Els Rommes
Biographic Data
| ID | 203221 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Els Rommes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Els |
| FAMILY NAME | Rommes |
| SIGNATURE | ROMMES E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5523-175X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 138 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Resistance, Intentionality, and Endurance: Understanding Asylum-Seeking Mothers’ Agency During Resettlement in Montreal, Canada
Asylum-seeking mothers are often cast as powerless and lacking agency as they resettle in a host country. With unprecedented numbers of families facing forced displacement, understanding womens' lived experiences of adaptation is critical to better serve their resettlement and health trajectories. This study aims to capture asylum-seeking mothers' sense of agency as they navigate resettlement in Montreal, Canada. We conducted 13 in-depth intervie…
The everyday civic engagement of social work students
Processes like globalization and digitalization are changing the way people civically engage, but policies and organizations that aim to cultivate or promote civic engagement have not yet acknowledged these new forms of participation.Social work is a profession that aims to foster civic engagement as a way to strengthen social cohesion.In this article, the civic engagement of social work students is examined.As young people they use contemporary …
Counter-narratives against hardships among Syrian refugee youth and parents
The conventional literature and popular media describe the challenges of (Syrian) refugees in terms of their being victims who need to deal with the traumatic events they experienced before and during their flight. Their lack of seeking professional psychosocial help to improve their mental wellbeing is often explained by migrants' supposed fear of stigmatization. Using in-depth interviews with 10 Syrian refugees in the Netherlands, we show that …
Refugees' Agency: On Resistance, Resilience, and Resources
This study set out to answer the question 'Which kinds of agency do refugees perform when dealing with mental health problems of themselves and their children?'. Aiming to gain more insight in why it seems harder for refugee parents and minors than for the native population to talk to health professionals about their mental health and wellbeing, we combined two theoretical notions of agency to investigate a broad spectrum of informants' behaviour…
Experiencing shame: An affective reading of the sexual and reproductive health and rights classroom in Bangladesh
This paper looks at how shame functions in the teaching of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the classrooms for 13–19 year-olds in secondary schools in Bangladesh. Using the theoretical framework of affect, the paper looks at shame and other experiences of discomfort and hesitation among teachers while teaching these topics to young people. Drawing insights from 25 in-depth interviews with teachers in secondary schools in urban, semi-u…
Beyond the talking imperative: The value of silence on sexuality in youth-parent relations in Bangladesh
Research conducted in various parts of the globe suggests that young people who can openly communicate with their parents about sexuality benefit in many ways. Correspondingly, in Bangladesh, the lack of an open communication on sexuality in the youth-parent relationship is considered a barrier to ensuring young people's sexual and reproductive health and overall well-being. Taking 'silence' as a core concept, this paper investigates what silence…
Acting Their Age? An Intersectional Approach on Young Motherhood From Young Mothers’ Perspectives
This article challenges the assumptions in social policy and practice of how the combination of youth and motherhood is problematic and morally wrong. Using an intersectional approach, this study uncovers how young mothers’ social categories of youth and motherhood collide, concur with, or reinforce each other. The research question is the following: What are young mothers’ perceptions and practices of youth when combining youth with motherhood? …
Cultural competence in lifelong care and support for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Objectives: Although an extensive amount of research has been devoted to models defining cultural competence of healthcare professionals in short-term care, there is unclarity about the cultural competencies that professionals providing lifelong care and support should have. The current study aimed to explore which cultural competencies are used by these healthcare professionals, and whether these competencies enabled them to make cultural adapta…
Building Resilience by Becoming a Circus Artist
Due to the traumatic events they may have experienced, refugee youth are vulnerable to mental health problems. Social Circus is a psycho-social intervention that aims to enhance resilience by promoting self-esteem, interpersonal trust and social support through classes in circus arts. To explore these effects on refugee youth, a qualitative study was conducted in south-east Turkey. Semi-structured interviews and participative observations reveale…
