Projects
Late or Too Late? Old Age in the late Latin Elegies of Maximian (6th century AD). Ghent University
The project is to be situated in the field of late Latin literature and focuses on the poet Maximian (6th c.AD). His corpus consists of six elegies (686 verses) that put the motif of old age explicitly on the foreground; a stark contrast with those poems of the classical period (1st c.BC) which are written from the perspective of young men. This combination of genre and discourse is truly original: Maximian subverts the logic of the elegiac ...
Boundaries Across Borders: A Comparative Cultural Sociology of the Millennial Professional-Managerial Class in Canada, Belgium, and the United States KU Leuven
The project aims to produce a comparative cultural sociological study of the millennial professional-managerial class in Canada, Belgium, and the U.S. More specifically, I will conduct interviews with professionals and managers based in Toronto, Brussels, and New York City – three “global cities,” with a reputation of attracting young expressivist cosmopolitans – in order to identify:
(1) The types, prevalence, and strength of the ...
Inclusive imagining the space Arteveldehogeschool
Citizens as partners in local security VIVES
Applying Sustainability Transition Research in Social Work tackling Major Societal Challenge of Social Inclusion KU Leuven
A sustainable social foundation for human life can only develop in an inherent interdependence with the overall ecological ceiling and regenerative economy. ASTRA paves the way for a radically new approach to tackle the major societal challenges faced with social work. This is done by combining transdisciplinary sustainability transition research, policies and practices in social work. The combination creates a novel scientific domain and ...
Exposure to suicide as a major risk factor for suicidal behaviour in adolescents: Establishing real-time social interactive pathways KU Leuven
Globally, more than 800,000 people die by suicide every year and approximately 115 individuals are exposed to each suicide. Yet we are still unable to adequately predict which of the people who think about suicide will go on to make a suicide attempt. Exposure to suicide attempts of friends is a powerful predictor of whether individuals will attempt suicide themselves, especially in adolescents, but why exposure increases individuals’ own ...
What are the unmet care and support needs of children living with a parent diagnosed with advanced cancer: a mixed methods study using qualitative interviews, a quantitative survey and big data Ghent University
A significant part of the people diagnosed with incurable cancer, have young children. The last couple of years, attention for the quality of the care for these patients is clearly increasing. A positive tendency that, more recently, also applies to their caregivers. As of late, there is a growing awareness that due to the increasing group of people with problems, support outside of the professional environment is needed. The wider social ...
What are the unmet care and support needs of children living with a parent diagnosed with advanced cancer: a mixed methods study using qualitative interviews, a quantitative survey and big data Vrije Universiteit Brussel
have young children. The last couple of years, attention for the
quality of the care for these patients is clearly increasing. A positive
tendency that, more recently, also applies to their caregivers. As of
late, there is a growing awareness that due to the increasing group of
people with problems, support outside of the professional
...
DG Justice UP4Diversity KU Leuven
UP4Diversity: Empowring young people and youth workers to become active upstanders in the prevention of violence towards LGBTIQ+ people in the digital area