Projects
Sabbatical Jelle Haemers: Medieval voices. A social history of late medieval politics from below (13th-15th centuries) KU Leuven
In this research project I want to listen to the voice of medieval people. Historiography agrees that late medieval politics were not only made 'from above', but also 'from below'. Important political developments in the period between 1250 and 1550, such as the accession of larger groups of people to the government, were effectively achieved through political initiatives of citizens, both men and women. However, it remains unclear what ...
Education Democracy and the Legacy of Conflict: Prospects and Challenges of History and Civic Education in Indonesia KU Leuven
The research project “Education, Democracy and the Legacy of Conflict: Prospects and Challenges of History and Civic Education in Indonesia” is conducted to address the following questions: (1) How are the legacies and histories of conflict as well as the subject of civic education integrated into Indonesia’s secondary school curriculum?; (2) How are Indonesian secondary school teachers being trained to address the legacies and histories of ...
social justice and national identification. a social history of war nationalism in belgium, 1914-1925 Ghent University
The aim of this project is a socio-historical analysis of nationalism of the lower and middle classes (especially workers, shopkeepers and farmers) in Belgium during and after WWI. This Project focuses on the question of why and to what extent those social groups appropriate nationalism in wartime, and how they actually use it in social interaction
Scientific research in the city's history. University of Antwerp
"Petite planète". Analysis and History of a collection of Portraits of countries KU Leuven
This PhD thesis concern the French book’s collection “Petite Planète” (Le Seuil). It is a part of a larger FWO research project: “La Fabrique des Pays. Les collections de portraits de pays phototextuels (1950-1980)” directed by David Martens (KULeuven) in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Montier (University of Renne 2), François Vallotton (University of Lausane) and Galia Yanoshevsky (Bar-Ilan University). David Martens is also the director of ...
How history matters for public sector organizations: examining the effect of past changes on organizational autonomy. KU Leuven
In response to economic pressures and increasing demands on public sector performance, subsequent waves of public sector reforms were introduced over the last decades. During these reform waves, public sector organizations were subject to a wide array of structural changes. Research has largely neglected the impact of such sequential and repeated structural changes on public sector organizations. My research addresses this gap and examines ...