Dr. Judith Metz is program leader of Youth Spot, the research and practice centre on Youth Work of the University of Spplied Sciences in Amsterdam. Characteristic for her research is that it occurs in the intersection between social science and soci
...MoreDr. Judith Metz is program leader of Youth Spot, the research and practice centre on Youth Work of the University of Spplied Sciences in Amsterdam. Characteristic for her research is that it occurs in the intersection between social science and social practices. In different working environments she translates academic insights for social institutions, civil society organizations and local and national governments, and their professionals and clients. In return Metz brings the knowledge about the functioning of practices back to the social sciences. Metz publishes on: youth, participation, social work, social policy, diversity and research methods. Judith Metz studied women studies social sciences in Nijmegen. Her masterthesis on sexism and social culture in the autonomous movement in the Netherlands was published in 1998 as: Het gekraakte ideaal [the broken ideal]. From 2001 - 2006 Metz worked at the University of Humanistics on her dissertation: De tweeledige werking van intermediairen voor burgerparticipatie, Amsterdam: Humanistic University Press [The twofold functioning of intermediaries for citizen participation].
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Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations
