Projects
Conflicting identities? A study on the Intersectionality of Homosexuality, Islam and migration in Flanders and Brussels. KU Leuven
‘Unlocking the Closet – Same-Sex Desire among Muslim Men and Women in Belgium’ focuses on the intersections of same-sex sexualities, transnationalism and religion. The author interviewed lesbians, gays and bisexuals from Muslim backgrounds and focused on two different groups: sexual migrants and people from second and third generation migrant backgrounds. The Ph.D project used several research methods: ethnographic interviewing and online ...
Achieving inclusion through renovation: learning from the afterlife of social housing transformation in post-war estates of Flanders and Brussels KU Leuven
Often built as innovative models, post-war social housing estates increasingly require renovation. Although the latter has been recently earmarked as a “high social impact” investment, it remains a complex process. One of its challenges is the sectorial treatment of social and spatial issues, even in the case of complex urban regeneration schemes. Participation, going from mere consultation to sophisticated co-creation, has become more common ...
Achieving inclusion through renovation: learning from the afterlife of social housing transformation in the post-war estates of Flanders and Brussels KU Leuven
Community schools in Flanders and Brussels Ghent University
The Centre for Diversity and Learning supports the development of community schools in Flanders and Brussels. We investigate the role of different partners in the development of community schools, with a focus on the way local authorities deal with this theme. In addition, we organize training and information sessions, develop materials and brochures and pay attention to international developments.
Minutes of the XII Mixed Commission Flanders - Quebec March 31, 2011 in Brussels / Work Programme for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Hasselt University
Design for Dialogue: Interpolating civic engagement, ecology and urban design in Brussels KU Leuven
Brussels, as many cities world-wide, faces a double challenge. On the one hand, the demand for housing and office space results in a continuous increase in built-up area. On the other hand, the Brussels Capital Region needs more open space for recreation and environmental needs, such as water management and biodiversity. This duality recently came to the fore in the debate about the so-called Friche Josaphat, a wasteland on a former ...
On 'd'oorloghs wree Canonnen': Peeter Snayers (1592-1667) and the development of the topographical battle scene. The representation of war and peace within the artistic, political and socio-economic dynamics of 17th-century Brussels. KU Leuven
Coral. The interplay between social structure, collaboration, creativity and innovation in Antwerp and Brussels painting and tapestry design (1650-1700) through formal art historical network research KU Leuven
Building on the international and interdisciplinary research project 'MapTap' (www.maptap.be) and using its custom-made database, 'Cornelia', 'Coral' analyzes the interplay between ever-changing social structure on the one hand (“art worlds”), and the dynamics of collaboration, creativity and innovation in Antwerp and Brussels baroque painting and tapestry design on the other.
'Coral' aims to collect a wide array of both attribution ...
(De)radicalization and the multicultural city. Security, urban policy and everyday life in Brussels and Marseille. A comparative study. KU Leuven
Migration, integration and security have been among the major issues of urban governance in European metropolitan centres since the early 19th century and have been the object of various studies. Yet, less attention has been paid to how urban and security policies targeting ‘immigrant neighbourhoods’ in European cities have been transformed in our era of the ‘war on terror’. Taking Brussels and Marseille as our case studies, this project ...