Don’t blame the youth: The social-institutional and material embeddedness of young people’s energy-intensive use of information and communication technology
The intensive use of information and communication technology (ICT) results in increasing levels of consumption of energy and materials. The use of ICT is widespread among young people, and this paper investigates the everyday practices related to their use of ICT (mainly smart phones and laptops). Based on qualitative studies in the Netherlands and Denmark, we find that energy-intensive use of ICT is encouraged through mutually reinforcing socia…
Empowerment through sex education? Rethinking paradoxical policies
n Contains fulltext :\n 175912.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Perceived Realism Moderates the Relation Between Sexualized Media Consumption and Permissive Sexual Attitudes in Dutch Adolescents
From the wizard to the doubter: Prototypes of scientists and engineers in fiction and non-fiction media aimed at Dutch children and teenagers
The aim of this paper is to gain insight into the prototypical scientists as they appear in fiction and non-fiction media consumed by children and teenagers in the Netherlands. A qualitative-interpretive content analysis is used to identify seven prototypes and the associated characteristics in a systematic way. The results show that the element of risk is given more attention in fiction than in non-fiction. Also, eccentric scientists appear more…
Methods for Intervention: Gender Analysis and Feminist Design of ICT
Contains fulltext : 102701.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
The Significance of Reciprocal and Unilateral Friendships for Peer Victimization in Adolescence
The present study examined to what extent the number of friends and their social and personal characteristics were related to peer victimization in adolescence. Participants were 2,180 adolescents (1,143 girls), aged 11-18 (M = 14.2), who were classified as victims, bully-victims, or non-involved (i.e., adolescents who neither bullied others nor were victimized by others). Three types of friends were distinguished: reciprocal friends, desired fri…
Self-Control and Early Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Analysis
The article discusses a three-wave longitudinal study that investigates the relationship between self-control and aggressive and delinquent behavior of early adolescent boys and girls. The sample consists of 1,012 Dutch adolescents (mean age = 12.3) in their first year of secondary education. Structural equation modeling analyses reveal that high levels of self-control consistently decrease aggressive and delinquent behavior in the subsequent 6 m…
‘I'm Not Interested in Computers’: Gender-based occupational choices of adolescents
Which cultural factors offer an explanation for girls' reluctance to choose technological subjects, such as computing science? This question is explored by critically analysing data from individual interviews and focus-group interviews with 86 Dutch adolescents. According to what the authors call the ‘self-to-profession matching’ theory, adolescents systematically compare what they are good at, what they want from a job, and what activities they …
Gender Designs IT: Construction and Deconstruction of Information Society Technology
How can information technology (IT) paradigms and design processes be studied from a gender perspective? What does IT design look like when its construction is informed by gender research? Though gender research and computing science seem like two separate worlds, this book proves how inspirational a confrontation and combination of those worlds can be.A deconstructive analysis of advanced fields of computing shows the multiple ways in which soft…
Configuring the User as Everybody: Gender and Design Cultures in Information and Communication Technologies
Based on two case studies of the design of electronic communication networks developed in the public and private sector, this article explores the barriers within current design cultures to account for the needs and diversity of users. Whereas the constraints on user-centered design are usually described in macrosociological terms, in which the user-technology relation is merely understood as a process of the inclusion or exclusion of users in de…
Creating Places for Women on the Internet: The Design of a `Women's Square' in a Digital City
Under what conditions do women create places for women on the Internet? And what kinds of difficulties do they meet if they try to do so? These questions are studied by comparing two groups of women involved in the design of (parts of) Amsterdam's digital city DDS. The female designers, who were involved as DDS was set up, did not want to pay attention to women's issues. This can be explained by looking at their position in feminist debates in Du…
Gender in the Design of the Digital City of Amsterdam
