Highlights of the European Conference on Traumatic Stress 2019
Didn’t get the chance (like me ) to attend the conference of the European Society of Traumatic Stress Studies this year? Maya Meentken and Marie-Louise Kullberg help us out! We are Maya and...
View ArticleAudio installation: Ubiquity
The audio installation “Ubiquity – New Perspectives on Traumatic Experiences” will be exhibited 11-13 December 2019 at The Dax Centre in Melbourne (including an event with the makers on 12 December!)...
View ArticleFrom Trauma to Recovery – A blog post on the 35th Annual Meeting of the...
Curious to know what the recent ISTSS conference was all about? Many thanks to Yoki Mertens for this reflection on the meeting! It is early morning in a freezing-cold Boston and Judith Herman presents...
View ArticleHomicide of children with a disability
Children with a disability are at greater risk of death at the hands of someone else – through homicide or the effects of maltreatment – than children without a disability. John Frederick* has led a...
View ArticleMaking our daily research practice more inclusive
Making our daily research lives more inclusive For the researchers among us, the quality of our findings and resulting policy/practice change depends on how well we work together with the populations...
View ArticleWe revere evidence-based practice. But what if the evidence base itself is...
Photo by Mario Gogh on Unsplash Are you engaged in research? Take one of the projects you’re involved in… Is the team lead a white person or a person of color? How about the rest of the team, who are...
View ArticleSmall steps towards the big goal of inclusion
Build solid relationships. Focus on slow, caring science. Some of the insights that stayed with me from the Zoom calls on making our daily research practice more inclusive. The conversations were so...
View ArticleThinking of kids in floods and lockdowns – and how this affects us all
Image of a bicycle in floodwater, by Mika Baumeister My heart goes out to everyone who is affected by the floods in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Over 150 deaths and many people missing. So...
View ArticleSupporting people fleeing conflict
A friend of mine just got his kids to safety. They will be able to sleep again. Many others are still on the run or staying put in difficult circumstances. Now these kids were in Ukraine, but it could...
View ArticleSlowing down
You see growth was my holy grail. Yes, it was. And it failed. It couldn’t last, I do agree. But in the middle of the hustle, you cannot really see. Nynke Laverman’s spoken word/song Your Ancestor has...
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