Marlies Meijer
Biographic Data
| ID | 910744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marlies Meijer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marlies |
| FAMILY NAME | Meijer |
| SIGNATURE | MEIJER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1730-8664 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
From energy to circularity
Island communities are widely recognized as frontrunners in sustainability transitions, often driven by cohesive social networks and a shared aspiration for self-sufficiency. This study investigates the Dutch Wadden island of Ameland, which has undergone a significant energy transition and is now pursuing both heat and circular transitions. The central focus of this research is on understanding higher-order learning—learning that transcends indiv…
Stigma, constraints and policy paralysis. Explaining local governments’ failure to deal with population decline
This practice review examines why local governments rarely develop explicit strategies to adapt to population decline, despite recognizing its consequences. Drawing on literature and field-based insights from Europe, we identify ten recurring conditions that hinder development of adaptation strategies. These conditions range from uncertainty about what an adaptation plan is, norms and stigma, temporal aspects, limited professional capacity, exter…
Planning for Risky Play
A reduction of urban space dedicated to outdoor play has occurred in recent decades, accompanied by a focus on risk reduction when planning for play. Experts increasingly argue in favor of risky play and enabling settings in the urban outdoors. In this paper we examine how risky play is enabled and constrained in two Dutch cities – frontrunners in this debate. Through analyzing path dependencies and institutional change, our qualitative case stud…
Creating environments for risky play
Playing outside is essential to growing up actively, socially and in good health. It is theorized that children particularly benefit from risky play situations. Opportunities for risky play, however, have declined in the last decades. Based on interviews with parents, play professionals and municipal policymakers in the Netherlands, we illustrate how environments for children's (risky) play are produced through the interplay between these three g…
Spaces of Decoupling in the Netherlands and Poland
A significant share of migration studies is dedicated to understanding how large cities in Europe deal with the influx of international migrants, forced and by choice. Rural and peripheral regions, however, are hardly identified as receiving areas for migrant newcomers. Here, economic degradation, population decline and liveability are at the centre of academic debate. Nevertheless, peripheral—and shrinking—areas are increasingly regarded as favo…
Developing Interpersonal Trust Between Service Users and Professionals in Integrated Services
Trust in personal relationships between stakeholders appeared to compensate for contextually shaped distrust, vulnerability and uncertainty. Identifying latent distrust, vulnerabilities, uncertainties, and power structures might be key to improving trust-building strategies in a specific context. The time-consuming process of trust-building between micro-level stakeholders should be supported structurally
Shared Decision Making in an Integrated Mental Health and Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention
Shared decision making has the potential to support a person-centred approach in integrated services. However, we recommend clarifying decisions applicable for shared decision making, to ensure thorough training, develop and test decision aids, and ensure supportive organisational conditions for shared decision making in interprofessional collaboration
Planning strategies for dealing with population decline
When it goes wrong … learning from challenged (and revived) community initiatives
Developing Normative Integration among Professionals in an Intersectoral Collaboration
This study shows how normative integration among health care professionals and employment consultants is feasible in co-located intersectoral teams, with positive implications for the delivery of coherent support
Broadening the Scope of Spatial Planning
Informality originated in the field of urban planning studies related to the global South. As this particular debate is aimed at making a contribution to planning theory in general, the concept has gradually traveled beyond the global South. This article explores how informality can be used to analyze community-led planning practices in Western countries, by reflecting on its usability in a country that has a strongly formalized planning context,…
Getting ahead in depopulating areas - How linking social capital is used for informal planning practices in Sweden and The Netherlands
Neighbourhoods matter too
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that cancer incidence is related to a number of individual factors, including socioeconomic status. The aim of this study was to refine the current knowledge about indicators associated with cancer incidence by evaluating the influence of neighbourhood characteristics on breast, prostate and lung cancer incidence in Denmark. METHODS: All women aged 30-83 years were followed for breast cancer between 2004 an…
Population density, socioeconomic environment and all-cause mortality
Befolkningensaldringens overvurderede konsekvenser
Mathias Meijer: Overselling the burden of the ageing population. This article challenges the apocalyptic discourse of population ageing that maintains that the ageing of the Danish population is one of the greatest challenges to the welfare state making it unsustainable without considerable welfare reforms. By relating the future demographic projections to historical and international trends, the article shows that population ageing is not a new …
Getting ahead in depopulating areas - How linking social capital is used for informal planning practices in Sweden and The Netherlands
Developing Normative Integration among Professionals in an Intersectoral Collaboration
This study shows how normative integration among health care professionals and employment consultants is feasible in co-located intersectoral teams, with positive implications for the delivery of coherent support
Broadening the Scope of Spatial Planning
Informality originated in the field of urban planning studies related to the global South. As this particular debate is aimed at making a contribution to planning theory in general, the concept has gradually traveled beyond the global South. This article explores how informality can be used to analyze community-led planning practices in Western countries, by reflecting on its usability in a country that has a strongly formalized planning context,…
