Projects
ECRP Master Class 'The Politics of Attention: West European politics in times of change'. University of Antwerp
Between European Values, Contestation and Survival: the Changing Law and Politics of a Geopolitical European Union (CHANGE) KU Leuven
The present research project “Between European Values, Contestation and Survival: the Changing Law and Politics of Geo-Political Europe” (CHANGE) investigates the relationship between the ever stronger geostrategic and geopolitical orientation of the European Union (EU or Union) on the one hand, and the effects thereof on law and politics in the multi-level governance of the EU on the other hand. The project starts from the assumption that a ...
Anti-populist discourse in European politics and media Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Determinants of Candidate Turnover in European Established Democracies with a List-PR Electoral System. Discovering The Secret Garden of Politics KU Leuven
The main goal of this thesis is to understand renewal dynamics on candidate lists that are presented to the voters by the parties on election day in European established democracies with a list-PR electoral system. Candidate turnover functions as a barometer for the dynamic character of legislative elections. It is related to (1) the adaptiveness of political parties towards the electorate, which can also connect traditionally ...
Anti-populist discourse in European politics and media (OZR EU BONUS) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Politics and governance of circular plastics economy in the European Union Ghent University
The European Union has made the development of a circular economy one of the central ambitions
of its Green Deal, in which plastics are a defined priority. The current policies, however, have drawn
criticism that the narrow focus on techno-innovation opportunities and economic growth falls short to
address multifaceted socio-ecological challenges and conceals conflicts of interest among different
...Accelerating Clinical Translation. Charting the Politics of Translation in the European Union KU Leuven
In the post–genomic era, innovation policies in biomedicine are increasingly being driven by the notion that constant advancements in biological knowledge fail to materialize into tangible therapeutic outcomes. Discursively framed in terms of a “gap” between “bench” and “bedside” in need of urgent “bridging”, this representation of the shortcomings of biomedical innovation has propelled growing efforts tailored towards the clinical ...
The political economy of the trade-climate nexus in the European Union: Under which conditions does the EU use trade instruments at the service of climate policies? Ghent University
We want to characterize and explain the EU’s stance in the trade-climate nexus from a political science perspective. The reasons for (not) taking certain decisions about trade measures to fight climate change will be studied, through analysing and comparing six cases. We will collect data mainly via interviews and primary sources, and use process tracing as our research method.
The European Union and the information gap - a political scientific analysis of DG Communication at the European Commission Ghent University
This research focuses on the problematic gap between the EU and its adolescent citizens. More specifically, the PhD studies how young people look at the EU, whether or not they identifiy with it and how they interpret and define the notion of European citizenship. Complementary to that, the role of teachers in stimulating the blooming of a European citizenship is discussed.