Projects
Beyond Sentimentality: A Theological-Ethical Contribution to the Debate on Public and Political Emotions KU Leuven
The project aims to offer an original and interdisciplinary contribution to the increasing scientific and societal attention to the role and meaning of emotions in the public and political spheres. In dialogue with, among others, social sciences and philosophy (especially feminist theory and the model of 'care ethics'), it seeks to develop a systematic theological-ethical contribution. This research’s underlying hypotheses are, firstly, that ...
The impact of mass violence op trust, security and political representation. University of Antwerp
THE ARAB SPRING: DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL CHANGE. The cases of Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt Ghent University
This projects wants to understand the dynamics of the current Arab revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and the gradual transition in Morocco. This project regards the formation of nodes of political agency and practice outside the institutional interfaces and endogenous coalitions traditionally associated with “the Arab regime” based on a comparative-historical framework of analysis.
Caste,Community,and Traditions in Karnataka, India - A Kingdom of another World: Christianity, Toleration and theHistory of Western Political Thougt Ghent University
De Indische cultuur wordt nog steeds hoofdzakelijk beschreven aan de hand van een koloniale beeld van haar samenleving. Dit “caste, cow, curry” beeld van India is dringend aan verandering toe, zeker met betrekking tot het beeld van haar sociale structuur. Het grote probleem is dat de meer recentere studies ook niet aan de klassieke format lijken te kunnen ontsnappen. Onderzoekers toonden in het verleden reeds aan dat het koloniale beeld van ...
Peace and discipline. A study in political theory on peace education in international politics: the North-Atlantic region (1945-2007). University of Antwerp
Transgender and political science in Europe: a comparative approach. University of Antwerp
Reasoning Across the Divide: Interpersonal Deliberation, Emotions and Reflective Political Reasoning KU Leuven
One of the biggest challenges facing contemporary democracies is that when making political judgements, most citizens do not engage in reflective political reasoning. Research finds that people’s political reasoning is distorted by a range of cognitive biases and constraints. When faced with opposing information, most people have tendency to neglect it and cling to their prior attitudes. People’s emotional attachment to their favored ...
BOF-ZAP professorship in political philosophy and ethics Ghent University
A BOF-ZAP professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.