Researcher

Elke Claessens

Research Expertise:- Research expertise concerning divorce, in particular regarding child maintenance and the residence arrangement of children after relationship dissolution. These topics have been worked on within the research projects FiTTiF (Families in transition) and Family 2.0, and from both a quantitative (longitudinal analysis on register and survey data) and qualitative angle (analysis of in-depth interviews with Grounded Theory). - Research expertise in the context of satisfaction surveys. Experience was gained in the organization of these surveys for external parties, i.e. the Flemish Fire Brigade and the COV. - Experience in the context of project management for the project Separation in Flanders. - Teaching experience concerning advanced statistics and research methodology.

Keywords:CHILD SUPPORT, MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS, DIVORCE, FAIRNESS, QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, RESIDENCY ARRANGEMENT, Political and social sciences

Disciplines:Applied sociology, Demography, Policy and administration, Social change, Social psychology, Social stratification, Social theory and sociological methods, Sociology of life course, family and health, Other sociology and anthropology

Research techniques:Software: SPSS, SAS, NViVO, Endnote Quantitative methods: descriptive statistics, multivariate statistics (particularly multilevel analysis, structural equation modelling, longitudinal analysis, regression analysis, factor analysis) Qualitative methods: in-depth interviews, qualitative coding and analysis (Ground Theory method)

Users of research expertise:- Policy makers - Researchers in the social sciences - Study bureaus - Non-academic organisations with academic research needs