Passive forms in writing
Much like the -- in my view wrong -- idea that scientific writing goes without the first person, I regularly come across the idea that the passive form should be avoided at
On writing
An overwhelming amount of guides can be found on the internet about how to write a proper paper. Most of them are quite useful, and probably most of them at least contain something that I do wrong all the time. Hence, this text is not written with the pretention to provide the conclusive guide to writing college papers. It is written because the things I see many of my students do wrong, are so stereotypical, and easy to prevent.
On reading
If the genie granted me one wish for a skill that I could send back to the past to my younger self, it would probably be: reading.
Risk identities: constructing actionable problems in Dutch youth
, “Risk identities: constructing actionable problems in Dutch youth”, in Digitizing Identities, New York: Routledge, 2016, pp. 103-124.
