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Item Eternal Possibilities: Aristotle’s Metaphysics Θ8 in Avicenna’s Metaphysics of the Healing(2026-03-13)Avicenna’s most influential work, the Metaphysics of the Healing, is deeply indebted to Aristotle’s Metaphysics, which is quoted and referenced throughout. This thesis investigates the influence of book Θ of Aristotle’s Metaphysics ─the book concerned with the concepts of potentiality and actuality─ on Avicenna’s conception of these terms in his Ilāhiyyāt of the Šifāʾ. Aristotle's most important argument in Θ is that actuality is prior to potentiality in three distinct ways: in time, in account, and in being. Avicenna likewise defends the priority of actuality over potentiality. However, this thesis will argue that Avicenna expands Aristotle’s definition of priority in being, and that he modifies Aristotle’s arguments in order to accommodate his equation of the notions of potentiality and possibility in Ilāhiyyāt IV.2.Item Discipline, ontscholing en subjectificatie: Een educatieve analyse van Foucault, Illich en Biesta(2026-03-04)In deze scriptie wordt er een korte weergave gegeven van de ideeën van Foucault, Illich en Biesta en wordt er vervolgens gekeken in hoeverre Biesta de analyses en kritieken van Foucault en Illich tegemoetkomt.Item Sowing seeds of change(2025-07-02)Smallholder farmers are widely recognized as the heart and engine of the global food system, but constitute a large portion of the world’s poor. Although many interventions claim to ‘empower’ smallholder farmers, their actual impact remains contested. Existing literature yet fails to capture an understanding of the structural mechanisms and constraints that shape empowerment. This research explores why financial interventions in emerging markets fail to effectively empower smallholder farmers and drive systemic change. Data is collected through 14 semi-structured interviews with 16 respondents, six documents, and three observations. Results show that smallholder farmers’ agency is constrained not only by limited access, but by a lack of autonomy and control, shaped by the institutional logics and interests guiding financial interventions. Empowerment and systemic change are not guaranteed outcomes, but depend on how these interventions restructure institutional conditions. The research contributes to institutional work literature by challenging the rigid conceptualization of institutional work, and to empowerment literature by showing how institutional work can be the missing link in understanding why certain interventions fail to empower and drive systemic change. This suggests a shift in policy from interventions focused on access towards approaches that strengthen agency, through coordinated multi-actor engagement and alignment of institutional logics and interestsItem Strategic divergence: How NGOs navigate Human Rights Due Diligence in France and Norway(2025-07-11)This thesis examines how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) strategically engage with Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) laws in France and Norway. Through a comparative qualitative design, the study explores how institutional contexts shape NGO behavior in response to the French duty of Vigilance Law and the Norwegian Transparency act. Drawing on document analysis and expert interviews, the study shows that NGOs in France tend to adopt adversarial strategies such as legal recourse and public advocacy, reflecting the country’s legalistic and corporatist regime. In contrast, Norwegian NGOs rely more on collaborative and trust-based strategies, consistent with a consensus-oriented welfare state. These findings are analyzed through the lens of institutional theory, particularly mechanisms of coercive, normative, and mimetic isomorphism. The study contributes to existing literature by highlighting how civil society actors don’t merely respond to regulation but actively shape its implementation in institutional context-specific ways. Ultimately, this thesis enhances our understanding of how national institutional environments influence NGO strategies and the broader governance of corporate accountability.Item Does tone matter? The effect of tone of voice and the moderating role of failure severity in service recovery(2025-06-24)This study investigates how two types of tone of voice (CHV vs. corporate voice) interact with the severity of a service failure (high vs. low) to influence customer perceptions of interactional justice and sincerity. Drawing on Justice theory and prior service recovery literature, this research examines the effectivity of CHV in varying failure severity situations. An experimental design was used to examine how different combinations of tone of voice and failure severity affects participants’ perceptions. Results show no significant differences between CHV and corporate voice in interactional justice and perceived sincerity. Furthermore, no significant interaction effect was found between tone of voice and failure severity. However, a difference in perceived sincerity was found between CHV and corporate voice, but due to the significance level this finding must reviewed carefully. These findings contribute to the growing body of service recovery literature by highlighting the contextual effectiveness of tone of voice in digital complaint handling, offering both theoretical and practical implications for customer service strategies
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