Projects
HISSTER (STAGE 2). Development of a database of 19th and 20th century Belgian mortality statistics available at the local level Ghent University
HISSTER aims to generate and develop a central database of historical statistics concerning Belgian mortality available at the local level since 1830. While the 20th century was the main focus of the first stage of development of the database, stage 2 is primarily concerned with the 19th century statistics.
Dynamics and change of 19th century intergenerational death clustering: an international comparative analysis. KU Leuven
Implications of the shifting gender balance in education for family formation and family dissolution in Europe KU Leuven
A major development of the second half of the 20th century is the spectacular increase of participation in higher education by women. In Europe today, women excel men in terms of participation and success in higher education. Research on the social and demographic consequences of this major shift is rare. Therefore, this programme will address the consequences of changing gender patterns of education for reproductive behaviour, including ...
Breaking the silence. On the cultural, formal and social integration of the hearing impaired. The case of East-Flanders, 1750-1900. Ghent University
According to (inter)national literature, disabled people were well integrated within their communities until the mid-19th century, when as a result of the industrial revolution and medicalization process, they became an oppressed group. This research project intends to subject this hypothesis to an empirical inquiry and aims to gain more insight into the social position of deaf people, in East-Flanders (1750-1900).
The modernization of the Western World. An international comparative analysis of marital partner selection (1800-1914). Ghent University
This project aims at conducting historical comparative analysis of partner choice according to social background, geographical origin and age based on large-scale international datasets. Using these databases, we will test the modernization hypothesis and alternative hypotheses conserning the evolution of societal openness. Special attention will be given to trends, the interrelatedness of differential partner choice criteria and vulnerable ...
Building Brussels. Brussels city builders and the production of space, 1794-2015 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Essays on household economics in Sub Saharan Africa. KU Leuven
All three essays that constitute this thesis empirically analyse various areas of household decision and human development: education, health and gender equality, in this very order.
Using a compilation of 86 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) rounds from 34 countries, Chapter 2 assesses the impact of household fertility on children schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Exploiting plausible exogeneity of twins birth to address ...
TAURUS: Tracking (post-)medieval agricultural (r)evolution using size and shape in cattle Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Zooming in on climate and societal change in Central Italy, first to sixth century CE Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This idea is widely accepted among the general public and among
scholars outside history or archaeology. However, many
archaeologists and historians reject this idea as environmental
determinism and argue that it is not founded on a thorough analysis
of the possible effects of climate change on agriculture or society.
Grand narratives ...