General Report on Value Creation and Taxation: Outlining the Debate

in Haslehner, Werner; Lamensch, Marie (Eds.) Taxation and Value Creation (2021)

There can be no doubt that “taxing income where value is created” has proved to be a powerful rallying cry to instigate a global tax reform effort. A deeper study of the alleged principle’s roots, meaning ... [more ▼]

There can be no doubt that “taxing income where value is created” has proved to be a powerful rallying cry to instigate a global tax reform effort. A deeper study of the alleged principle’s roots, meaning and compatibility with existing national and international tax rules shows, however, that a catchy slogan does not easily translate into concrete action. Instead, a lack of clarity on the intended meaning has opened a Pandora’s box full of half- baked ideas on how to “improve” on the international tax system. So far, despite many thousands of pages of new guidelines, tax policy proposals, discussion papers, academic analyses and a host of legislative amendments prepared in an uncoordinated fashion, the vision of a significantly “better” tax system cannot be said to be any closer to becoming a reality. This study analyses the theoretical foundations for an idea that almost certainly has not been conceived of in consequence of a deep reflection on such basis. It shows that the concept – despite being less than solidly grounded on a sound theoretical base – should not be dismissed as meaningless. The “true meaning” of value creation will itself be created in the process of its use, if it continues to be invoked by policymakers as real changes find their way into more and more national tax systems and international law norms. Rather than an exogenous transformative principle in its own right, it is an idea that itself is liable to being transformed; as its success as a tool for reaching consensus among more than 100 countries depends on it remaining persuasive, it cannot be shaped into just any form and survive. [less ▲]

Unemployment at 50+: economic and psychosocial consequences

in Wanka, Anna; Walsh, Kieran; Scharf, Thomas (Eds.) et al Social Exclusion in Later Life: Interdisciplinary and Policy Perspectives. International Perspectives on Aging (2021)

Throughout the lifespan, unemployment has severe consequences in terms of economic exclusion, and overall social exclusion, but is compounded in older age. Within the EU, a growing number of older adults ... [more ▼]

Throughout the lifespan, unemployment has severe consequences in terms of economic exclusion, and overall social exclusion, but is compounded in older age. Within the EU, a growing number of older adults (50+) are affected by joblessness. Job loss at a later stage in a professional career may determine an early and permanent exit from the labour market with significant psychosocial consequences. Herein lies the age-specific risk for older unemployed adults: once becoming unemployed they are at greater risk at staying unemployed. As a result, older unemployed people may face income cuts, deprivation of a central adulthood role and their mental and physical health may suffer. In this chapter, we draw attention to the latent functions of work, and the psychosocial consequences of job loss in later life. Applying a life-course perspective, the aim of this chapter is to explore how job loss can be framed as a form of acute economic exclusion, and how this exclusion can have significant implications for poor mental health. In a context of rising retirement ages, and the lack of preparedness of the labour market to deal with an ageing workforce, it is essential to understand these dynamics to guide policy development. [less ▲]

A License to Mine: Seeking the Approval of Affected Communities through Operational-Level Grievance Mechanisms

in Social License and Dispute Resolution in the Extractive Industries (2021)

Schule und soziale Ungleichheit

in Hascher, Tina; Idel, Till-Sebastian; Helsper, Werner (Eds.) Handbuch Schulforschung (2021)

Die Bedeutung der Schule als Bildungsinstitution nahm mit der Einführung der Schulpflicht im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert in vielen Regionen Europas zu. Aus der Industrialisierung in den europäischen Ländern ... [more ▼]

