Polli Hagenaars
Healthcare Psychologist in Amsterdam-Netherlands, Convenor of the Board of Human Rights and Psychology, European Federation of Phsychologists’ Associations, (EFPA)
+31 628920487
polli.hagenaars@gmail.com
Biography
- By profession I am a practicing qualified and registered healthcare psychologist in Amsterdam-NL;
- Within the EFPA I am convenor of the Board Human Rights & Psychology (BoHR&Psy); the BoHR&Psy develops human rights policies for psychologists and psychologists’ associations;
- Currently I am organizing an expert meeting Human Rights Education for Psychologists in cooperation with the EIUC in Venice;
- Social inclusion/exclusion has been my major professional theme throughout my career:
- practicing in schools for Special Education,
- teaching and developing curricula on ‘Transcultural Pedagogy’ at university colleges,
- acting as a consultant to the municipality of The Hague for combating racism in the educational system,
- by my own institute -C5- I was a consultant and trainer for diversity policies,
- chairing the division ‘Interculturalization’ of the Netherlands Institute of Psychologists and organizing two conferences on exclusion/inclusion.
- Editor of a recently published book ‘Identity: exclusion or inclusion
European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations