Projects
Co-creating complementary forms of welfare support across faith-based organisations and secular welfare state institutions (SOLIGION). University of Antwerp
Co-creating complementary forms of welfare support across faith-based organisations and secular welfare state institutions (SOLIGION). University of Antwerp
Does the middle class hurt the poor? An empirical investigation into the middle-class bias in social spending and welfare state redistribution across 20 countries, 1985-2013. University of Antwerp
SOLIGION: Co-creating complementary forms of social support across faith-based organisations and secular welfare state institutions KU Leuven
Our project sets out to produce better forms of collaboration and more complementary forms of solidarity between faith-based (including humanistic) organisations (FBOs) and secular welfare state institutions (WSIs). It does so by 1° examining the dynamic interaction between FBOs and WSIs in an interdisciplinary way and through a multi-method approach and 2° the co-creation by both FBOs and WSIs of new practices of solidarity and social ...
The welfare state at your service? Towards a better understanding of the impact of public goods and services on poverty in Europe. University of Antwerp
The welfare state at your service? Towards a better understanding of the impact of public goods and services on poverty in Europe. University of Antwerp
Equality, equity or need? Public opinion towards distributive justice in the changing welfare state KU Leuven
Contemporary Western societies are characterized by a de-structuring of the social contract of organized modernity. This brings along renewed discussions on distributive justice, i.e. how the burdens and benefits of our major institutions and social arrangements can be distributed fairly. Three principles of distributive justice are distinguished: (1) equity: distribution dependent on contributions; (2) equality: the same access to social ...
Public opinion on the welfare state, climate change and energy in the EU and Russia KU Leuven
This project compares opinions of Russian citizens with that of EU citizens as regards the welfare state, climate chnage and energy, using data of various waves of the European Social Survey.