Projects
Naturalism in the Philosophy of Mathematics: On Mathematical Explanations of Empirical Phenomena KU Leuven
This research is concerned with a current debate on naturalism in the philosophy of mathematics. Discussing key notions like truth, (logical) necessity, and justification to approach the topic, an investigation into the different positions within this debate will be carried out. These will subsequently be contrasted with other schools of thought, such as nominalism and platonism. The dialectics of the debate between ...
Looking through the eyes of young cyclists: large-scale evaluation of a comprehensive theory- and evidence-based online intervention targeting traffic safety behaviour. Hasselt University
A neurocognitive platform to investigate the determinants of human behavior at the level of brain and cognition KU Leuven
The systematic study and explanation of behavior is at the core of behavioral sciences in general and of psychology in particular. Brain and cognition form two explanatory levels for understanding behavior. We aim to address the challenge to study behavior quantitatively, including its relationship with the underlying neural substrate, in paradigms that are naturalistic yet provide experimental control over the involved cognitive processes. ...
Joint modelling of multiple longitudinal outcomes with application to mental health cluster symptoms and HIV status in rape victims. Hasselt University
Phenomenology and the Scientific Image of the World KU Leuven
Phenomenologists were more hesitant than the Logical Empiricists to use formal logic for philosophical purposes. But it is beyond doubt that far from indiscriminately rejecting the formal sciences and logic in response, early phenomenologists provided extensive work in these areas, even if they later moved in the background. I work to reconnect these logical roots with the contemporary tradition of phenomenological research which distances ...
Trilingual code-switching in the nominal domain: Evidence from two speech communities. KU Leuven
Cross-cultural differences in risky driving behavior and active intervention under the intelligent&connected transportation system. Hasselt University
Parenting Schemas: An Experimental Approach KU Leuven
The poetics of precarity: Representations of the worker in German literature in the aftermath of the 'Great Depression' (1873-1914) KU Leuven
The financial and economic collapse in 2008 has increased the interest for the literary reflection on economic crises and their social consequences. This project takes this contemporary sensibility and the ways in which it is reflected in contemporary political theory as a vantage point to look back at the German social novels in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 1873. By focusing on the literary representation of the worker in his ...