Projects
Peace and discipline. A study in political theory on peace education in international politics: the North-Atlantic region (1945-2007). University of Antwerp
The emancipatory elasticity of islam: the relation between divine authority, cultural authenticity, and human emancipation in the political discourse of Egyptian muslim intellectuals Ghent University
My doctoral dissertation encompasses an inquiry into the current politicization of Islam, through the study of the role of authority, authenticity, and emancipation in the contemporary discourse of Muslim intellectuals in Egypt. I disclose theh political-semiotic process, a phenomenon which turns traditional, religious signs into vehicles for modern meanings, such as human rights, secularisation, democracy, and emancipation.
Solidarity and religion in a modernizing and post-secular context: an historical, politico-philosophical and sociological analysis. University of Antwerp
The interplay among household decision-making, gender relations and climate change adaptation policies. Evidence from a quasi-experimental impact study in the Morogoro region, Tanzania. University of Antwerp
RELIGION AND IMAGINATION: ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD LITERATURE KU Leuven
European and Global History of Religion KU Leuven
Since my original appointment I reoriented my research from Christian and international labour movements in the twentieth century to long-term global history, ‘decentering’ the European perspective, with religion as main focus. This path-breaking approach allows to question and re-evaluate standard interpretations on a wide range of subject. In this respect I published a historical essay with a decentering perspective on ideas about European ...
Decentring without recentering: rethinking Member States' role in shaping a decentred European foreign policy through the cases of gender and religion Ghent University
Over the past decades, the European Union (EU) has suffered from an evident bias, defining itself as an
actor bearing a ‘mission civilisatrice’ towards ‘the Rest’. However, it has become increasingly evident that
the EU has to face the challenges of understanding and re-defining its role as no longer ‘at the centre’, but
also acknowledging the historical and colonial legacies which are the direct product of a formerly ...