A year-long investigation into coercive behaviour within education across the Netherlands and the UK. Stories, research, and accountability, from the people who were rarely asked.
The Investigation
Coercive Behaviour Within Education: Who Gets to Decide?
A year-long investigation across the Netherlands and the UK, collecting the stories of students, parents, teachers, and professionals who have experienced, witnessed, or questioned decisions that may have caused harm within education. Four examples shape the inquiry:
When a professional's words become the parent's position
Parents ask for adjustments to accommodate their child. The school reframes those requests as the parents' 'vision' and uses it as grounds for rejection. Who gave permission to redefine what was asked?
When a biological need becomes a disciplinary issue
A teenage girl needs more than four minutes for a toilet break because she is menstruating. She takes longer and receives detention. Who decides four minutes is enough?
When equipment becomes a reason for punishment
A student receives detention for arriving without the correct pencils. What is being taught when punishment harms a student's ability to participate more than the missing pencils ever could?
When a teacher wants to help but feels unable to
A teacher recognises a student needs support but feels unable to act because of expectations from higher up. Who is accountable when meeting institutional requirements overrides the student's needs?
Donation Perks
Six Books. Yours When You Support.
Every contribution goes toward the investigation and the publications it produces. Five books are available now; the sixth, the full investigation, opens for pre-order in January 2027.
What is Allowed to Become Action
The Thesis
Available nowThe Neuron Doctrine
A Critical Edition
Available nowBrilliantly Unbalanced
Volume One
Available nowUnderstanding Burnout
Field Notes
Available nowThe School of Abnormal
A Reader
Available nowCoercive Behaviour Within Education
The Investigation
Available January 2027Explore
Research
Long Read
Research
Short Read
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EN / NL
Dictionary
DARVO and Epistemic Injustice
The Sessions
Stories
School of Abnormal
Education
Understanding Burnout
Research
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