Die Bedeutung der Schule als Bildungsinstitution nahm mit der Einführung der Schulpflicht im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert in vielen Regionen Europas zu. Aus der Industrialisierung in den europäischen Ländern ergab sich einerseits die Notwendigkeit der Alphabetisierung der breiten Bevölkerung und andererseits – im Zuge der zunehmenden Arbeitsteilung sowie Trennung von Erwerbs- und Reproduktionssphäre – die Kinder während der Arbeitszeit der Eltern zu betreuen. Infolgedessen entwickelte sich seit dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert mit etlichen Vorläufern ein differenziertes staatlich geregeltes Bildungs- und Betreuungssystem. Bildung begann somit als Alphabetisierungs- und Betreuungsnotwendigkeit und höhere Bildung blieb bis in die Weimarer Republik (und teilweise bis in die Anfänge der Bundesrepublik im westlichen Teil Deutschlands) meist nur Jungen und Männern aus bürgerlichen und wohlhabenden Familien vorbehalten. Erst im Zuge der Modernisierungsprozesse des 20. Jahrhunderts wandelte sich Schulbildung zu einem Allgemeingut. Im Zuge der „Bildungsexpansion“, dem Ausbau von Bildungseinrichtungen und einer zunehmenden Bildungsnachfrage, die auch mit einer differenzierten Ausbildung und Qualifikation von Personal einherging, ist Schulbildung notwendige Voraussetzung für alle folgenden Qualifikationen in der Berufs- ebenso wie der Hochschulbildung geworden. Seitdem hat sich die Schule als wichtiges gesellschaftliches Subsystem etabliert und neben den eingangs erwähnten anfänglichen Aufgaben übernimmt Schule bedeutsame Funktionen für den Fortbestand der Gesellschaft. Schule hat sich nicht nur zu einer Bildungsanstalt, sondern auch zu einem Berechtigungswesen entwickelt, das Bildungschancen zuweist, die zentrale Voraussetzungen für den späteren Berufserwerb, Status, Einkommen sind. Letztere Aspekte sind wiederum mit weiteren Lebenschancen eng verknüpft, zum Beispiel politischer Partizipation, Gesundheit und Lebenserwartung. Im Folgenden wird der Beitrag nach begrifflich-theoretischen Bestimmungen von sozialer Ungleichheit und Bildungsungleichheit auf historische Meilensteine der Schulforschung eingehen. Anschließend werden zentrale Themen und Befunde der aktuellen Schulforschung zur sozialen Ungleichheit – von Merkmalen von Schüler*innen auf der individuellen Ebene über Lehrpersonen und Elternhaus hin zu Schulkulturen, Schüler*innenkomposition und Bildungssystem auf höheren Analyseebenen – in sechs Abschnitten näher ausgeführt. Zum Schluss geben wir einen Ausblick auf Trends und Desiderate. [less ▲]

Food Governance durch Qualitätszertifizierungen

in Godeman, Jasmin; Bartelmeß, Tina (Eds.) Handbuch Ernährungskommunikation. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven im Kontext von Nachhaltigkeit (2021)

In diesem Beitrag wird das Potential von Qualitätszertifizierungen zur Förderung eines nachhaltigen oder ethisch verantwortlichen Lebensmitteleinkaufs, sowohl in Bezug auf VerbraucherInnen als auch ... [more ▼]

In diesem Beitrag wird das Potential von Qualitätszertifizierungen zur Förderung eines nachhaltigen oder ethisch verantwortlichen Lebensmitteleinkaufs, sowohl in Bezug auf VerbraucherInnen als auch Akteure des öffentlichen Beschaffungswesens, vorgestellt. Es wird gezeigt, dass Governance-basierte Qualitätszertifizierungen wie Label effiziente Kommunikationsinstrumente für nachhaltigkeitsorientierte Ernährung sein können, indem sie Ernährungskompetenz und nachhaltigeres Einkaufsverhalten bei potentiell widersprüchlichen Interessen fördern, insbesondere, wenn die Zertifizierung den Mehrwert des Produktes transparent aufzeigt und die definierten Nachhaltigkeitskriterien gesetzlich verpflichtend sind. Political food communication may take many forms, including direct recommendations to public institutions and private households (cf. Reckinger/Régnier 2017), or more indirect labelling schemes that certify various types of quality – from sustainable via nutritious to ethical. The underlying governance claims differ in those cases: in the first one, priority is given to analytical, top-down information to procurement actors and to individuals of a given population; in the second one, action is rather taken in the direction of food production and transformation, be it top-down or participatory, with an associated effort to make the communicated guarantees transparent to consumers. In this article, we will analyse in a praxeological perspective the contrasting governance claims that structure a selection of labelling schemes in contemporary Luxembourg: official ones (such as organic produce, among others), voluntary and regional ones, international ones, as well as supermarket brands blurring boundaries and using overlaps of several labels. We will compare the guarantees and transparency that labels tend to offer in the socio-ecological, socioeconomic, sociocultural and socio-political dimensions of food certification, viewed as a potentially enabling or disabling form of food communication. At the same time, we will examine the potential of these aids for individual consumers’ priorities and public procurement actors’ legal framework in selecting foodstuffs with added sustainable or ethical value, asking the question if such certifications are efficient tools of food communication and ultimately of an enhanced food literacy in an arena of potentially conflicting and crowded messages. [less ▲]

Diagnostik von Lernstörungen im luxemburgischen Grundschulsystem

in Ugen, Sonja; Schiltz, Christine; Fischbach, Antoine (Eds.) et al Lernstörungen im multilingualen Kontext: Diagnose und Hilfestellungen (2021)

Lese- und Rechtschreibstörungen

in Ugen, Sonja; Schiltz, Christine; Fischbach, Antoine (Eds.) et al Lernstörungen im multilingualen Kontext. Diagnose und Hilfestellungen (2021)

