the resources necessary for a person who seeks asylum in Romania and whom is in the reception phase. After the reception phase, each person decides if she wishes to remain on Romanian territory or to continue towards a different destination.
Self-employment as failure on the labour market
Self-employment may seem a viable and promising option, for both individuals and society. This text refers to less expected meanings of self-employment.
On the relationship between language and thought – a brief insight into socio-linguistics
Do thoughts influence language or does language influence thought? Find out what recent research shows about this topic.
Editorial note – The Archive
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Why to avoid xenophobia and xenofilia
Extreme attitudes like xenophobia and xenophilia entail a dramatic reduction of the complexity of life leading to a type of „either-or” attitude: who is not with us is against us. Later on, this mental convenience will be expensively paid.
The Brexit Event
What is Europe? There is no simple answer to this question. What is the European Union?
The Danish model of participatory revitalization
Can public spaces be revitalized by involving the local community? Read an example
Drivers and barriers related to innovation in the public sector
How can change be generated in a system where all things seem stagnant, as the public sector?
How does certainty evolve in group decisions?
In group decisions by consensus, being more certain does not imply making a better decision. In social psychology, certainty is the degree to which a person is sure that the decision made is correct (accurate). For a while, people thought that group decisions increase decision accuracy, but recent research showed that only the certainty of the decision increases under these circumstances (Punchochar and Fox, 2004). Researchers also thought that under certain conditions, group discussions may lead to an increase in knowledge connected to the decision task, but Fidler and Kareev (2006) proposed an experiment in which an increase in the quantity of information made participants more uncertain. In their experiment, a smaller sample of information lead to an increase in the accuracy of decisions. Their observation was explained by the fact that smaller samples can have a wider variation.