Religious and cultural influences on children's identity development
This project is currently running within the research pillar Belonging of the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 strategic theme Dynamics of Youth.
Title:
Religious and cultural influences on children's identity development during government interventions.
Summary:
Child protection measures often involve families with a minority religious faith or cultural background. Examples include a boy born in the Netherlands to Turkish parents being placed in a lesbian foster family, or legal disputes between divorced parents concerning the choice of school for their children. Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children for religious reasons and children who are raised in religious sects are other examples of causes for concern.
From a legal and sociological, philosophical, ethical and developmental-psychological perspective, the project explores the question of how the government deals with children's cultural and religious identity when it intervenes. The aim is to develop an ethical framework that can be used by government officials.
Main applicant:
(Professor in International and Comparative Private Law and Family Law; Law, Economics and Governance)
Co-applicants:
(Humanities)
(Social and Behavioural Sciences)
(Humanities)
(Law, Economics and Governance)
(Law, Economics and Governance)
Funding:
Dynamics of Youth call Seed Money 2013
Read more about the research pillar Belonging.