Erweitertes Testinventar

in Ugen, Sonja; Schiltz, Christine; Fischbach, Antoine (Eds.) et al Lernstörungen im multilingualen Kontext. Diagnose und Hilfestellungen (2021)

Extended telecommuting due to COVID-19 and the impact on working life

in Mein, Georg; Pause, Johannes (Eds.) Self and Society in the Corona Crisis. Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences (2021)

The corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the working lives of people all over the world, amongst others, the labor market has seen a sharp increase in telecommuting. Therefore, the extent of ... [more ▼]

The corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the working lives of people all over the world, amongst others, the labor market has seen a sharp increase in telecommuting. Therefore, the extent of telecommuting in Luxembourg as well as definitions and different arrangements of telecommuting will be presented. Thereafter the chapter looks at merits and demerits of telecommuting and the boundary conditions of successfully working from home by focusing on the extraordinary situation under which telework currently takes place. In this regard, the effects of telecommuting on the individual, the organization and the society are outlined and discussed. Finally, the chapter closes highlighting requirements for effective telecommuting and describing ongoing research about the effects of telecommuting on different working conditions in Luxembourg. [less ▲]

Covid19 et la re-présentation du corps

in Kuriyama; de Leonardis, Ota; Sonnenschein, Carlos (Eds.) et al Covid-19 - Tour du Monde (2021)

Taxation of the Platform Economy: Challenges and Lessons for Social Security

in Becker, Ulrich; Chesalina, Olga (Eds.) Social Law 4.0: New Approaches for Ensuring Financing Social Security in the Digital Age (2021)

Reconciling Blockchain with the GDPR: Insights from the German Asylum Procedure

in Blockchain and the Public Sector: Theories, Reforms, and Case Studies (2021)

Einleitung, §§ 4 -9, 16, 29 bis 39c, 59 bis 68 des Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetzes

in Kapitalmarktrechtskommentar (2021)

§§ 6 bis 15 WpHG betreffend die Eingriffsbefugnisse der BaFin und Positionskontrollen

in Schwark; Zimmer (Eds.) Kapitalmarktrechtskommentar (2021)

Verwahrung (§§ 688-700), in Erman, BGB

in Erman (Ed.) Verwahrung (§§ 688-700), in Erman, BGB (2021)

Crisis? What Crisis? Die abendländische Rationalität im Entwicklerbad der Corona-Krise

in Mein, Georg; Pause, Johannes (Eds.) Self and Society in the Corona Crisis Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences (2021)

Internationale Disability Studies

in Waldschmidt, Anne (Ed.) Handbuch Disability Studies (2021)

Der Beitrag zeichnet internationale Entwicklungen in den Disability Studies nach. Aufgrund der Bedeutung für die Entstehung und weltweite Verbreitung des multidisziplinären Forschungsfelds liegt der Fokus ... [more ▼]

Der Beitrag zeichnet internationale Entwicklungen in den Disability Studies nach. Aufgrund der Bedeutung für die Entstehung und weltweite Verbreitung des multidisziplinären Forschungsfelds liegt der Fokus auf den englischsprachigen Diskursen. Skizziert werden drei historische Phasen: die Etablierung der Disability Studies in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren, die Ausdifferenzierung in den 1990er und 2000er Jahren sowie die Pluralisierung seit den 2010er Jahren. [less ▲]

Bürgschaft (§§ 765-778), in Erman, BGB

in Erman (Ed.) Bürgschaft (§§ 765-778), in Erman, BGB (2021)

Les anciencs légionnaires et la protection sociale au Luxembourg. Une approche transnationale.

in Camarda, Sandra; Reinert, Francoise; Sauer, Arnaud (Eds.) et al Légionnaires. Parcours de guerre et de migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France. (2021)

Wilhelm II.

in Das Goldene Buch der Stadt Aachen (2021)

Making Cross Border Enforcement More Effective for Creditors

in von Hein, Jan; Kruger, Thalia (Eds.) Informed Choices in Cross Border Enforcement (2021)

The European Union has worked at making cross-border enforcement more effective for more than 50 years. The process initially focused on the circulation of foreign judgments rendered in civil and ... [more ▼]

The European Union has worked at making cross-border enforcement more effective for more than 50 years. The process initially focused on the circulation of foreign judgments rendered in civil and commercial matters within the European Communities and the European Free Trade Association. At the turn of the century, as the European Union received a broader competence in the field, the EU lawmaker extended the scope of this initial policy to other subject matters, in particular in family law, but also endorsed a new policy of establishing harmonized EU procedures for the purpose of facilitating cross-border recovery of certain categories of claims (uncontested claims and small claims). The purpose of this contribution is to assess these policies and explore whether cross-border enforcement of monetary judgments could be made (even) more effective for creditors. [less ▲]