This article analyses the social shaping of the Digital City of Amsterdam (DDS) from a gender perspective. It aims to contribute to an understanding of the overwhelming dominance (more than 90 per cent) of male DDS users, a fact which is more than surprising given that the designers had high ideals about making the internet accessible to a wider public. The analysis is rooted in the social constructivist tradition in technology studies. As such, …
Configuring the User as Everybody: Gender and Design Cultures in Information and Communication Technologies
Based on two case studies of the design of electronic communication networks developed in the public and private sector, this article explores the barriers within current design cultures to account for the needs and diversity of users. Whereas the constraints on user-centered design are usually described in macrosociological terms, in which the user-technology relation is merely understood as a process of the inclusion or exclusion of users in de…
Self-Control and Early Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Analysis
The article discusses a three-wave longitudinal study that investigates the relationship between self-control and aggressive and delinquent behavior of early adolescent boys and girls. The sample consists of 1,012 Dutch adolescents (mean age = 12.3) in their first year of secondary education. Structural equation modeling analyses reveal that high levels of self-control consistently decrease aggressive and delinquent behavior in the subsequent 6 m…
The Significance of Reciprocal and Unilateral Friendships for Peer Victimization in Adolescence
The present study examined to what extent the number of friends and their social and personal characteristics were related to peer victimization in adolescence. Participants were 2,180 adolescents (1,143 girls), aged 11-18 (M = 14.2), who were classified as victims, bully-victims, or non-involved (i.e., adolescents who neither bullied others nor were victimized by others). Three types of friends were distinguished: reciprocal friends, desired fri…
Perceived Realism Moderates the Relation Between Sexualized Media Consumption and Permissive Sexual Attitudes in Dutch Adolescents
Building Resilience by Becoming a Circus Artist
Due to the traumatic events they may have experienced, refugee youth are vulnerable to mental health problems. Social Circus is a psycho-social intervention that aims to enhance resilience by promoting self-esteem, interpersonal trust and social support through classes in circus arts. To explore these effects on refugee youth, a qualitative study was conducted in south-east Turkey. Semi-structured interviews and participative observations reveale…
Acting Their Age? An Intersectional Approach on Young Motherhood From Young Mothers’ Perspectives
This article challenges the assumptions in social policy and practice of how the combination of youth and motherhood is problematic and morally wrong. Using an intersectional approach, this study uncovers how young mothers’ social categories of youth and motherhood collide, concur with, or reinforce each other. The research question is the following: What are young mothers’ perceptions and practices of youth when combining youth with motherhood? …
Cultural competence in lifelong care and support for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Objectives: Although an extensive amount of research has been devoted to models defining cultural competence of healthcare professionals in short-term care, there is unclarity about the cultural competencies that professionals providing lifelong care and support should have. The current study aimed to explore which cultural competencies are used by these healthcare professionals, and whether these competencies enabled them to make cultural adapta…
Don’t blame the youth: The social-institutional and material embeddedness of young people’s energy-intensive use of information and communication technology
The intensive use of information and communication technology (ICT) results in increasing levels of consumption of energy and materials. The use of ICT is widespread among young people, and this paper investigates the everyday practices related to their use of ICT (mainly smart phones and laptops). Based on qualitative studies in the Netherlands and Denmark, we find that energy-intensive use of ICT is encouraged through mutually reinforcing socia…
Creating Places for Women on the Internet: The Design of a `Women's Square' in a Digital City
Under what conditions do women create places for women on the Internet? And what kinds of difficulties do they meet if they try to do so? These questions are studied by comparing two groups of women involved in the design of (parts of) Amsterdam's digital city DDS. The female designers, who were involved as DDS was set up, did not want to pay attention to women's issues. This can be explained by looking at their position in feminist debates in Du…
Methods for Intervention: Gender Analysis and Feminist Design of ICT
Contains fulltext : 102701.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Gender in the Design of the Digital City of Amsterdam