Population density, socioeconomic environment and all-cause mortality
Planning strategies for dealing with population decline
Neighbourhoods matter too
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that cancer incidence is related to a number of individual factors, including socioeconomic status. The aim of this study was to refine the current knowledge about indicators associated with cancer incidence by evaluating the influence of neighbourhood characteristics on breast, prostate and lung cancer incidence in Denmark. METHODS: All women aged 30-83 years were followed for breast cancer between 2004 an…
Developing Interpersonal Trust Between Service Users and Professionals in Integrated Services
Trust in personal relationships between stakeholders appeared to compensate for contextually shaped distrust, vulnerability and uncertainty. Identifying latent distrust, vulnerabilities, uncertainties, and power structures might be key to improving trust-building strategies in a specific context. The time-consuming process of trust-building between micro-level stakeholders should be supported structurally
Befolkningensaldringens overvurderede konsekvenser
Mathias Meijer: Overselling the burden of the ageing population. This article challenges the apocalyptic discourse of population ageing that maintains that the ageing of the Danish population is one of the greatest challenges to the welfare state making it unsustainable without considerable welfare reforms. By relating the future demographic projections to historical and international trends, the article shows that population ageing is not a new …
Population density, socioeconomic environment and all-cause mortality
Neighbourhoods matter too
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that cancer incidence is related to a number of individual factors, including socioeconomic status. The aim of this study was to refine the current knowledge about indicators associated with cancer incidence by evaluating the influence of neighbourhood characteristics on breast, prostate and lung cancer incidence in Denmark. METHODS: All women aged 30-83 years were followed for breast cancer between 2004 an…
Getting ahead in depopulating areas - How linking social capital is used for informal planning practices in Sweden and The Netherlands
When it goes wrong … learning from challenged (and revived) community initiatives
Developing Normative Integration among Professionals in an Intersectoral Collaboration
This study shows how normative integration among health care professionals and employment consultants is feasible in co-located intersectoral teams, with positive implications for the delivery of coherent support
Broadening the Scope of Spatial Planning
Informality originated in the field of urban planning studies related to the global South. As this particular debate is aimed at making a contribution to planning theory in general, the concept has gradually traveled beyond the global South. This article explores how informality can be used to analyze community-led planning practices in Western countries, by reflecting on its usability in a country that has a strongly formalized planning context,…
Shared Decision Making in an Integrated Mental Health and Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention
Shared decision making has the potential to support a person-centred approach in integrated services. However, we recommend clarifying decisions applicable for shared decision making, to ensure thorough training, develop and test decision aids, and ensure supportive organisational conditions for shared decision making in interprofessional collaboration
Planning strategies for dealing with population decline
Developing Interpersonal Trust Between Service Users and Professionals in Integrated Services
Trust in personal relationships between stakeholders appeared to compensate for contextually shaped distrust, vulnerability and uncertainty. Identifying latent distrust, vulnerabilities, uncertainties, and power structures might be key to improving trust-building strategies in a specific context. The time-consuming process of trust-building between micro-level stakeholders should be supported structurally
Spaces of Decoupling in the Netherlands and Poland
A significant share of migration studies is dedicated to understanding how large cities in Europe deal with the influx of international migrants, forced and by choice. Rural and peripheral regions, however, are hardly identified as receiving areas for migrant newcomers. Here, economic degradation, population decline and liveability are at the centre of academic debate. Nevertheless, peripheral—and shrinking—areas are increasingly regarded as favo…
Planning for Risky Play
A reduction of urban space dedicated to outdoor play has occurred in recent decades, accompanied by a focus on risk reduction when planning for play. Experts increasingly argue in favor of risky play and enabling settings in the urban outdoors. In this paper we examine how risky play is enabled and constrained in two Dutch cities – frontrunners in this debate. Through analyzing path dependencies and institutional change, our qualitative case stud…
Creating environments for risky play
Playing outside is essential to growing up actively, socially and in good health. It is theorized that children particularly benefit from risky play situations. Opportunities for risky play, however, have declined in the last decades. Based on interviews with parents, play professionals and municipal policymakers in the Netherlands, we illustrate how environments for children's (risky) play are produced through the interplay between these three g…
From energy to circularity
Island communities are widely recognized as frontrunners in sustainability transitions, often driven by cohesive social networks and a shared aspiration for self-sufficiency. This study investigates the Dutch Wadden island of Ameland, which has undergone a significant energy transition and is now pursuing both heat and circular transitions. The central focus of this research is on understanding higher-order learning—learning that transcends indiv…
Stigma, constraints and policy paralysis. Explaining local governments’ failure to deal with population decline
This practice review examines why local governments rarely develop explicit strategies to adapt to population decline, despite recognizing its consequences. Drawing on literature and field-based insights from Europe, we identify ten recurring conditions that hinder development of adaptation strategies. These conditions range from uncertainty about what an adaptation plan is, norms and stigma, temporal aspects, limited professional capacity, exter…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Geography (6 works) · Population (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works)