Research Group Debt and Debt Collection
People who have debts are often embroiled in a complex situation. In order to really help them, specific knowledge and skills are a necessity. In the interest of further developing professional practice, the Research group Debt and Debt Collection conducts research in collaboration with debt counselling organisations and collection agencies.
Lines of research within the research group
The impact of financial scarcity on lifestyle
ProjectObstructive situations of financial scarcity can explain an unhealthy lifestyle. Will improving financial scarcity bring a lot of health benefits?
Education
The Research group Debt and Debt Collection strives to substantiate higher professional education in the field of debt in various ways. We contribute to the development of modules and lessons, provide training to lecturers and design teaching materials. We also work together with other universities of applied sciences.
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Collaboration
The research group works closely with professional practice. For our research projects, we collaborate with, among others: Branchevereniging voor schuldhulpverlening en sociaal bankieren (The Association for debt counselling and social banking, NVVK), Royal Professional Organization of Judicial Officers in The Netherlands (KBvG), Kennisplatform Utrecht Sociaal, Nationaal Instituut Budgetvoorlichting (The National Institute for Budget Information) (Nibud), Municipalities and municipal organisations such as Utrecht, Werk and Inkomen Lekstroom, Avres, Drechtsteden, Zwolle and Divosa.
