Projects
NEWS DIVING: News Sentiment Diversity, Index construction and Generative models Ghent University
The digitalization of the media sector has disrupted the access to news News articles are now available at a large scale and low cost across many news sources In spite of the increase in news volume, economic agents often only consume news provided by a non-diversified subset of news sources The lack of diversification reveals itself in both the choice of topics covered and the sentiment used in the news articles This may lead to a biased ...
How do different schools deal with cultural diversity and (why) does it matter for achievement gaps? KU Leuven
Many countries face severe ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in education. Combining recent insights from educational sciences and social-cultural psychology, this project formulates a novel route to understand and tackle these disparities - a route that studies how a school’s diversity model (SDM; i.e., approach to diversity) impacts achievement via psychosocial mechanisms at the teacher and pupil levels. Specifically, we aim to identify ...
Sabbatical Maddy Janssens: Valorisation and Renewal of Diversity Research KU Leuven
My main scientific activity will be aimed at valorising my diversity research through writing a book. The set-up is an accessible but scientifically substantiated book that can sharpen the debate about diversity in Flanders (and the Netherlands) and provide a new form of diversity management. In this book, in addition to my voice, I want to bring out a variety of voices (minority groups, HR managers, policymakers, civil society,…) from ...
Sabbatical Karen Phalet: Making and unmaking boundaries: Diversity and inequality in European migration contexts.(BOUNDARIES) KU Leuven
During my sabbatical I want to develop interdisciplinary research on cultural border dynamics against the background of new forms of migration-related diversity and inequality in Europe. Building on cross-national and longitudinal data and studies with minorities and migrants in recent years, I want to put together empirical puzzle pieces in an integrative approach to border dynamics at the micro level (in ethnically diverse social ...
The influence of nutrient availability on plant production and on above- and belowground diversity across grasslands worldwide. University of Antwerp
The functional significance of the diversity in leaf-out phenology of forest trees for understorey plant communities Ghent University
Numerous experimental studies have showed that species diversity may influence ecosystem functioning. Yet, little is known about (1) the functional role of plant diversity in natural ecosystems, especially forests, (2) the importance of organisational levels of biodiversity other than species richness and (3) the relations between biotic groups. Here we will study how the variation in leaf-out timing between trees (U+201Cphenological ...
Measuring diversity and systematic risk from derivative market data and mapping to real-world probability statements KU Leuven
"Never put all your eggs in one basket". Most investors are well aware of this advice and often prefer to invest in a blend of different stocks. This is generally considered as a prudent and risk reducing strategy because losses caused by some of the assets may be countered by gains caused by others. However, periods of high market stress are typically linked to high levels of co-movement, implying that the diversification benefit is ...