Projects
Is a work strategy for reducing child poverty amongst disabled children effective or a shot misfired? An empirical exploration of child poverty, childhood disability and the work-care nexus in Flanders. University of Antwerp
Is a work strategy for reducing child poverty amongst disabled children effective or a shot misfired? An empirical exploration of child poverty, childhood disability and the work-care nexus in Flanders. University of Antwerp
The pre-industrial transformation of boys' labour. From learning through apprenticeships to being employed as an unskilled, cheap workforce? (1550 – 1800). University of Antwerp
Collective labour rights for self-employed workers: A human rights-based approach of platform work KU Leuven
My research will focus on the human rights protection of self-employed workers, and specially on workers engaged in the so-called platform economy. This is because they often find themselves in the grey zone between employment and self-employment, an issue that it is certainly not novel. The widespread use of freelance jobs entails the risk of leaving such workers outside the scope of protection of fundamental human rights. Indeed, for ...
Understanding family separation in the context of live-in child domestic work- A qualitative study in Karnataka, India KU Leuven
This doctoral study focuses on the process of family separation that is experienced by live-in child domestic workers and their families in India. Indeed, child domestic workers who live at their employer’s homes often face long-term separation from their families. The child may be employed in a home far away from where the family resides (in different cities or states), and in many instances the child and the family may be unaware of where ...
Income in utero and early childhood and child development KU Leuven
Motherhood and maternity leave: effects and responses from workers and firms in the presence of informal labor markets KU Leuven
Despite important progress in the past 50 years, there remain large
gaps in employment and earnings between men and women. Recent
literature has shown that part of these gaps start after the birth of the
first child, with large effects on short and long run employment and
earnings of women. While some of this motherhood effect can be
explained by intrahousehold labor supply decisions, less is known
how firms ...
When Brussels trade politics and farm economics meet: Do EU trade agreements enhance social development in the Global South. Ghent University
This interdisciplinary project aims to bridge these two disconnected fields of research. Combining political science
to study the motivations behind EU-decisions (= Brussels) on social trade conditionality with agricultural
economics to study the effects of trade conditions on micro(= farm and farm worker) level, we aim to reach
a more profound understanding of how trade arrangements can contribute to social ...
Sustainable Sourcing of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables from Senegal KU Leuven
Rural development can be a major welfare catalyst for rural Sub-Saharan African regions, as more than 80% of the poor live in rural areas and derive their livelihoods from a limited range of (on-farm) activities. Rural development – an umbrella term for all activities, programs and strategies that target to improve the livelihoods of rural households – comprises both agricultural and non-agricultural development, and can be triggered through ...