Projects
The effect of life cycle transitions on political participation. A longitudinal and comparative investigation of participation patterns. KU Leuven
Labour relations and border regimes in a pandemic scenario. A comparative study of migrant labour in the EU agro-industrial sector KU Leuven
EU economies’ structural need for low-cost foreign labour is usually invisibilized by nationalistic and populist discourses on immigration. Similarly, border and migration studies tend to overlook states’ role in sustaining the demand of employers for low-cost migrant workers. However, the shortage of labour in the agro-industrial sector of western EU countries during recent border closures was calculated at around one million workers – ...
Well-BOA: Development and application of a new survey instrument to measure well-being in old age. University of Antwerp
Should Immigrants Have Fewer Language Rights and Socio-Economic Rights Than Citizens? An Enquiry Into The Moral Bases of Denizens’ Linguistic and Socio-Economic Entitlements KU Leuven
Immigrants are generally thought to be entitled to fewer language rights than citizens, whose longsettled languages almost universally receive more official recognition. More recently, the idea has appeared both in the academic literature and in the public debates in European and North-American states that immigrants might likewise be entitled to fewer socio-economic rights. Should immigrants really have fewer rights than citizens? What, if ...
Surrounded by conflict: exploring the measurement, origins, and consequences of conflict thinking among the public at large Vrije Universiteit Brussel
International polarization around LGBT rights in Europe – a case study of Czechia and Slovakia. University of Antwerp
Women's employment and divorce: untangling causes and consequences University of Antwerp
The conundrum of violence against civilians: Explaining civilian abuse by armed forces in the eastern DR Congo Ghent University
The eastern DRC has been mired in ongoing violent conflict for more than two decades. Civilians bear the brunt of this violence, which is mostly committed by armed forces. This research project examines the patterns of and processes underlying civilian abuse in the eastern DRC, aiming to explain when and why armed forces commit abuses against civilians and their property.