Projects
Strengthening of the participation of the Congolese civil society to the development of Congo through the support of applied research for civil society. KU Leuven
Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe: Tactical gambits of local civil society organisations in a fragile and conflict-affected society KU Leuven
This PhD proposal seeks to study the underexplored leadership role of civil society organisation (CSOs) in transitional justice contexts, particularly focusing on initiatives that are implemented beyond State-led processes. To this end, the research firstly aims at analysing the emergence and subsequent evolution of the transitional justice discourse through the lens of critical scholars and practitioners and at examining the different ...
Civil society Innovation in Flanders - investigating and designing new models of social - CSI-Flanders Ghent University
The general scientific main objectives are 1) mapping of the changing environment in which civil society organizations (CSO's civil society organizations) operate; 2) analyzing and evaluating the impact of these changes on three levels: the relationship CSOs citizen relationship CSOs-government, and the internal functioning of CSO's; 3) identifying and analyzing innoverene practices of service and political work.
Civil society in late medieval and early modern Mechelen. The development and function of urban club life, 1400-1800 University of Antwerp
Negotiating solidarity. The shared history and heritage of Belgian civil society and postwar Muslim migration KU Leuven
This project, intertwining historical and anthropological approaches, critically analyzes and evaluates the interactions of multifaceted postwar Flemish/Belgian civil society with the country's Muslim communities of Moroccan and Turkish descent. An in-depth understanding of the multifold exchanges emerging since the 1960s between the country’s social movements and organizations, NGOs, religious institutes… and the growing communities of ...
Bordering social welfare provision: Interactions between de facto borders and civil society organizations in Abkhazia and Transnistria Ghent University
Within our globalized world, also new and contested (country) borders are continuously drawn. After the collapse of the Soviet Union for example, some regions declared independence but were not recognized by the international community. These are called de facto states. This innovative research explores the interaction between de facto borders and social welfare realties in two empirical cases: Abkhazia and Transnistria. We do this by ...
Value and meaning of civil socio-cultural acting for society KU Leuven
Value and meaning of civil socio-cultural actorship for society
The central research question of this study is: What is the social value currently assigned to civil socio-cultural actorship in Flanders by the market, public authorities and civil society (outside the socio-cultural work itself)?
We divide this general research question into a number of more specific sub-questions. (1) What is a functional value framework for ...