The role of LEGO in numeracy development: A case study

in Xu, Shuang Shuang; Marsico, Giuseppina (Eds.) Where culture grows: Social ecology of a Chinese kindergarten (2021)

Entwicklungslinien internationaler und komparativer Inklusionsforschung

in Köpfer, Andreas; Powell, Justin J W; Zahnd, Raphael (Eds.) International Handbook of Inclusive Education: Global, National and Local Perspectives (2021)

In diesem Handbuch wird das Augenmerk auf globale, regionale und lokale Fragestellungen Inklusiver Bildung gerichtet. Inklusive Bildung kann dabei als weltweites Paradigma bezeichnet werden, mit dem ... [more ▼]

In diesem Handbuch wird das Augenmerk auf globale, regionale und lokale Fragestellungen Inklusiver Bildung gerichtet. Inklusive Bildung kann dabei als weltweites Paradigma bezeichnet werden, mit dem Teilhabe und Partizipation sowie Prozesse des Ein- und Ausschlusses in Bildungskontexten und darin eingelagerte Barrieren sowie Diskriminierungen in den Blick genommen werden. Politisch-normative Setzungen Inklusiver Bildung – u.a. durch die UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention (UN-BRK) (UN 2006) – werden derzeit in bildungspolitischer Hinsicht national, regional und lokal aufgegriffen und daran anschließend Prozesse der Steuerung in Bildungssystemen initiiert. Inklusion kann dabei als "fuzzy concept" (Artiles/Dyson 2005: 43) beschrieben werden, das sich dadurch auszeichnet, dass es auf nationaler und regionaler Ebene in differenten historisch entwickelten, kulturell ausgeprägten sowie normativ und rechtlich fundierten Bil- dungssystemen aufgenommen und in die Praxis übersetzt bzw. transformiert werden muss. In den deutschsprachigen Bildungs- und Erziehungswissenschaften ist Inklusive Bildung zu einem interdisziplinären Leitbegriff avanciert, der insbesondere in der Schulpädagogik, der Sonderpädagogik und der Allgemeinen Erziehungswissenschaft diskutiert wird, allerdings auch hier mit unterschiedlichen Vorstellungen. Trotz globaler Relevanz stellen internationale und komparative Fragestellungen im Kontext Inklusiver Bildung bislang im deutschsprachigen wie internationalen Diskurs ein unzureichend bearbeitetes Forschungsfeld dar – insbesondere mit Blick auf international und interkulturell vergleichende Forschungsarbeiten. Vor diesem Hintergrund sind in diesem Handbuch Beiträge versammelt, die das Feld der internationalen, interkulturellen und komparativen Forschung schärfen und Inklusive Bildung – anschließend an die Diskurslinien der Disability Studies – als Prozess der Beseitigung von Barrieren und Benachteiligungen in Bildungssystemen und -organisationen verstehen. Dementsprechend werden Prozesse der Exklusion und Aussonderung sowie der Unterstützung und Inklusion mit besonderer Berücksichtigung komparativer Perspektiven analysiert, wobei unterschiedliche Dimensionen von Heterogenität und deren Intersektionalität, insbesondere mit Blick auf marginalisierte und von Exklusion bedrohter Personengruppen, berücksichtigt werden. Aufgrund der disziplinären Verortung der Autor*innen – v.a. in der Erziehungswissenschaft und Soziologie – und deren Beschäftigung mit Behinderungen und Benachteiligungen, rückt die Differenzlinie Behinderung bzw. „behindert werden“ in den Vordergrund. [less ▲]

Lecturer training for English Medium Instruction: what and how?

in Deroey, Katrien (Ed.) Innovation, exploration and transformation. Proceedings of the 2019 BALEAP Conference (2021)

Using cross-border mobility in vocational education and training in the Greater Region SaarLorLux region

in Cairns, David (Ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration (2021)

High unemployment rates on one side of a border and training opportunities on the other, the lack of training programmes for specialised jobs on the one side of the border and well defined vocational ... [more ▼]

High unemployment rates on one side of a border and training opportunities on the other, the lack of training programmes for specialised jobs on the one side of the border and well defined vocational programmes on the other side: cross-border vocational education and training (VET) is an increasingly used tool to accommodate the differing needs inside the European Union in recent years. This paper will present, explain and analyse the diverse approaches and concepts of tailor-made as well as more standardized cross-border VET programmes in the Greater Region SaarLorLux (DE, FR, LUX, BE) and explain the different mobility types (from short-time exchange programmes, to internships as well as a formalised division of mobility between days of apprenticeship in one country and days of practical training in another country). This cross-border region is the largest transboundary commuting area and therefore the largest transboundary labour market in the EU. [less ▲]

