Projects
INCh: Integrated networks to combat child poverty: a mixed methods research on network governance and perspectives of policy makers, social workers and families in poverty Ghent University
INCh
INCh: Integrated networks to combat child poverty: a mixed methods research on network
governance and perspectives of policey makers, social workers and families in poverty
Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid
BR/132/A4
NIKAW: Tracing the Impact of Change on Citation Networks in Ancient Literary Texts: a Social Network Analysis-Based Approach KU Leuven
This thesis is part of the interdisciplinary NIKAW-project (Networks of Ideas and Knowledge in the Ancient World), which aims to use state of the art digital methods such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Social Network Analysis (SNA) to analyse the circulation of knowledge in Ancient Greek and Latin literary texts. The goal is to capture how historical and cultural changes impacted the network of citations in these texts with deep, ...
Networks of professionals and informal caregivers: a social network analysis. University of Antwerp
Implementing the Personal Network Story - Intervention to strengthen social networks of vulnerable groups in society KU Leuven
How Do Migration Networks Facilitate African Student Mobility and Integration In China? - - A Social Network Perspective on South-to-South Migration KU Leuven
My proposed research project focuses on the South-to-South Brain Drain from Africa to China. In particular, I am interested in the education and occupation composition of these African student migration groups in comparison to the other African global mobility patterns, their different migration destination allocation within China, and their social assimilation with the local community and communication within their own immigrant groups ...
Value Networks and Quantitative Social Cost-Benefit Analysis for the different actors in telecommunication access networks Ghent University
The causal role of social brain networks during real-life social interactions KU Leuven
Successful social interactions require monitoring and understanding of others' actions and intentions in order to plan and facilitate oneās own actions. In the primate brain, both the mirror and mentalizing systems are proposed to be involved in these important social functions, and dysfunction of these two networks has been linked to impaired social behaviors manifested in several neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, anxiety ...
Cultural difference and social belonging: The formation of social ties and identities in intercultural interactions and networks KU Leuven
Belonging denotes the social grounding of peopleās sense of self in their relationships with others. This process connects critical individual outcomes - such as (poor) health, (under)achievement, civic (dis)engagement - to the social environment. As our social world is becoming increasingly culturally diverse, a lack of belonging of (some) cultural minorities causes public concern, and there is an urgent need to better understand the ...
Social Media as Political Network: A Social Network Analysis Approach to Immigration Debates on Twitter KU Leuven
This research aims to investigate the dynamics of political communication in online social networks. Social media constitutes an integral part of the spread of information in contemporary societies. Consequently, digital social platforms are crucial for political parties and movements to spread their message. Gaining insights into these social networks is crucial because, on the one hand, they have the potential to boost political efficacy ...