Projects
Representations of Migration in a Transforming Europe: The Polarising Power of Migration as a Political Tool in Online Media and Political Discourses – What can we learn from the 2015 and 2022 refugee crises? KU Leuven
Caught in the Crossfire. A Study of the Quality of Political Debate on Democratic Legitimacy KU Leuven
Navigating identities in political news: An intersectional understanding of gendering in news coverage on women politicians Ghent University
This project studies gendered patterns in Flemish news coverage about women politicians, using an intersectional perspective. It focuses on (1) gendering in news output by means of a quantitative
content analysis, (2) women politicians’ experiences with intersecting power structures within political journalism (in-depth interviews) and (3) the ways journalists negotiate identity in the production of
news coverage (in-depth ...
Is the tail wagging the dog? Comparative study on the influence of social media on traditional media coverage of political events (TAILWAGSDOG). University of Antwerp
The psychological basis of political orientation. A cross-national perspective. University of Antwerp
Sabbatical Marc Swyngedouw: The redesigned political ideological space: socio economic and urban transformation processes, glocalization, transforming welfare state provisions and (re)new(ed) cleavages. KU Leuven
In twenty years' time, the political power space in Flanders has been completely distorted. The three traditional parties (CD&V, Open-VLD and sp.a) still accounted for 38.6% in the Flemish elections of 2019.
In 1999 they still accounted for 60%. The proportion of voters that the three traditional parties were able to win in the 1991 parliamentary elections in Flanders – the start of the ISPO election survey – was 66%. The ...
Rethinking journalism and ideology in contemporary media and political cultures (RejournID). University of Antwerp
Safe with the Neighbours? Actual and legal protection of forced migrants under EU externalisation policies: legal, sociological and political perspectives from Morocco Ghent University
The EU increasingly ‘externalises’ its international responsibility over migrants in need of protection to third countries such as Morocco. This research examines whether and how forced migrants can find protection in Morocco, from a multidisciplinary perspective. It evaluates (1) extraterritorial responsibility under international law, (2) migrants’ aspirations and understandings of protection, and (3) Global South dynamics in Morocco’s ...