Premières réflexions pour un droit décroissant : l’exemple du droit des contrats

in Mélanges en l'honneur de Pascal Ancel (2021)

Schule und erschwerte Lernsituationen und Lebenslagen

in Hascher, Tina; Idel, Till-Sebastian; Helsper, Werner (Eds.) Handbuch Schulforschung (2021)

Erschwerte Lernsituationen sind verknüpfte Gegebenheiten von individuellen Dispositionen, Sozialisationserfahrungen und institutionalisierten Lern- und Entwicklungsumfeldern in Schulen, die sich als ... [more ▼]

Erschwerte Lernsituationen sind verknüpfte Gegebenheiten von individuellen Dispositionen, Sozialisationserfahrungen und institutionalisierten Lern- und Entwicklungsumfeldern in Schulen, die sich als ungünstige Konstellationen im konkreten Klassenraum widerspiegeln. Sie stehen überzufällig häufig mit erschwerten Lebenslagen in Verbindung. Durch schulische Selektion werden zudem differenzielle soziale Lern- und Entwicklungsumfelder gebildet, die Schüler*innen im unteren Bereich des Leistungsspektrums besonders betreffen. Schwache Schulleistungen sind somit kein eigenständiges Charakteristikum eines Schülers bzw. einer Schülerin. [less ▲]

Bildsprache als Ausgangspunkt von Sprach- und Facharbeit im Sachunterricht: Empirische Ergebnisse zu Darstellungs- und Sprachebenen in Schulbüchern

in Franz, Ute; Haltenberger, Melanie; Hartinger, Andreas (Eds.) et al GDSU Jahresband 2020: Sache und Sprache (2021)

Background on Urban and Regional Planning

in Brinkmann, R. (Ed.) . In: Brinkmann R. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability (2021)

Sustainable development has been a subject of urban planning for three decades now. Planners and practitioners now have a wealth of materials, catalogues, readers, and textbooks at their disposal that ... [more ▼]

Sustainable development has been a subject of urban planning for three decades now. Planners and practitioners now have a wealth of materials, catalogues, readers, and textbooks at their disposal that discuss local problems and practices. The problem, however, is that sustainable development is a very broad and often contradictory concept that is difficult to implement, and has since become a vector for market-led, exclusionary, urban development and planning. Little progress has been achieved, especially in regard to social equality. At the time of this writing, the global pandemic was also unfolding, which demanded priorities in health care on one hand and opened up new questions about sustainable development on the other. If sustainability and post-pandemic planning (for sustainability) is to be taken seriously, it is imperative to identify, reassert, and re-center social injustices in the productive processes that generate urban and regional spaces. There is a risk that social polarization will widen further still and that it too will be market-led as governments struggle with the crisis. Practitioners need to be careful about how people are included and can benefit from planning practice. There is inspiration from planning theory. Knowledge of public interest, differing epistemologies and ontologies, problems of racism and class, and a revival of kindness in political democratic are some ideas that publicly funded urban and regional planning offices can promote and assert – in the interests of sustainability. [less ▲]

Vom processual shift zum complexity shift: aktuelle analytische Trends der Grenzforschung

in Gerst, Dominik; Klessmann, Maria; Krämer, Hannes (Eds.) Grenzforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (2021)

Die Auffassung, dass Grenzen aus sozialer Praxis hervorgehen und soziale Praxis hervorbringen, hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten für eine Reihe an Ansätzen und Begriffen gesorgt. Der Beitrag versucht diese ... [more ▼]

Die Auffassung, dass Grenzen aus sozialer Praxis hervorgehen und soziale Praxis hervorbringen, hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten für eine Reihe an Ansätzen und Begriffen gesorgt. Der Beitrag versucht diese zu systematisieren und stellt einen processual shift, multiplicity shift und complexitiy shift vor. Diese Trends beschreiben verschiedene analytische Schwerpunktsetzungen und eine zunehmend differenziertere Beschäftigung mit Grenzen. Abschließend wird auf die noch unzureichend bestimmte Kategorie der sozialen Praxis und auf das Potential der Praxistheorien für die Grenzforschung eingegangen. [less ▲]

"Confinement vôtre". Relire Barthes à l'époque du coronavirus

in Self and Society in the Corona Crisis (2021)

Contrat de travail et force obligatoire du contrat : remarques comparatistes sur le cas particulier du travail « à la demande »

in Deumier, Pascale; Gout, Olivier; Hiez, David (Eds.) Melanges offerts à Pascal Ancel (2021)

