TRANSITIONS

Abstract There is a pressing need for transformative change, with a vision of long-term human well-being within planetary boundaries. The lack of progress—despite increasing awareness and action—illustrates how challenging it is to foster change in our complex global society. Education and learning are needed to enable change. Transdisciplinary learning, which meaningfully integrates diverse knowledge and perspectives, contributes to developing an integrative understanding—a necessity for tackling complex challenges. We explore how transdisciplinary learning for early-career researchers can foster transformative change and lead to increased biodiversity conservation. This paper focuses on a case study of the authors’ shared experiences during the 2021 Alternet Summer School, which focused on transformative change for biodiversity conservation and human well-being. In this introspective research, we gained insights through an online survey for participants and organizers of the summer school ( n = 27). Using qualitative content analysis, we identify seven crucial elements of transdisciplinary learning which can lead to transformative change on (a) a personal level, as the learning process shifts values and helps researchers identify their roles; (b) a research level, by rethinking science and providing tools for transdisciplinary approaches, and (c) a societal level, by moving from the individual to the collective and constructing a shared vision for a sustainable future. Participants highlighted how changes on all these levels could benefit biodiversity conservation. These insights point to the benefit of transdisciplinary learning opportunities that empower young researchers to take up their part in fostering transformative change.

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has affected the practice of physiotherapy, and telerehabilitation (TR) may be seen as an alternative model of care if it is accepted by patients and physiotherapists. This study investigates the perceived usefulness of TR and the intention to use it among physiotherapists and patients from Belgium and France concerned with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) during the pandemic period. METHODS: An online questionnaire based on the technology-acceptance model was designed. Sociodemographic data were collected and Likert scales were proposed to assess perceived ease-of-use, perceived usefulness and intention to use TR. Data were collected between 17 January and 17 March 2021; 68 patients and 107 physiotherapists answered. RESULTS: In total, 88% of patients and 76% physiotherapists had not used TR at the time they answered. Only 12% of patients and 1% of physiotherapists are willing to use TR, and 50% of physiotherapists think they will never use TR compared to 25% of patients. A total of 98% of participants agreed that they had a good mastery of the technological tools requested. CONCLUSIONS: Physiotherapists are more reluctant to use TR than patients, regardless of convincing EBM results. This is related to their own representation of proper MSD management, which must include the use of hands-on techniques.

ABSTRACT Employment policies are central to contemporary social models. According to liberal democratic principles, public debate around policies must be characterized by politicization, understood as a discursive process marked by contingency and controversy. Given the far‐reaching transformations in employment policies, this study examines how they are (de)politicized in Belgian and French television news through a framing analysis of coverage from three points in time: 1995–96, 2005–06, and 2019. We then test differences between countries, time points, and speaker types using multinomial analysis. The results show that discourses are predominantly depoliticized, without significant country differences, but a decrease in the share of depoliticized frames over time. Moreover, trade unions and policy beneficiaries are more likely to produce politicized discourse as compared to other types of actors. These findings raise questions about the democratic quality of policy‐making for employment and challenge taken‐for‐granted conceptions of liberal democratic theory. Related Articles Anderson , L. 2014. “Review Essay: Nordic Welfare and U.S. Employment Policy: Public Policies That Reflect Equality as a Normative Political Value.” Politics & Policy 42, no. 3: 459–473. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12075 . Son, J. W. 2020. “Welfare States With Work: Government Partisanship and Policy Responsiveness in the Netherlands.” Politics & Policy 48, no. 3: 525–549. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12356 . Dekker, F. 2010. “Self‐Employed Without Employees: Managing Risks in Modern Capitalism.” Politics & Policy 38, no. 4: 765–788. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747‐1346.2010.00257.x .

En 1995, les entreprises de travail adapté (ETA) voient le jour en Belgique. Ces lieux doivent permettre une inclusion sur le marché du travail des personnes en situation de handicap. Les parcours professionnels se construisent au fil du handicap, mais également en fonction du positionnement de l’ETA sur un continuum organisationnel qui oscille entre bienveillance et productivité. Cette enquête qualitative réalisée dans un ETA en Belgique francophone montre combien le vieillissement au travail ne peut se résumer à une question d’âge, mais doit être considéré de manière complexe en tenant compte de l’ensemble du parcours de vie ainsi que des structures organisationnelles dans lesquelles ils prennent place. Les récentes transformations du secteur risquent bien de renforcer les contraintes de rentabilité et conduire de facto à un risque accru de sortie prématurée de l’emploi de cette population déjà fragilisée.