Projects
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
Participation in a prison context: Motives, barriers and needs of foreign national prisoners. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Democratic respresentation and political participation. A philosophical inquiry into the meaning and scope of political agency with representative democracy. KU Leuven
Democratic Innovations and Scale: How Population Size Affects Direct and Deliberative Citizen Participation. University of Antwerp
Climbing the ladder of participation in prison: applying Participatory Action Research to drug-related harm reduction Ghent University
Illicit drug use in prison is highly prevalent and brings with it health risks for the prison population like HIV, Hepatitis B and C and tuberculosis. Studies show that harm reduction (HR) measures, such as Opioid Substitution Treatment and Needle and Syringe Programs, are effective in reducing harm both in and outside of prisons. However, HR in prison is still not up to par, despite prisoners’ positive attitudes to some HR initiatives. Nor ...
Voluntary Participation and Exit in International Unions KU Leuven
Globalization is one of the main economic trends of the twentieth century. The Global Financial Crisis and the current pandemic have substantially slowed down this trend and reduced the popularity of international integration. This poses a challenge to international unions, which rely on the voluntary participation of countries. The most prominent examples of those tendencies are Brexit, tensions within NATO, the withdrawal of the US from ...
Flemish participation to the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). University of Antwerp
Green Participation. The Sociopolitics of Ecological Landscape Design in the Work of Louis le Roy (1968-2012) KU Leuven
Contemporary design solutions for green infrastructure often come up against a lack of involvement of citizens and citizens' organizations. Moreover, both (ecological) science and design lack the expertise to enable human beings and non-human beings (plants, animals, organic material) to work together in a sustainable way. ‘Green Participation' explores the possibilities and pitfalls of such a possible collaboration from a historical ...