This article analyses the social shaping of the Digital City of Amsterdam (DDS) from a gender perspective. It aims to contribute to an understanding of the overwhelming dominance (more than 90 per cent) of male DDS users, a fact which is more than surprising given that the designers had high ideals about making the internet accessible to a wider public. The analysis is rooted in the social constructivist tradition in technology studies. As such, …
Creating Places for Women on the Internet: The Design of a `Women's Square' in a Digital City
Under what conditions do women create places for women on the Internet? And what kinds of difficulties do they meet if they try to do so? These questions are studied by comparing two groups of women involved in the design of (parts of) Amsterdam's digital city DDS. The female designers, who were involved as DDS was set up, did not want to pay attention to women's issues. This can be explained by looking at their position in feminist debates in Du…
Configuring the User as Everybody: Gender and Design Cultures in Information and Communication Technologies
Based on two case studies of the design of electronic communication networks developed in the public and private sector, this article explores the barriers within current design cultures to account for the needs and diversity of users. Whereas the constraints on user-centered design are usually described in macrosociological terms, in which the user-technology relation is merely understood as a process of the inclusion or exclusion of users in de…
‘I'm Not Interested in Computers’: Gender-based occupational choices of adolescents
Which cultural factors offer an explanation for girls' reluctance to choose technological subjects, such as computing science? This question is explored by critically analysing data from individual interviews and focus-group interviews with 86 Dutch adolescents. According to what the authors call the ‘self-to-profession matching’ theory, adolescents systematically compare what they are good at, what they want from a job, and what activities they …
Gender Designs IT: Construction and Deconstruction of Information Society Technology
How can information technology (IT) paradigms and design processes be studied from a gender perspective? What does IT design look like when its construction is informed by gender research? Though gender research and computing science seem like two separate worlds, this book proves how inspirational a confrontation and combination of those worlds can be.A deconstructive analysis of advanced fields of computing shows the multiple ways in which soft…
Self-Control and Early Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Analysis
The article discusses a three-wave longitudinal study that investigates the relationship between self-control and aggressive and delinquent behavior of early adolescent boys and girls. The sample consists of 1,012 Dutch adolescents (mean age = 12.3) in their first year of secondary education. Structural equation modeling analyses reveal that high levels of self-control consistently decrease aggressive and delinquent behavior in the subsequent 6 m…
The Significance of Reciprocal and Unilateral Friendships for Peer Victimization in Adolescence
The present study examined to what extent the number of friends and their social and personal characteristics were related to peer victimization in adolescence. Participants were 2,180 adolescents (1,143 girls), aged 11-18 (M = 14.2), who were classified as victims, bully-victims, or non-involved (i.e., adolescents who neither bullied others nor were victimized by others). Three types of friends were distinguished: reciprocal friends, desired fri…
Methods for Intervention: Gender Analysis and Feminist Design of ICT
Contains fulltext : 102701.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
From the wizard to the doubter: Prototypes of scientists and engineers in fiction and non-fiction media aimed at Dutch children and teenagers
The aim of this paper is to gain insight into the prototypical scientists as they appear in fiction and non-fiction media consumed by children and teenagers in the Netherlands. A qualitative-interpretive content analysis is used to identify seven prototypes and the associated characteristics in a systematic way. The results show that the element of risk is given more attention in fiction than in non-fiction. Also, eccentric scientists appear more…
Perceived Realism Moderates the Relation Between Sexualized Media Consumption and Permissive Sexual Attitudes in Dutch Adolescents
Empowerment through sex education? Rethinking paradoxical policies
n Contains fulltext :\n 175912.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Don’t blame the youth: The social-institutional and material embeddedness of young people’s energy-intensive use of information and communication technology
The intensive use of information and communication technology (ICT) results in increasing levels of consumption of energy and materials. The use of ICT is widespread among young people, and this paper investigates the everyday practices related to their use of ICT (mainly smart phones and laptops). Based on qualitative studies in the Netherlands and Denmark, we find that energy-intensive use of ICT is encouraged through mutually reinforcing socia…