Mit Lingscape auf Pad in der Stadt. Ein Schulprojekt zu gesellschaftlicher Mehrsprachigkeit in Windhoek

in Marten, Heiko; Ziegler, Evelyn (Eds.) Linguistic Landscapes im deutschsprachigen Kontext: Forschungsperspektiven, Methoden und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten im Unterricht und Sprachmarketing (2021)

§§ 134a bis 135 AktG zu den Pflichten institutioneller Anleger, Vermögensverwalter, Depotbanken und Stimmrechtberater bei der Stimmrechtsausübung

in Zetzsche, Dirk Andreas; Noack, Ulrich (Eds.) Kölner Kommentar zum Aktiengesetz (2021)

Lauenstein im Bild. Über das Edieren von Geschichte und Erinnerung in historischen Alben

in Werner, Meike (Ed.) Ein Gipfel für Morgen. Kontroversen 1917/18 um die Neuordnung Deutschlands auf Burg Lauenstein (2021)

Subjectivation à deux - Paare als Kollektivsubjekt

in Bosančić, Saša; Brodersen, Folke; Pfahl, Lisa (Eds.) et al Positioning the subject. Perspektiven der Subjektivierungsforschung. (2021)

Subjectivation has become central in the field of social, cultural and educational studies to examine the effects of power on the individual. However, there is a lack of theorizing subjectivation ... [more ▼]

Subjectivation has become central in the field of social, cultural and educational studies to examine the effects of power on the individual. However, there is a lack of theorizing subjectivation concerning not only individuals, but collectives. In this article the concept of the 'couple' regarding subjectivation will be examined. Furthermore, an empirical approach will be presented, exemplified by a study on double-income-couples with a child categorized as disabled. The findings highlight the interdependencies and contradictions that arise in the subjectivation of two individuals addressed as a couple [less ▲]

Investigating the student’s learning satisfaction, wellbeing, and mental health in the context of imposed remote teaching during the COVID-19 crisis

in Mein, Georg; Pause, Johannes (Eds.) Self and Society in the Corona Crisis (2021)

As a first response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, Luxembourg, as many other countries, chose a strategy of minimized physical and social contacts. The educational system implemented these measures by ... [more ▼]

As a first response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, Luxembourg, as many other countries, chose a strategy of minimized physical and social contacts. The educational system implemented these measures by introducing quick changes in their teaching modalities. At the onset of the lockdown in spring 2020, the University of Luxembourg, unlike other higher‐education institutions, has managed to rapidly transition to exclusive remote teaching for all offered study programs. There are good reasons to believe that the rapid change in teaching modalities in addition to the manifold challenges surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic have had an impact on the University students’ learning satisfaction, personal wellbeing, and mental health, and possibly even affected their educational outcomes. In this article, we present the results from a survey that we administered during the first weeks of the lockdown situation to assess the magnitude of COVID‐19’s impact on the academic domain. The central aim of the survey is to understand how students have been able to adapt to an abrupt change in teaching and learning modalities, and to which degree the exclusive e‐learning practice has affected their learning satisfaction and subsequent personal wellbeing. Besides investigating the impact of the student’s learning satisfaction on personal wellbeing and mental health, the present study explores the influence of pedagogical aspects, with a present focus on teaching creativity, on learning satisfaction within an e‐learning environment. [less ▲]

Force obligatoire du contrat c. contrainte économique – focus sur les arrangements contractuels dans le cadre du capitalinvestissement (private equity), spécialement au Luxembourg

in Mélanges en l'honneur de Pascal Ancel (2021)

Reconceptualizing the Multilingual Child: Curriculum Construction in Luxembourg

in Roberts, Philip; Brennan, Marie; Green, Bill (Eds.) Curriculum Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World. Transnational Perspectives in Curriculum Inquiry (2021)

Training Cognition with Video Games

in Cohen Kadosh, Kathrin (Ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2021)

This chapter reviews the behavioral and neuroimaging scientific literature on the cognitive consequences of playing various genres of video games. The available research highlights that not all video ... [more ▼]

This chapter reviews the behavioral and neuroimaging scientific literature on the cognitive consequences of playing various genres of video games. The available research highlights that not all video games have similar cognitive impact; action video games as defined by first- and third-person shooter games have been associated with greater cognitive enhancement, especially when it comes to top-down attention, than puzzle or life-simulation games. This state of affairs suggests specific game mechanics need to be embodied in a video game for it to enhance cognition. These hypothesized game mechanics are reviewed; yet, the authors note that the advent of more complex, hybrid, video games poses new research challenges and call for a more systematic assessment of how specific video game mechanics relate to cognitive enhancement. [less ▲]

Hegel’s Philosophy of Philosophy

in Illetterati, Luca (Ed.) The Relevance of Hegel’s Concept of Philosophy: From Classical German Philosophy to Contemporary Metaphilosophy (2021)

