Projects
Time-inconsistent choices in today’s society and market place: How emerging trends and developments affect consumers’ food choices Ghent University
In light of the enduring proliferation of obesity in today’ society, this research project
aims to contribute to the literature by shedding light on how emerging developments
within our society and market place affect consumers’time-inconsistent choices
between healthy and unhealthy foods.
Developments and trends within society and the market place affect consumers’daily lives in many respects, but ...
Science, Technology and Society. University of Antwerp
Towards a more resilient microbial food safety risk governance framework in society Ghent University
Risk governance, i.e. the identification, assessment, management, and communication of risks, is essential to ensure microbial food safety (MFS) in society. However, current MFS risk governance (MFSRG) frameworks mainly focus on the technical evaluation of risks, while the sociocultural evaluation is often omitted. Therefore, this project aims to elaborate three currently underdeveloped fields of MFSRG, i.e. concern assessment (assessment of ...
Making democracy work: A co-creative process with civil society and educational actors to strengthen young people's experiential knowledge about democracy through various forms of expression. VIVES
Unequal partners?! An ethnographic study of experiences of exclusion and inclusion of Jewish-Christian couples in Dutch society KU Leuven
This project examines religious hegemony in Dutch society by looking at the experiences of mixed Jewish-Christian couples. Mixed couples offer an interesting perspective into society because the choice to marry a partner outside of one’s ‘own’ social group transgresses community norms and thereby often triggers sharp reactions that reveal the prevailing norms within a specific context. An ethnographic approach will be used to study how these ...
Interventions against polarisation in society for TRUSTworthy social media: from diagnosis to therapy (iTRUST). KU Leuven
Digitalisation is rapidly transforming our societies, transforming the dynamics of our interactions, transforming the culture of our debates. Trust plays a critical role in establishing intellectual humility and interpersonal civility in argumentation and discourse: without it, credibility is doomed, reputation is endangered, cooperation is compromised. The major threats associated with digitalisation - hate speech and fake news - are ...
The Beautiful Impact of Mathematics in Society Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Decolonization discourses and practices in the Society of Jesus: Belgian and Congolese Jesuits in the DRC, 1960-2000 KU Leuven
This project researches how the Society of Jesus adapted to the new situation of the independent republic of Congo (Zaire) by analyzing Jesuit discourses (e.g. allocutions, homilies, internal debates, publications and arts) and practices (e.g. hierarchies, training, behaviors and experiences) between 1960 and 2000. It will work with archival materials (the Flemish and Walloon Belgian Jesuits at KADOC, the Jesuit Curia in Rome, the Provincial ...
Ecclesiastical Assemblies and the Transformation of Post-Carolingian Society. Councils and Synods as a Forum of Negotiation between Kings, Church Leaders and Secular Magnates (Francia, c. 875 - c. 1050 ) KU Leuven
This project will investigate the functioning of councils and assemblies during the 'long tenth century', a period of crucial transformation in society. In traditional scholarship early medieval ecclesiastical gatherings have essentially been considered as a practical tool for the administration of the Church, and as such, they have been disregarded in recent scholarship on political assemblies. This project proposes a shift from an almost ...