Cultural competence in lifelong care and support for individuals with intellectual disabilities
Objectives: Although an extensive amount of research has been devoted to models defining cultural competence of healthcare professionals in short-term care, there is unclarity about the cultural competencies that professionals providing lifelong care and support should have. The current study aimed to explore which cultural competencies are used by these healthcare professionals, and whether these competencies enabled them to make cultural adapta…
Building Resilience by Becoming a Circus Artist
Due to the traumatic events they may have experienced, refugee youth are vulnerable to mental health problems. Social Circus is a psycho-social intervention that aims to enhance resilience by promoting self-esteem, interpersonal trust and social support through classes in circus arts. To explore these effects on refugee youth, a qualitative study was conducted in south-east Turkey. Semi-structured interviews and participative observations reveale…
Experiencing shame: An affective reading of the sexual and reproductive health and rights classroom in Bangladesh
This paper looks at how shame functions in the teaching of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the classrooms for 13–19 year-olds in secondary schools in Bangladesh. Using the theoretical framework of affect, the paper looks at shame and other experiences of discomfort and hesitation among teachers while teaching these topics to young people. Drawing insights from 25 in-depth interviews with teachers in secondary schools in urban, semi-u…
Beyond the talking imperative: The value of silence on sexuality in youth-parent relations in Bangladesh
Research conducted in various parts of the globe suggests that young people who can openly communicate with their parents about sexuality benefit in many ways. Correspondingly, in Bangladesh, the lack of an open communication on sexuality in the youth-parent relationship is considered a barrier to ensuring young people's sexual and reproductive health and overall well-being. Taking 'silence' as a core concept, this paper investigates what silence…
Acting Their Age? An Intersectional Approach on Young Motherhood From Young Mothers’ Perspectives
This article challenges the assumptions in social policy and practice of how the combination of youth and motherhood is problematic and morally wrong. Using an intersectional approach, this study uncovers how young mothers’ social categories of youth and motherhood collide, concur with, or reinforce each other. The research question is the following: What are young mothers’ perceptions and practices of youth when combining youth with motherhood? …
Refugees' Agency: On Resistance, Resilience, and Resources
This study set out to answer the question 'Which kinds of agency do refugees perform when dealing with mental health problems of themselves and their children?'. Aiming to gain more insight in why it seems harder for refugee parents and minors than for the native population to talk to health professionals about their mental health and wellbeing, we combined two theoretical notions of agency to investigate a broad spectrum of informants' behaviour…
The everyday civic engagement of social work students
Processes like globalization and digitalization are changing the way people civically engage, but policies and organizations that aim to cultivate or promote civic engagement have not yet acknowledged these new forms of participation.Social work is a profession that aims to foster civic engagement as a way to strengthen social cohesion.In this article, the civic engagement of social work students is examined.As young people they use contemporary …
Counter-narratives against hardships among Syrian refugee youth and parents
The conventional literature and popular media describe the challenges of (Syrian) refugees in terms of their being victims who need to deal with the traumatic events they experienced before and during their flight. Their lack of seeking professional psychosocial help to improve their mental wellbeing is often explained by migrants' supposed fear of stigmatization. Using in-depth interviews with 10 Syrian refugees in the Netherlands, we show that …
Resistance, Intentionality, and Endurance: Understanding Asylum-Seeking Mothers’ Agency During Resettlement in Montreal, Canada
Asylum-seeking mothers are often cast as powerless and lacking agency as they resettle in a host country. With unprecedented numbers of families facing forced displacement, understanding womens' lived experiences of adaptation is critical to better serve their resettlement and health trajectories. This study aims to capture asylum-seeking mothers' sense of agency as they navigate resettlement in Montreal, Canada. We conducted 13 in-depth intervie…
Sociology (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Political science (12 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works)