Projects
Climate change and the legitimacy challenge. An empirical investigation into the threat of climate change to perceived democratic legitimacy and potential procedural solutions. KU Leuven
Climate change poses a challenge for democratic governance: On the one hand, it is essential to get citizens on board with transformative policy decisions to deal with climate change. On the other hand, citizens might start to question the legitimacy of democratic institutions and demand new types of governance if they feel that existing institutions cannot adequately protect them from the consequences of climate change. This presents a ...
Climate Change and demographic behaviour: differential climate scenarios, fertility desires and intentions KU Leuven
Growing concerns about climate change and the environment, especially among younger people, challenges the sustainability of established habits and consumption patterns. This issue raises questions about its current and potential implications for family planning. Although the existing literature in this field is still limited and findings are mixed, preliminary findings suggest a negative relationship between reproductive intentions and ...
Untangling the impacts of technological transformations, globalisation and demographic change to foster shared prosperity in Europe KU Leuven
Technological transformations, globalisation and demographic changes are the three key mega-trends posing socio-economic challenges and opportunities for the EU. UNTANGLED aims to fill knowledge gaps about these trends by pursuing three main goals: (1) to provide detailed analyses at the macro-, regional-, sectoral-, and micro-level concerning the effects of these trends on labour market outcomes and inequality, and their winners and losers; ...
Climate change and migration: a qualitative comparative study on the perspectives of first generation migrants from Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Syria and Somalia living in Belgium. University of Antwerp
Demographic change, wealth distribution and long-run growth in general equilibrium Ghent University
This project studies the effects on (future) per capita economic growth of different drivers of demographic change and rising inequality in OECD countries. We focus on the effects of (i) declining fertility, (ii) rising life expectancy, (iii) skill-biased technical change and (iv) the intergenerational transmission of heterogeneous innate ability and accumulated financial wealth (bequests).
Methodologically, we construct, calibrate, ...
Climate change, news media and democratic debate: an investigation into frame sponsorship and media representation University of Antwerp
How demographic changes shape intergenerational solidarity, well-being and social integration: A multilinks framework. (MULTILINKS) University of Antwerp
Population structure, demographic stability and adaptive changes in two overexploited fish species; the European eel and common sole. KU Leuven
Implications of the shifting gender balance in education for family formation and family dissolution in Europe KU Leuven
A major development of the second half of the 20th century is the spectacular increase of participation in higher education by women. In Europe today, women excel men in terms of participation and success in higher education. Research on the social and demographic consequences of this major shift is rare. Therefore, this programme will address the consequences of changing gender patterns of education for reproductive behaviour, including ...