Beyond the Greedy Institution

Some time ago i (Rene Moelker) had the idea of starting a project "beyond the greedy institution" because modern Armed Forces are more and more permeable and fluid. In a post-covid era i would like to pursue on the idea of "opening up Armed Forces". Soeters' inaugural lecture, some 30 years ago, mentions the metaphor of the Armed Forces being like an "impermeable". Now this metaphor is losing its sway over the organization. For military families this goes in a double sense, because families also are more and more fluid. Not fixed to one format and one format only. In war and conflict Armed Forces and families suffer casualties and greedy institutions still demand the ultimate sacrifice with tremendous human costs. In other conditions the work/life balance needs to be respected for a multitude of reasons (o.a. retention) These developments require new theoretical building blocks, new research, and researchers thinking out of the box using all the tools of serendipity they can apply.