Projects
Rethinking the federal paradox. Sub state nationalist discourse of political parties in electoral manifestoes and television debates of four federal countries (1968-2010). University of Antwerp
Boundaries Across Borders: A Comparative Cultural Sociology of the Millennial Professional-Managerial Class in Canada, Belgium, and the United States KU Leuven
The project aims to produce a comparative cultural sociological study of the millennial professional-managerial class in Canada, Belgium, and the U.S. More specifically, I will conduct interviews with professionals and managers based in Toronto, Brussels, and New York City – three “global cities,” with a reputation of attracting young expressivist cosmopolitans – in order to identify:
(1) The types, prevalence, and strength of the ...
When the final whistle blows: Managing social identities to facilitate elite athletes’ transition to retirement KU Leuven
There is increasing concern about promoting and protecting athletes’ health and wellbeing, not only during their career, but also into their retirement. Many athletes nevertheless experience considerable challenges in adjusting to retirement, indicating that current strategies are not sufficient. While existing literature acknowledges the detrimental impact that personal identity loss as athlete has on retirement adjustment, what is absent is ...
Safeguarding Savoir-Faire: Culinary Heritage Movements, Globalization, and Nationalism in Contemporary France. KU Leuven
In 2010, UNESCO granted the status of intangible cultural heritage to “The Gastronomic Meal of the French” elevating the art of the French meal to a position of protected cultural status. In the years following, a multitude of cultural events and movements have developed in France, many of which cite this accolade as a starting point for platforms seeking to further promote culinary heritage. While UNESCO states that intangible cultural ...
Gene therapy for HIV/AIDS based on the interaction of HIV-integrase with LEDGF/p75. KU Leuven
Thinking past pride, creating beside shame: “hshouma” in visual artists's works from the Moroccan diaspora in Belgium and France. KU Leuven
“Hshem!” (“be ashamed!”) is a recurring keyword in traditional Moroccan education, it is an advice, a limit socially and politically well implemented in Moroccan society. The proposed project is particularly timely as, over the past ten years, the themes of shame and national identity have been central in Moroccan diasporic cinema and photography in Europe. An important wave of these diasporic artists has adopted visual arts to expose the ...
Hispano-Flemish elites in the Habsburg Netherlands. Transregional marriages and mixed identities, 1659-1708. KU Leuven
Investigation of the construction of integrating world views Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(1) The construction of a model of the world: research ...
The transformation of group identities in the Nort caucasus: a study of social response to group conflict Ghent University
This project studies conflict in the North-Caucasus by analysing evolving group identities. The comparative analysis of several case-studies should give an insight into the multiple ways in which social identities and conflict are interrelated. Questions: In what way does conflict reshape social identification? And What is the impact of shifting group identities on local society and conflict dyanmics?