Publications
Hidden homelessness: A scoping review and avenues for further inquiry KU Leuven University of Antwerp
Traditional interpretations of homelessness focus on people living on the streets or in shelters. However, homelessness encompasses many more living situations. This article reports on a scoping review of studies on hidden homelessness. A systematic search in scientific databanks was combined with an exploration of Google Scholar. The results of the review reveal a lack of consensus regarding the definition of the concept. Moreover, since most ...
Development of an intervention (PICASO) to optimise the palliative care capacity of social workers in Flanders: a study protocol based on phase I of the Medical Research Council framework KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel
INTRODUCTION: An important challenge for future palliative care delivery is the growing number of people with palliative care needs compared with the limited qualified professional workforce. Existing but underused professional potential can further be optimised. This is certainly the case for social work, a profession that fits well in multidisciplinary palliative care practice but whose capacities remain underused. This study aims to optimise ...
Het analyseren van verantwoordingspraktijken vanuit een micro-institutionele en relationele lens. Een cross-nationale casestudie naar verantwoordingspraktijken in het sociaal werk. KU Leuven
Based on a review of the social work literature, we identified three gaps in research onaccountability:1. The conceptualisation of accountability is one-sidedly framed in new publicmanagement theory. This is problematic in two ways. Firstly, new public managementdoes not provide a solution for accountability of social work practice. It underminesthe professionalism of social workers and is a bad fit with the relational and complexnature of ...
InclusiVaart. (Re)defining shared neighbourhood spaces KU Leuven
Cities and dense urban areas are dynamic environments, always adapting to changing circumstances and shocks, such as the recent Covid-19 pandemic. The Canal Bowl (or de Vaartkom in Dutch), a neighbourhood in Leuven, provides an interesting case study, having undergone a drastic transformation in the past two decades from a dilapidated industrial zone to residential quarter and cultural hotspot. This has introduced a demographic shift, which ...
(Re-)Imagining Neighbourhood Spaces from a Transdisciplinary, Inclusive Research Perspective: The Vaartkom Case KU Leuven
Cities and dense urban areas are dynamic environments, always adapting to changing circumstances and shocks, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The Vaartkom (or the Canal Bowl in English), a neighbourhood in Leuven, provides an interesting case study, having undergone a drastic transformation in the past two decades from a dilapidated industrial zone to mixed neighbourhood and cultural hotspot. This has introduced renewed and ongoing ...