Projects
The effect of life cycle transitions on political participation. A longitudinal and comparative investigation of participation patterns. KU Leuven
Participation in science and technology: the construction of participation in a participatory Technology Assessment. University of Antwerp
Participation in Science and Technology: Meaning construction of participation in an Interactive Technology Assessment. University of Antwerp
Design driven participation processes supporting (circular industry park) transitions KU Leuven
The PhD investigates (emerging) participatory processes and technological ecologies that exist within the REFLIP context. It mobilizes the design research and assessments as integration media in a collective learning trajectory with researchers and stakeholders from various backgrounds. This includes but is not limited to designing and rolling out an innovative stakeholder involvement process and infrastructure, developing various data ...
Member participation and democratic governance in cooperatives. KU Leuven
This PhD research project on “member participation and democratic governance in cooperatives” is investigating individual members’ motivations next to organizational drivers of inclusive participation and democratic decision-making in cooperatives.
Both these intertwined elements are contributing to the success or failure of a cooperative enterprise. As member-owned and member-controlled organizations, cooperatives are claimed to be ...
Engaging Citizens. Public managers’ attitudes toward public participation in administrative decision-making KU Leuven
The use of public participation in local government decision-making is increasingly popular. According to the public administration and public management literature, one of the most important determinants of public participation decisions and outcomes is the willingness of public managers to interact with the public (Ianniello et al., 2018; Yang, 2005; Yang & Callahan, 2007). Public managers play an important role in local-level public ...
Participation in a prison context: Motives, barriers and needs of foreign national prisoners. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Citizen Participation in e-Government: Management Tools Development KU Leuven
Governments around the world now use information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the delivery of services and information to their users (citizens, businesses or other governmental bodies). In literature, the application of ICT in this context has been labelled as “e(lectronic)-government”. Similarly than with other industries, the governance model in government has also evolved: ICT empowered the citizens, often relegated to ...
Knowledge center for culture and media participation Ghent University
The Knowledge Center Culture and Media Participation is responsible for the further development of policy-relevant research focusing on culture and media participation for the period 2016-2020. In addition, the knowledge center prepares and coordinates a new participation survey.
The Culture and Media Participation Knowledge Center is a consortium of three scientific partners:
- Ghent University (Department of Sociology - ...