Projects
Psychological coping with the legacies of collective violence: A multi-site qualitative exploration on the interacting role of coping within social, community and family relationships after political violence in Perú KU Leuven
In the aftermath of a prolonged internal armed conflict (1980-2000), Perú continues to face complex challenges in addressing the legacy of human rights abuses. Nearly 4 decades after, scholars continue documenting the transgenerational sequelae that still pervades the life of the victims, their relatives, and their communities. However, victims have initiated coping strategies and mobilized communal trajectories in searching for justice. This ...
Ecology and mobility of golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) in and between small degraded fragments in South Bahia Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
New Mobility, Activity Patterns and Car-Light Lifestyles Ghent University
New mobility options and the increased availability of smartphones and digital payments have increased available travel options. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted activity patterns and travel choices, for example through the increased adoption of remote/hybrid work. Prof. Circella plans to investigate this changing transport landscape and (1) the way new mobility, e.g. carsharing, ridehailing, and bike-/e-scooter-sharing, also ...
‘Successful’ Women of the Transnational Field: Gender and Social Mobility among Sierra Leonean Women in Europe KU Leuven
The research project aims at analysing gendered strategies and performances of social mobility in contexts of migration, based on the practices of Sierra Leonean women who live in Europe and who are part of wider transnational networks. The main hypothesis is that gender impacts the type of strategies that women deploy in order to access social mobility in migratory contexts, as well as the way they insert and position themselves within ...
Cooperation agreement between Hasselt University and VITO in the context of a doctorate with title: "Health effects of active mobility: cardiovascular advantages and risks of accidents and air quality" Hasselt University
Researching a fundamental methodology, KPIs and guidelines for integration of innovative ICT services in the care and welfare sector Ghent University
Our environment is becoming U+2018smarterU+2019 Many objects, products and services both for personal and non-personal use are being taken to a next level due to the integration of ICT-functionalities. This allows these products and services to collect information of the context they are used in, and to communicate, adapt and act on this information. These ICT-enabled smart services have been contributing to the migration of many ...
Photo, voice and culture: towards a new understanding of the relationship between narratives and images collected in collaboration with international students KU Leuven
Photovoice is a participatory action research that involves participants as co-researchers throughout the research process, with the objectives to empower the participants and change their current conditions. It is a widely applied visual methodology among vulnerable populations. Researchers engaging with photovoice encounter many challenges on the level of ethics. The ethical issue of protecting the privacy and confidentiality of the ...
The five first words. Multilingual cities in Switzerland and Belgium and the grammar of language choice in public space. KU Leuven
This project studies how unacquainted persons spontaneously engage in interaction in multilingual cities in Switzerland and Belgium. In consequence, it investigates language practices in present-day, urban environments. Officially multilingual cities, such as Fribourg (Switzerland) and Brussels (Belgium), have received extended attention with regard to how language policies are locally implemented. Little is known, however, about how people ...
Emotion language in context: A longitudinal, multi-modal investigation of meaning-making in everyday life and its association with expertise and well-being KU Leuven
Some people are more skilled than others in how they understand and experience emotion: they have greater expertise in emotion. These individuals have better mental, physical, and relational well-being because they make emotional meaning that is context-specific and tailored to the situation at hand, helping them to regulate and cope in healthier ways. Language is a key means of gaining insight into emotional meaning-making. However, research ...