Projects
"Trust me, I defend your interests". A Multidisciplinary Study of Politicians' Representative Claims and their Effects on Citizens. University of Antwerp
Landscape - Object and Infinite Hasselt University
Non-Associative Plasticity and Fracture: Variational Formulation of Multi-Field Coupled Models KU Leuven
The field of continuum solid mechanics has seen a great deal of progress during the past century, allowing for substantial developments in several branches of engineering science. Most notably, many material models that describe inelastic material behavior are now available in the literature, mainly concerning (but not limited to) plasticity and damage. Moreover, enhanced continuum theories that describe strain localization are, by now, well ...
Self-governance, autonomy and accountability: towards an interdisciplinary measurement tool. University of Antwerp
Lobbying for the people: Interest groups and public pressure in EU politics. University of Antwerp
Power to the experts? A mixed-method study on the attitudes towards, the use and the effects of expert advice in the Belgian policy context. Ghent University
Representative democracy is put under pressure the last few years. To remedy this crisis, different alternatives are explored, including ‘stealth democracy’ which aims to transfer (more) decision-making power to non-partisan experts. Although some support for this kind of democracy can be found among citizens, it is also contested, as became apparent during the Covid-crisis.
Research on ‘stealth democracy’ is less developed than ...
Building Buddhist Heritage in Postwar Japan: The Silk Road between History and Memory at Yakushiji Temple Ghent University
This project analyzes the interactions between religion and cultural heritage in twentieth century Japan as a venue to investigate the legacy of imperialism in the construction of modern ideas and images of Buddhism, and to explore the possibility of building transnational forms of identity, memory, and community. It focuses on a case study of a religious community, Yakushiji temple, where the same moral discourse of a spiritual connection ...