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You will find Book Reviews, recently published articles and presentations at conferences. Your comments and requests for a speaker at conferences, workshops or other functions are welcomed.

Column "Cultural Clues" on Expatica.com
Hilly van Swol-Ulbrich hosts the new column "Cultural Clues".
http://www.expatica.com/
Earlier Issues:
Column "Cultural Clues": Do's and taboos of expat life
Column "Cultural Clues": The German Dress Code
Column "Cultural Clues": School's out for summer
Column "Cultural Clues": Relocating pre-schoolers
Column "Cultural Clues": Baby, you can drive my car
Column "Cultural Clues": Visiting the doctor
Column "Cultural Clues": How to find a job in Germany
Column "Cultural Clues": Are Germans Rude?
Column "Cultural Clues": The German job market
Column "Cultural Clues": Horses and courses in Germany
Column "Cultural Clues": Breaking up is so hard to do
Column "Cultural Clues": Young at heart
Column "Cultural Clues": Trials and tribulations of expat life
Column "Cultural Clues": What is good for the goose - is good for the gander?
Column "Cultural Clues": To speak or not to speak
Column "Cultural Clues": Do Germans have a sense of humour?
Column "Cultural Clues": Love on the run
Column "Cultural Clues": Tour de Germany
Column "Cultural Clues": Can love conquer cultural differences?


Third Culture Kids (TCKs) - Come of Age
Article of Ann Baker Cottrell, Department of Sociology San Diego State University
Article as PDF

"Der Mythos vom flexiblen Kind stimmt nicht"
Interview mit Hilly van Swol, erschienen im St. Galler Tagblatt, 11. Mai 2004
Article on tagblatt.ch
Article as PDF

An asset overlooked
International workers need more support
Article on faz.com
Article as PDF

Global Connection magazine
the new benmark for Expat Partners
Article by Hilly van Swol: Ready to set standards? [PDF] http://www.global-connection.info

Inaugerial Copy Of The Globility
Featuring our article on Transitioning Abroad, March 2004
Article on erc.org    Article as PDF

Interview with CLO Frankfurt on Expatraite Spouses
Community Liaison Office American Consulate
interview_clo.pdf

International School Guide 2004
For Expat Parents on the transition process off Expat Kids
international_school_magazine.pdf

Low cost- high yield
A little innovation goes a long way
Articel on Expatica.com   Article as PDF

Expatriate tools in place?
Improve the acceptance within your organisation!
HR-TheToolsAreThere.pdf

The pressures of a foreign assignment
Article on Expatica.com
pressure_of_a_foreign_assignment.pdf

"The Cold Feet Expatriate"
How HR managers face changing needs in their Expatriate Population
Cold_Feet_Expatriate.pdf

Sustainable International Mobility and Expatriate Children
How to help families meet the challenge of moving abroad
xpat_journal_june_6th_2003.pdf

ECIS international school magazine
For teachers working with expat kids
Coming_in_from_the_cold.pdf

Umzug ins Ausland - "Ori und Ricki"
Der Möbelspediteur, Magazin des Bundesverbandes Möbelspedition
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ERC (Employee Relocation Council)
Mobility Magazine, "Camp Expat - Transitioning Children Abroad" by Hilly van Swol-Ulbrich.
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Diplomatisches Magazin
Besprechung des Buches "Ori und Ricki"
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Wirtschaftswoche - Buchempfehlung
"Ein Herz für Kinder", WiWo Nr. 45
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Newsweek International Magazine - Lifestyles
"Always Home - Third Culture Kids"
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PERSONAL - Zeitschrift für Human Resource Management
Rezension "Andere Länder, andere Kinder"
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AHK - Deutsch-Irische Industrie- und Handelskammer
German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Yearbook 2003; When families move abroad
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Expat Kids - Empower Them
Article published by BritishExpat.com
http://www.britishexpat.com/expat_services/expatkids.htm

How to manage the family issues when moving abroad
Corporate Relocation News article
http://www.bound4.com/b4/b4home.asp?sid=208

Expatica.com HR Forum
An interview on how to successfully respond to the needs of Expat Kids
http://www.expatica.com/hr.asp?pad=234,344,&item_id=25680

Foreign Service of the USA
A book review by Kay Branaman Eakin, President of the Foreign Service Youth Foundation
http://www.aafsw.org/

HR Conference "Best Practises on managing your international Workforce"
A report on key note speaker van Swol-Ulbrich
http://www.expatica.com/hr.asp?pad=232,239,&item_id=27158

Book review by Mary van der Boon
Straight from a highly respected interculturalist, long term expat and mother!
xpatjournal.pdf

Going Global
Erfolgreich im Ausland, Interview mit Hilly van Swol
goingglobal2.PDF

Sprachhexen.com für Deutschen im Ausland
Buchsprechung unter der Rubrik mehrsprachige Erziehung
sprachhexen.PDF

Going Global
Artikel "Erste Schritte für kleine Expats"
goingglobal1.PDF

Institut für Interkulturelles Managament (IFIM)
"Kinder aufs Ausland vorbereiten" ein Konzeptanalyse
ifim.PDF