Projects
Special Research Fund Professorship in Gender studies in the human sciences Ghent University
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.
BOF-ZAP professorship in gender studies Ghent University
Gender experience in transition: stories of newcomers in Flanders portrayed HOGENT
'Gender as a multi-layered issue in journalism.' A longitudinal, multi-methodical study of gender inequality in the field of journalism in Flanders. Ghent University
In recent years, the numerical inequality between male and female journalists is increasingly eliminated. However, the field of journalism remains divided along gender lines and subtle mechanisms maintain gender inequality. The aim of this research project is to study whether and how two rencent trends in the media sector – commercialization and digitization – influence the underlying mechanisms of gender segregation in journalism.
Homonegativity and Gender Deviance: A Comparative Analysis of the Relationship between Ideas on Gender and Sexuality in Flanders, The Netherlands, and the United States. University of Antwerp
Gender differential patterns in the education gradient in health. A cohort study on the impact of the reversed gender gap in higher education. Ghent University
This research proposal aims (1) to reveal and explain cohort changes in the education gradient in health among women (in the context of the massive growth in female enrollment rates), (2) to explain cohort changes in the gender gap in health at the different levels of the educational structure (in the context of the reversed gender gap in higher education).
Gender and depression in Europe. Anlayzing gender differences in depression from a cross-national comparative perspective Ghent University
Using data from the ESS-round 3, the prevalence of depression is estimated among a sample of women and men from 23 European countries. Depression is modelled using confirmatory factor analysis and cross-national variation in the gender ratio in depression is estimated using the most appropriate factor model. Cross-national differences in depression and in the gender gap in depression are studied from a macrosociological perspective.