Projects
Affirming Affirmative Action: A Capability- Complemented Affirmative Action KU Leuven
Affirmative action policies which prioritize the needs of certain groups in a non-equal way are in need of re-definition due to present economic, social and political circumstances. This project aims to uncover a normative foundation for affirmative action policies that can be appealed to in the effort to reform these policies in India, which are currently based on caste and creed. We start with an investigation into the legitimacy of ...
Transnational companies and local politics. Hybrid governance in mining concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Ghana. University of Antwerp
European foreign policy and hybrid actors in the Middle East and North Africa: a pragmatist decentring approach KU Leuven
This dissertation starts from the observation of a puzzling phenomenon in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), being a distinct set of ‘non-state actors’ fulfilling functions conventionally thought of to be provided by states. These actors are not internationally recognized as state actors, yet their capacities overlap with Weberian (with its formal institutions, authority and monopoly on use of violence) as well as functional conceptions ...
Investigation of the construction of integrating world views Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(1) The construction of a model of the world: research ...
Empowering the poor or protecting the powerful? Externally induced reforms and agency of local actors. A case-study on land dynamics in Rwanda and Burundi. University of Antwerp
Evidence in International Human Rights Adjudication Ghent University
Evidence is at the heart of adjudication, and adjudication at the heart of the international protection of human rights. Yet evidence in international human rights (IHR) adjudication has never been comprehensively studied. Benefiting from the support of highest-level figures in the relevant institutions, DISSECT is a ground-breaking research programme which will capture the evidentiary regimes in place in the worldU+2019 three regional human ...
Righting Victim Participation in Transitional Justice - VictPart Ghent University
The question of how to serve justice, facilitate peaceful transitions and empower victims of past large-scale abuses is about as old as the field of transitional justice (TJ) itself. Increasingly, academics and practitioners are turning to participatory approaches as a promising way to make advances regarding these issues. An oft-cited benefit of victim participation in TJ processes is that it allegedly increases the legitimacy of these ...
Righting Victim Participation in Transitional Justice Ghent University
The question of how to serve justice, facilitate peaceful transitions and empower victims of past large-scale abuses is about as old as the field of transitional justice (TJ) itself. Increasingly, academics and practitioners are turning to participatory approaches as a promising way to make advances regarding these issues. An oft-cited benefit of victim participation in TJ processes is that it allegedly increases the legitimacy of these ...