Projects
Disconnect to connect - disconnection as group or institutional behavior KU Leuven
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become indispensable in our work, school, and family environments. Despite benefits, recent research points at risks following from being ‘permanently connected’. Scholars and practitioners increasingly suggest ‘digital disconnection’ as a solution: By placing (temporary) limits on ict usage, people might reclaim control over productivity, social relationships, and well-being. While the ...
At the edge of existence: Unravelling the associations between existential suffering, disconnection and geriatric depression in nursing home residents KU Leuven
Alarming high prevalence rates of depression are reported among nursing home residents (NHRs) (4% to 25% for major depression) which is twice as high as for community-dwelling older adults. Etiological factors for late life depression often reflect reasons for a nursing home (NH) transition (e.g., physical disability, functional impairment) but these factors do not fully explain the elevated prevalence of depressive symptoms. Simultaneously ...
Digital Well-Being in an ‘Always-on’ Society: Toward Conceptual Clarification and Empirical Evidence on the Relationship Between Digital Disconnection and Psychological Well-Being. KU Leuven
Stumbling over wireless internet? Digital disconnection as a remedy for (techno)stress while maintaining positive outcomes of ICT usage by workers KU Leuven
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) significantly altered our working lives. They advanced effectiveness and flexibility, yet also fuel techno-invasion, techno-overload and decrease employee well-being. However, despite booming scientific research on ICTs use by employees, remarkably little is known about non/limited use. Therefore, this project develops insight in digital disconnecting to decrease negative outcomes while ...
Stumbling over wireless internet? Digital disconnection as a remedy for (techno)stress while maintaining positive outcomes of ICT usage by workers. KU Leuven
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) significantly altered our working lives. They advanced effectiveness and flexibility, yes also fuel techno-invasion, techno-overload and decrease employee well-being. However, despite booming scientific research on ICTs use by employees, remarkably little is known about non/limited use. Therefore, this project develops insight in digital disconnecting to decrease negative outcomes while ...
Making Amnesty international: connections, disconnections, and the uneven geography of international human rights, 1961-2001 KU Leuven
How does an organisation become international? How does it overcome the political, social, economic, cultural and material barriers to transnational collaboration - and what happens when it can't overcome them? This project explores this question by taking a global look at the creation of Amnesty International, one of the most well-known international non-governmental organisations in the world. This project will map the development of ...