Projects
Balancing policy space versus policy constraints? A critial legal analysis of WTO disciplines on subsidies and countervailing measures. KU Leuven
Private security in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom: A cross-national comparative analysis of late modern policy trends in a Continental European and Anglo-American context. Ghent University
In the last few decades, Western countries have witnessed major transformations in the nature of domestic security provision; a development which has witnessed a rapid expansion of the private security industry as one of its most visible and significant trends. Whilst this phenomenon has led to increased theoretical sophistication in criminology, it is widely acknowledged that this has been characterized by an Anglo-American bias. However, ...
"Private investigations: not a public inquiry". A historical criminological analysis of post-war developments in policy, regulation and nature of the private investigation industry in Belgium (1945-2020) Ghent University
Over the past decades, the increasing participation of private actors in the provision of security has gained more and more academic attention in Belgium. This scholarly evolution has led to advanced criminological debate, theory and concepts on the trajectory of frontline policing activities of the private security industry, such as manned guarding. However, it has largely neglected the development of a significant yet traditionally ignored ...
The private security industry and the European Union: a comprehensive analysis of long-term developments, policy and regulation beyond the nation-state. Ghent University
Over the past decades, the size and role of the private security industry in the European Union (EU) has grown considerably, demonstrating that security provision increasingly goes well beyond the state. So far however, most criminological research has focused – often in isolation from other disciplines – on describing contemporary private security industry developments in the individual EU Member States, or the role of private military ...
Sabbatical Marleen Brans: Comparative genealogy of European Policy Analysis KU Leuven
The term ‘genealogy’ comes from the Greek words for generation and knowledge. It depicts ‘an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms’ (Merriam-Webster), but ‘genealogy’ can also stand for an ‘account of the origin and historical development of something’. This research aims to give an account of the origin and the historical development of public policy analysis in the European context. ...
Sociological analysis of environmental issues and environmental policy. University of Antwerp
Implementation of Local Content Policies in Africa: An analysis of Uganda's Oil and Gas local content policy KU Leuven
To promote local participation in resource-based industries, countries have introduced local content policies (LCPs). This policy is particularly popular in oil-producing countries. In most cases, the rationale for LCPs entails the promotion of economic growth, development, and diversification via ensuring that local people benefit from and take part in oil and gas resources (Kalyuzhnova et al., 2016; Acheampong, et al. 2016; Adedeji, et al., ...
Surviving in a challenging political and policy context? A comparative analysis of Belgian, Dutch and French political party think tanks KU Leuven
Political party think tanks (also known as study centres, scientific institutes or research foundations) are considered to be the brains of political parties. Despite their crucial role in various political systems, there is little academic research on their functions. Currently, political party think tanks are under pressure, both from the party politics side (such as electoral decline of traditional parties) and from recent trends in the ...