Projects
FWO travel grant for a long stay abroad at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada Hasselt University
The spending behaviour of the European political parties (2004-2016) KU Leuven
In his State of the Union speech in 2017, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker announced new funding rules for European political parties and foundations. This dissertation focuses on this revision of the regulatory framework, which was completed in 2018. The main objective is to explain this change of the rules, both regarding timing and content.
After a general introduction in the first chapter of the dissertation, ...
Towards a richer approach of work-life practices. A multiple stakeholder perspective. Hasselt University
Multinationals in Europe between flexibility and security. A comparative study on the implementation and the impact of 'flexicurity' practices at the company level. KU Leuven
Participatory decision-making in activation: contradictio in terminis or conditio sine qua non? KU Leuven
Over the past decades implementation and street-level bureaucracy research has shown forcefully that policy implementation is an integral part of the political policy process as a result of the discretion of street-level bureaucrats. For instance in the field of activation policy multiple studies have shown how caseworkers assign more resources to unemployed clients who have higher chances on the labour market (creaming) and park others (e.g. ...
The geographical strategy of parties in the candidate selection process: the Belgian political parties in the election of the Belgian Chamber (1987-2010) KU Leuven
When Belgian voters go to the polling booth on election day, they are presented with a set of candidate lists of different political parties. Voters know that they can either cast a list vote, which implies that they endorse the party list in its entirety, or they can cast an individual preferential vote for one or several candidates from the same list. What most voters are unaware of, however, is the amount of effort and preparation that ...