Projects
Concerned about inequality? The political salience of economic inequality among voters and political parties KU Leuven
Economic inequality is rising in most democracies: the gap between the incomes of the wealthiest part of the population and the rest is widening. Despite high and rising inequality, and its pressure on redistributive welfare states, there is no systematic evidence that inequality leads to redistributive policies or public demands for such policies. We are confronted with a paradox: Most citizens and politicians realise that inequality exists ...
The embarrassment of riches? Inequality and the Dutch material culture. Amsterdam, 1581-1780. University of Antwerp
Socializing inequality. The childhood development of status stereotypes in four European countries. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sabbatical Karen Phalet: Making and unmaking boundaries: Diversity and inequality in European migration contexts.(BOUNDARIES) KU Leuven
During my sabbatical I want to develop interdisciplinary research on cultural border dynamics against the background of new forms of migration-related diversity and inequality in Europe. Building on cross-national and longitudinal data and studies with minorities and migrants in recent years, I want to put together empirical puzzle pieces in an integrative approach to border dynamics at the micro level (in ethnically diverse social ...
Equality beyond non-discrimination: redefining the boundaries of human rights law before socio-economic inequality. University of Antwerp
Gender inequality and cultural consumption: a macro-sociological, longitudinal and cross-national comparative perspective Ghent University
This project aims to extend our understanding of inequality in cultural participation by focusing on gender differences in highbrow and omnivorous cultural consumption using a macro-sociological, longitudinal and cross-national comparative perspective. The association between the (changing) structural position of women in society and the (changing) gender gap in cultural participation is studied.
A golden age for labour? Economic inequality and labour income after the Black Death: Flanders and Tuscany compared (1350-1500). University of Antwerp
A golden age for labour? Economic inequality and labour income after the Black Death: Flanders and Tuscany compared (1350-1500). University of Antwerp
Social inequalities in cancer prevention care and fundamental social causes: a comparative study of innovative technologies and (in) effective policies. Ghent University
Persistent inequalities in preventive care use are observed within and across European countries, even in comprehensive welfare states. To explain the variance in and the persistence of these health inequalities, we turn to fundamental cause and diffusion of innovations theory to formulate baseline hypotheses on educational inequalities in cancer prevention use, across time and across European countries. Social inequalities have a modest ...