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Let’s Connect

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By: Veerle Korsten, Kyra Dols, Stella Levin and Juul Koster

Hello, and welcome to The Hague!
In the board game “Let’s Connect,” players step into the shoes of newly-arrived status holders and try to complete The Hague’s integration track. Making acquaintances and friends, creating a social network, passing bureaucratic checkpoints: The player who completes these steps the quickest wins … (read more)

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Silent Saboteur

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By: Isis Suarez Menendez and Antonia Pieper

Triggers for addiction can wear many faces. By themselves, they may not seem particularly threatening, much less life-changing. When they start to build up on each other however, they quickly turn destructive. In “Silent Saboteur,” players are asked to slip into someone else’s shoes, immersing themselves in what it means to struggle with addiction and what the build-up towards addiction may look like … (read more)

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How Does Living with a Personality Disorder Affect Your Job?

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Author: Dario Malerba

Living with a personality disorder can be fine in one context, but very uncomfortable in another. Working a job creates a routine: It puts you in the same kinds of situations repeatedly. If these situations are not ones that you are able to deal with easily however, it can cause a lot of distress … (read more)

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How does the Hague Measure Welfare and Disadvantage?

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Author: Thomas Neville

The Hague remains one of the most socio-economically segregated cities in the Netherlands. In order to be able to identify the areas that require aid the most, the municipality of The Hague has adopted a system of scorekeeping which rates neighborhoods relative to one another: The so-called Achterstandsscores, or ‘Disadvantage Scores’ … (read more)

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The Hagenees versus the Hagenaar: What does this Historical Division look like Nowadays?

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Author: Student at LUC

Historically, a distinction was made between the affluent Hagenaar, living in the dunes, and the poor Hagenees, living on the peatland. Although it may come across as outdated, this dichotomy still seems alive today and demarcates the unemployed citizens of The Hague … (read more)

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Frisse Gedachtes

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By: Sofia Tamburello

The online platform “Frisse Gedachtes” is a Dutch psychological assistance provider. This service seeks to help (both international and Dutch) university students with dealing with some of the most common struggles they can encounter when attending university, among which loneliness. Its philosophy is based on three core features: choice, trained, anonymous … (read more)

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Who Are the Lonely People of The Hague?

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Author: Ana Nico Clément

The Hague is one of the loneliest cities in the Netherlands. In fact, residents of the political capital have some of the highest rates of loneliness in the country – 9 percent more than the rest. Factors ranging from income, descent and age must all be considered to understand loneliness in The Hague … (read more