Aart G. Broek

Aart G. Broek, PhD (Netherlands, 1954), received his academic training as sociologist and literary scholar; has worked as independent academic, teacher, and consultant, as such in the Dutch Caribbean from 1981 through 2001. In 1990 he received his PhD from the Free University in Amsterdam. He has published extensively on Dutch Caribbean social, political, and cultural matters. In his research and advisory profession Broek has concentrated on the social emotion of “shame”, more specifically on the impact of shaming, society wide, in organisations and on an individual case-by-case basis.