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
Childhood disability as a double disadvantage? An empirical investigation into poverty measurement, poverty trends and policy impacts among children with disabilities across European welfare states KU Leuven
Child poverty rates are alarmingly high and have increased in many European welfare states. Simultaneously, the prevalence of children with disabilities has also been rising. In the existing literature, it is assumed that disabled children are more likely to grow up poor than non-disabled children. This begs the question whether the rising prevalence of disabled children accounts for the rising trends in child poverty, which can only be ...
Identifying key mechanisms in the mobility out of poverty of poor single-parent families throughout intergenerational dimensions of time Ghent University
Child poverty is a persistent social problem and constitutes an important subject of social work research.. This research project aims to examine which agency and strategies are developed by single mothers, children and social workers and experienced as supportive in order to realize the mobility of single mothers and children out of poverty through intergenerational dimensions of time.
Unravelling the poverty risk of children with a disability: an empirical inquiry into the role of measurement, mechanisms and policies KU Leuven
Prior studies showed that children with a disability are more likely to grow up poor. This is related to the fact that these families 1) face extra out-of-pocket costs, 2) need to provide more care which impedes parental employment and 3) often have a disadvantaged social background. However, surprisingly little research has been conducted in the social policy literature on the link between childhood disability and child poverty, its ...
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 ...
Child-directed speech and language development: hearing children of different SES backgrounds and deaf children with a cochlear implant. University of Antwerp
Maternal antibodies as early biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder Hasselt University
Deciphering the complexity of peanut allergy: shifting paradigms about basophilic activation and inhibition mechanisms. University of Antwerp
Learning faces from DNA KU Leuven
The problem of recovering the geometric structure of the human face from DNA is an important instance of genotype-to-phenotype mapping, one of the Holy Grails of modern genetics. Successfully solving it leads to a breakthrough in many applications, ranging from personalized medicine to biometrics and forensics. However, the problem is complex involving the joint modelling of known and unknown associated genetic interactions with related ...