Hegel’s major claim is that true philosophy provides the complete rational cognition of the absolute. Since by definition the complete cognition of the absolute cannot be cognitively exceeded, true ... [more ▼]

Hegel’s major claim is that true philosophy provides the complete rational cognition of the absolute. Since by definition the complete cognition of the absolute cannot be cognitively exceeded, true philosophy itself must account for the completeness claim. There are three places in particular where Hegel develops this claim: in the Phenomenology of Spirit, in the Science of Logic and in the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences. I explore the different ways in which Hegel elucidates the rational, non-circular explication of how to philosophically conceive of the complete comprehension of philosophy itself, i.e., his philosophy of philosophy or metaphilosophy. [less ▲]

Learning in transition: Erasmus+ as an opportunity for internationalization

in Cairns, David (Ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration (2021)

Erasmus+ has diversified its benefits for young people to learn and thrive via mobility in the last 30 years. How does Erasmus+ serve young people? We conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with young ... [more ▼]

Erasmus+ has diversified its benefits for young people to learn and thrive via mobility in the last 30 years. How does Erasmus+ serve young people? We conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with young people (aged between 18-29) in Luxembourg, Norway and Romania. Firstly, these young people feel that their identity changes as they internationalise and they travel more after the Erasmus+ experience. Hence, Erasmus+ is an eye opener. Secondly, employment, volunteering or training activities under Erasmus+ become a door-opener increasing young people’s chances of finding jobs. Thirdly, Erasmus+ does not end when the mobility ends: a new life style is adopted and nostalgia with the Erasmus+ leads to feeling at “home” in international environments. All these three aspects can be defined as Erasmus-isation encapsulated within a life-long perspective. [less ▲]

The legacy of intimate partner violence in heterosexual and gay (LGBTQ) communities. New challenges for the family doctor.

in Baum, Erika; Ungan, Mehmet; Steylaerts, Carl (Eds.) The World Book of Family Medicine (2020)

The “classic” gender violence of the heterosexual couples has left a painful legacy to the LGBT community. Recent researches show that rates of IPV in LGBT are similar to or higher than the rates found ... [more ▼]

The “classic” gender violence of the heterosexual couples has left a painful legacy to the LGBT community. Recent researches show that rates of IPV in LGBT are similar to or higher than the rates found for heterosexual women. Though hardly worked, it seems to be that existing approach programs turn out to be incomplete and insufficient to address this problem in heterosexual women, being practically unknown in sexual minorities. The greater part of health professionals seems to have a vague and unclear knowledge of many basic LGBTQ+ concepts and specific health needs (social isolation, substance abuse, eating disorders, intimate partner violence, cancer prevention, etc...) The reality is that most of nowadays family physicians are not conscious nor trained to identify no manage the differences in professional help need between sexual minorities and heterosexual patients. [less ▲]

Crowned Heads and Succession Crises : The Design and Reception of Bernard Gui’s Arbor genealogiae regum francorum

in Augustyn, Wolfgang; Worm, Andrea (Eds.) Visualisieren – Ordnen – Aktualisieren. Geschichtskonzepte des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit im Bild (2020)

Bernard Gui is known for his career as an inquisitor but he was also a prolific historian. His illustrated genealogical tree of the kings of France, revised over several decades in the early 14th c ... [more ▼]

Bernard Gui is known for his career as an inquisitor but he was also a prolific historian. His illustrated genealogical tree of the kings of France, revised over several decades in the early 14th c., foregrounds the anxieties and crises that affected the end of the direct Capetian line by stressing a single line of male succession. However, the reception of Bernard's Arbor in Avignon stresses the opposing idea, suggesting that genealogies are complex, discontinuous and multiple. [less ▲]

« À nos braves » : les monuments aux légionnaires luxembourgeois entre conflit et réconciliation

in Camarda, Sandra; Sauer, Arnaud; Scuto, Denis (Eds.) et al Légionnaires : Parcours de Guerre et de Migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France (2020)

Self-Regulation of Fundamental Rights? The EU Code of Conduct on Hate Speech, Related Initiatives and Beyond

in Ojanen, Tuomas; Petkova, Bilyana (Eds.) Fundamental Rights Protection Online: the Future Regulation of Intermediaries (2020)

This contribution will give a brief overview of EU legislation encouraging self-regulation, such as codes of conduct, communications and recommendations and propose an alternative approach towards ... [more ▼]

