Publications
Feel free to browse through our list of Dutch-language publications.
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Changing Democracies: the power of testimonies for democratic education Report
Publication date: 07/02/2025
An important premise of the research project Changing Democracies and this report is that learning from history is problematic when it results in one-sided, moralising narratives that frame history in the black-and-white terms of good versus evil. In the report, that ... read more
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Peace in foreign policy: Peace nations in times of crisis Factsheet
Publication date: 11/04/2024
This analysis by Merel Selleslach and Maarten Van Alstein looks at how different states (Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland) and sub-state regions (Catalonia, Emilia-Romagna, Flanders, Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Wales) in Europe developed a peace orientation in their foreign policy. It ... read more
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Polarisation and conflict: A non-violent approach Report
Publication date: 28/11/2022
This reports approaches polarisation in three steps. First, understanding polarisation dynamics in its various forms, secondly the meaning of polarisation from a normative point of view and finally, moving from theory to practice with a number of points of reference ... read more
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The role of education in the prevention of violent radicalisation and polarisation – Insights from the Flemish case Factsheet
Publication date: 04/05/2022
Education plays an important role in the Flemish action plan to prevent violent radicalisation and polarisation. In this analysis (that can be downloaded in full here), Kevin Goris and our researcher Maarten Van Alstein elaborate on the following insights from ... read more
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Dealing with Controversy and Polarisation in class (in Dutch) Book
Publication date: 21/09/2018
Discussions about politics and society tend to be quite heated nowadays. This is also the case in class and at school. Teachers and directors are facing strong challenges. How can they react to violent or odious statements? How to teach ... read more
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Front 14-18. The Experience of Battle in WWI and the Fascist Culture of Violence in Post-War Germany External publication
Publication date: 20/03/2018
In his contribution Maarten Van Alstein examines the impact of the experience of battle in WWI on the development of a fascist culture of violence in post-war Germany. He explains how, in the context of a conquered and internally torn ... read more
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‘The Great War – A View from Asia’ by Pankaj Mishra Lecture
Location: Flemish Parliament
Date: 10/11/2017
The Indian essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra challenged conventional views of the origins of the Great War during the 11 November lecture 2017. read more
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The Memory of Peace External publication
Publication date: 13/07/2017
Though views on and motives for warfare have changed over the centuries, Philosophy of War and Peace proves that many past ideas still merit consideration today. This collection of essays addresses the historical, cultural and political background of various views ... read more
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Guns for sale: the Belgian illicit gun market in a European perspective Report
Publication date: 21/03/2016
The attention paid to the problem of the possession of illicit firearms and the illegal trafficking of firearms has increased significantly over the past few years, at both a Belgian and a European level. In Belgium, this increase in political ... read more
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Facing a Difficult Past? The Yser Tower in Dixmude, Belgium External publication
Publication date: 16/11/2016
In this article Maarten van Alstein discusses the pacifist message of the museum at the Yser in Dixmude. By presenting the First World War as senseless violence and horror, the museum hopes to induce in visitors an awareness of the ... read more
