BOOKS

DIVERSITY COMPETENCE

The English version of our book- an accessible academic text book-where we describe our overall approach and the TOPOI Model.

DIVERSITEITSCOMPETENTIE

The Dutch version of our book- an accessible academic text book-where we describe our overall approach and the TOPOI Model.

FORTHCOMING

A compact version of our book, that is also more positioned in the public debate about e.g. (anti-)racism, identity and polarization.

 
 

ARTICLES AND MEDIA APPEARANCES

TAKING MULTIPLICITY SERIOUSLY (INTERCULTURE JOURNAL)

An academic article where I argue for the need to take multiplicity within cultures as a starting point, instead of an afterthought of analysis.

TOO SIMPLE TO THINK THAT REPRESENTATION WILL SOLVE DIVERSITY (GÖTEBORGS POSTEN)
 

Opinion article in the Swedish newspaper Göteborgs Posten about the need for organisatialon change -not just representation- to solve questions of diversity and inclusion (in Swedish).

 
INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE: REFLECT BEFORE GETTING STARTED (EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL)

In this article with Maarten Bremer for the Dutch HRD journal Opleiding en Ontwikkeling, we explore the concept of intercultural competence (in Dutch).

 
 
THE VOICES OF WAR (PODCAST)

I was interviewed for this popular podcast about intercultural communication in the context of international relations and global conflict.

THE COMPLEXITIES OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY (TEDTALK)

I was asked to participate in a local TEDx event in Amsterdam, and to my surprise my talk ended up online through the offical ted-channels..

 
THE CULTURE XCHANGE (PODCAST)

An interview about intercultural encounters in this podcast about culture, beloning and identity, aimed at the international community.

CULTURALISM, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (SIETAR JOURNAL)

A article for the journal of the European chapter of the Society for Intercultural Education and Research on the problems of 'culturalism'.