This contribution will give a brief overview of EU legislation encouraging self-regulation, such as codes of conduct, communications and recommendations and propose an alternative approach towards fighting illegal content on online platforms, which ventures squarely into co-regulation. There is no formal and straightforward definition on what constitutes illegal hate speech. However, hate speech might be classified as targeting minority groups in a way that promotes violence or social disorder and hatred. The use of social media and online platforms to spread illegal content and hate speech has increased progressively during recent years, as content may be disseminated anonymously and further shared by other users. Therefore, the timely removal or blocking of access to illegal content is essential to limit the wider dissemination and harm of individuals targeted by hate speech. The prominent role of online platforms in revolutionizing modern communication and as influencers of the public opinion has increasingly come to the attention of policy makers. Since online platforms provide an important stage for phenomena such as ‘fake news’, ‘hate speech’ or ‘disinformation’, the pressure to take more responsibility over content hosted by them has grown. The EU Commission took action via several attempts to set certain rules for online intermediaries, mostly relying on non-binding agreements, often in the form of self-regulatory measures, such as codes of conduct, guidelines and recommendations. These measures have raised concerns regarding possible limitations of Freedom of Expression, because they require online platforms to adjudicate on the legality of content, often by relying on automated systems. Meanwhile decisions over the unlawfulness of hate speech and “disinformation” are often notoriously difficult. The deployment of algorithms to analyse the content generated on platforms, such as recognition and filtering technologies, bear risks and pitfalls of automated compliance solutions. Although the use of algorithms to monitor content online still happens based on the “human-in-the-loop principle”, the diligence and efficiency with which illegal content can be reviewed is also dependent on the financial capacity and resources of each company. In addition, these privatized removal procedures maybe influenced by commercial interests and lack effective appeals mechanisms. All these issues throw up serious questions about the democratic legitimacy of self-regulatory removal procedures An alternative solution, proposed in this article, would require platforms to apply a risk-based approach to preventing and removing illegal content. The norms and standards of such an approach would be based on duty of care and be subject to regulatory oversight. It is suggested that the current self-regulatory proposals be replaced by co-regulatory solutions. [less ▲]

Lëtzebuerger Literatur a Schoul a Gesellschaft : literaturdidaktesch Erausfuerderungen a Méiglechkeeten

in Fundstücke/Trouvailles (2018/2019) (2020)

Michel Schmit : le parcours d'un Luxembourgeois engagé

in Camarda, Sandra; Reinert, François; Sauer, Arnaud (Eds.) et al Légionnaires: Parcours de guerre et de migrations entre le Luxembourg et la France (2020)

Migration, remittances, and child education in Ghana. Evidence from a longitudinal study

in Konte, Maty; Linguère Mously, Mbaye (Eds.) Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa (2020)

Evidence on the time-varying effects of migration, remittances, and child education in African contexts remains scarce. This study employs panel data to examine educational outcomes – school enjoyment ... [more ▼]

Evidence on the time-varying effects of migration, remittances, and child education in African contexts remains scarce. This study employs panel data to examine educational outcomes – school enjoyment, and class ranking – of children whose parents migrated internally or internationally and who received in-kind remittances, monetary remittances, or both. The data were collected in 2013, 2014, and 2015 on a panel of school-going children and youths aged from 12 to 21 in two urban areas with high out-migration rates in Ghana: Kumasi and Sunyani (N = 741). The panel includes children of both migrant and non-migrant parents. Results indicate dynamic patterns of sending remittances over years, with preferences converging toward sending both in-kind and monetary remittances by internal and international migrant parents. Overall, the education of children benefits when they receive both in-kind and monetary remittances. The positive effects are further enhanced when remittances are directly invested in child education. The absence of remittances has more negative effects on child education, especially for girls. This study gives a more nuanced understanding of the dynamic and intertwined associations between parental migration, remittances, and the education of children in transnational families. [less ▲]

Reflections on our teaching activities in the initial teacher training during the COVID-19 crisis: From “onsite classes” to “schooling at home”

in Mein, Georg; Pause, Johannes (Eds.) Self and Society in the Corona Crisis: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences (2020)

The COVID-19 public health crisis and the subsequent confinement induced a series of profound changes to teaching and learning in education all over the world (Lancker and Parolin 2020). Mid-March 2020 ... [more ▼]

The COVID-19 public health crisis and the subsequent confinement induced a series of profound changes to teaching and learning in education all over the world (Lancker and Parolin 2020). Mid-March 2020, the University of Luxembourg also switched from on-campus classes to schooling at home for all courses. This transition was more or less smooth for the teaching staff and the students. In this paper, we present our reflections, as lecturers in the “Bachelor en Sciences de l’Éducation”, on how we adapted three courses and the internships, which could not happen as usual. We describe and discuss which aspects of our teaching approaches and the settings within which we have been working so far, might have contributed to a rather successful response to the current health crisis. The insights gained via these forced changes are discussed in terms of lessons learned for future instructional design decisions. [less ▲]