Projects
An ancestor's tale: 200 years of wealth inequality and redistributive policy. University of Antwerp
Socializing inequality. The childhood development of status stereotypes in four European countries. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
An Ancestor’s tale: 200 years of wealth inequality, persistence, and redistribution. KU Leuven
The paradox of Belgian Inequality studies: Belgium less unequal than others (BE-PARADIS). University of Antwerp
An Ancestor's tale: 200 years of wealth inequality, persistence, and redistribution. KU Leuven
Social positions of children are not fully explained by talents and effort, but also by the social position of parents, grandparents, and even earlier generations. The role of income and education in explaining patterns of social mobility has often been studied, but those factors no longer seem able to sufficiently explain the remarkably low level of intergenerational social mobility attested by recent studies. The role of wealth has too ...
Living with capitalism: comparative histories of inequality (1200-2000) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A quantitative analysis of the variation and socio-spatial inequality in (intra-)urban human mobility using big data KU Leuven
Our view on the city has changed from looking at the city as a mechanical structure that can be rationally planned and artificially changed to seeing the city as a dynamic urban system that continuously responds to both internal and external changes. Some of these changes arise ‘naturally’, while others are brought on by deliberate planning, design, or policy interventions aimed at changing aspects of our human behavior within these urban ...
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 ...
From Housing Inequality to Sustainable, Inclusive and Affordable Housing Solutions KU Leuven
Highly ambitious in its objectives and scope and innovative in its focus, conceptualisation and methodology, EqualHouse is the first research project to integrate all dimensions of housing inequality into one transdisciplinary and transnational research design. By analysing the many aspects of housing inequality, hitherto largely studied separately, it will make key contributions to understanding of housing inequality and how it can be ...