Projects
Traveling practices in education for democratic citizenship KU Leuven
Education for Citizenship and Democratic Thinking in Crisis Times. University of Antwerp
Bloody diversity. The transformative capacity of blood donation among ethnic minorities in redefining citizenship and solidarity in ethnically diverse societies. Ghent University
In Europe, blood for transfusion is collected by national blood establishments Stimulated by EU policy guidelines on voluntary non-remunerated blood donation, they seek to persuade the population by emphasizing blood donation as a citizenship virtue and act of solidarity Despite sufficient blood supply, blood establishments insufficiently reach ethnic minorities Existing research has mainly asked why minorities do not donate, identifying ...
The social dimension of European citizenship Ghent University
The research analyses the impact of European citizenship on the national systems of sociale protection. More specifically, attention will go to the legal implications of its role as the key to national solidarity mechanisms, the protection against 'welfare shopping', the possibilities for a future European legal framework and the significance for the competency and legitimacy of the European Union.
Project 820798; Programma Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) of the European Commission ‘Mind the Gap in Pensions: Simulation and knowledge dissemination on gender gaps, their underlying causes, and how they could be reduced’/Psychological Work Packag KU Leuven
In the EU, women’s pensions are on average lower than men’s. This Gender Pension Gap (GPG) has several causes, including the fact that women more often than men do not have a paid job, that women on average work fewer hours on the paid jobs that they have, and that women often receive lower wages. However, the relation between differences in earnings and labour market participation rates on the one hand and the GPG on the other hand is ...
Platform Citizenship - Platform design for a child participatory decision-making culture in Flanders in times of crisis HOGENT
Successfully mainstreaming gender in EU development cooperation and the role of the EU, the partner country and civil society: a best and worst cases analysis. University of Antwerp
Succesfully mainstreaming gender in Eu development cooperation and the role of the EU, the partner country and civil society. a best and worst ases analysis. Ghent University
The research seeks to which factors contribute to successful gender mainstreaming of EU development aid by analysing best and worst-case practices. The first hypothesis focuses on factors related to the preferences and intrests of the EU; the second hypothesis concentrates on internal political and goverance factors in the partner wountry; and the third hypothesis expolres the role of civil society.