Projects
Subtle discrimination of ethnic minority and disabled employees at work: Reconnecting inter-individual experiences to macrostructures of inequality Hasselt University
An ethnography of the importance of a particular school and broader social contexts in the development of ethnic stereotypes and experiences of racism and discrimination with secondary school students in Flanders. Ghent University
This study relies on ethnographic research in two Flemish secondary schools to explore ethnic minority students’ experiences with racism and discrimination, the ethnic stereotypes majority and minority groups develop of each other and the factors and processes explaining differences in experiences with racism ena discrimination and ethnic stereotyping.
Discrimination on the private rental market in Belgium. Strategies and rationales of private landlords and real estate agents to exclude ethnic minorities and low income households. KU Leuven
Discrimination is a persistent issue in various societal fields, including the housing market. This PhD project focuses on the discrimination of ethnic minorities and low income households on the private rental market in Belgium. Taking the perspective of landlords and real estate agents as a point of departure, the project studies how discrimination occurs throughout the entire rental procedure.
More precisely, this PhD project wishes ...
EdisTools: Explaining and reducing discrimination of ethnic minority patients in healthcare Ghent University
EdisTools: How can we explain and reduce ethnic discrimination by teachers in secondary education in Flanders? Ghent University
Ethnic Residential Segration in Belgium: testing and adjusting the Ecological Perspective, Spatial Assimilation and the Discrimination Theory. Ghent University
This research aims at extending the scientific knowledge about the causes of ethnic residential segregation (ERS). More specifically, three traditional (American) theories to explain ERS are tested in and adjusted to the Belgian context. These three theories are the Ecological Perspective, the Spatial Assimilation Thoery and the Discrimination theory.
On the same campus? Acculturation, discrimination and intergroup relations between Turkish and Belgian descent university students KU Leuven
Much research has been devoted to investigating the acculturation processes of the children of immigrants in Western Europe. One particular focus has been on the acculturation of children of Turkish immigrants, with a significant degree of scholarly attention paid to debates on integration and education. The present dissertation offers a contribution to this scholarly debate by analysing the acculturation experiences and perspectives of both ...