Projects

This thesis focuses on occupational welfare that has been related to growing welfare dualism (Natali and Pavolini 2014; Seeleib-Kaiser et al. 2012). Occupational welfare is defined as the sum of all benefits and services distributed by employers to employees as part of their employment (Titmuss 1958) and can include ‘social’ benefits such as pensions, childcare, sickness, and unemployment benefits, as well as ‘fringe’ benefits like company ...

The doctoral thesis focuses on periodic occupational health screening: a regular medical examination of employees with exposure to occupational risks at the workplace. These periodic health screenings enable the occupational physicians to be in regular contact with a significant proportion of the working population (at least 70\% in Belgium) in a preventive medical setting, with the objective of early detection of health problems, advice ...

This is the first study investigating the interaction of macro- and micro-forces producing social divides in contemporary European labour markets by using a macro-micro-macro research model. Social divides are defined as differences in working conditions and job quality of different groups of workers. The research project consists of several steps. Firstly, by using latent class analysis social divides are uncovered. Secondly, country-level ...

The aim of Gerodent PLUS is to promote good oral health and to create the currently absent continuity in the provision of oral care for the rapidly growing group of vulnerable elderly living at home at the level of primary care regions.This goal is pursued through (1) improved interprofessional collaboration between caregivers and (2) improving access to care for frail and care-dependent elderly people who stay at home or in a form of ...

As the acronym suggests, the E4BEL project is about putting Equity at the forefront of the climate policy debate in Belgium. We seek to advance that debate by charting preferences of individuals and stakeholders on carbon pricing, equivalent regulatory policies, and potential revenue recycling options, and by novel economic modelling of the direct and indirect distributional impact of such policies, especially the loss of purchasing power ...

The detrimental effects of poor ambient air quality, in particular fine dust (particulate matter), on human respiratory health are extensively studied and well known, in contrast to (farm) animals. Agricultural environments, in particular stables, are important sources of organic dust and emissions of other air pollutants like ammonia. In animals poor air quality induces airway inflammation and pneumonia, but the exact contributing factors ...