Projects
In-Group Collaboration in Postcolonial Contexts: Anthologies and the Remediation of Displacement KU Leuven
This thesis is part of the interdisciplinary ERC Starting Grant Project COLLAB: “Collaborative Practices of Making Literature in Contexts of Displacement and Migration” at the KU Leuven English Literature/Translation Studies departments. Within COLLAB, the thesis is centred in a context of comparative world literature focusing on authorship, mediation and transnational collaboration through a postcolonial lens. Expanding on the term ...
Forced evictions and displacement; Patterns, processes and implications on the right to adequate housing for the urban poor in Nairobi, Kenya KU Leuven
This research project focuses on the relationship between forced evictions, displacement, and the right to adequate housing in low-income neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya. The study investigates the historical context of forced evictions, and how they intersect with urban governance, policies, and global capital flows. Additionally, the research explores different forms of resistance to forced evictions and assesses their effectiveness in ...
The Power of the Bakwits: Towards a Theological Ethics of Displacement and Encounter KU Leuven
“Righting” the Black Atlantic: Expatriate African American Writing for an Age of Involuntary Displacement KU Leuven
Starting from the observation that the critical vocabulary for transnational mobility is not adapted to the current unprecedented numbers of involuntarily displaced persons worldwide, this project aims to develop a novel account of the relation between mobility, literature, and human rights. More specifically, it updates the generative notion of the "Black Atlantic" by foregrounding the understudied role of juridical realities and imaginaries ...
Linguistic Displacement in Contemporary Theatre and Performance Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Forced Displacement Urbanisms: Territorial Biographies and Contemporary Narratives in the Syrian Refugee Camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq KU Leuven
The past decade has witnessed one of the largest forced movements (internal and external) produced by armed conflict recorded, in particular, Syria (armed conflict) and Iraq (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and internal feuds). The anthropologist Michel Agier (2008) read this phenomenon as the image of the 21st century where “a world of displaced and refugees (is) being created before our eyes” (Agier, 2008). This ‘world’ has ...
Bitter Sugar and Sweet Subsistence in Northern Uganda: How a History of Forced Displacement Shapes One CommunityU+2019s Fears of Agribusiness Development Ghent University
Labor Market Dynamics, Refugee Integration, and Social Cohesion in Conflict and Displacement Contexts KU Leuven
This doctoral research explores the consequences of forced displacement and dynamics around refugees’ and hosts’ interaction in the labor market, as well as the building of social cohesion in complex contexts. The findings show that hosts experience either positive or null impacts on their welfare and labor markets outcomes when hosting refugees, while some are able to seize the opportunities arising from an increase in demand for goods and ...