Projects
Getting closer? A longitudinal study assessing adolescents' self-disclosure and social capital formation in social network sites. University of Antwerp
Neighborhoods and welfare of people. The interaction between social cohesion and individual social capital to explain personal wellbeing. Ghent University
The central aim of the present research is to explore further the impact of neighbourhood organizational (e.g. collective efficacy and neighbourhood social support) and disorganizational processes (e.g. social and physical disorder) on well-being, in addition to the influence of individual aspects of social capital.
Refinements of social capital idea. Causes, processes and statistical methodological issues in social network analysis. Ghent University
Towards a better understanding of inter-minority attitudes, secondary transfer effects, and their contribution to perceived social capital Ghent University
Although intergroup attitudes are among the most pervasively studied topics in social psychological literature, empirical attention for inter-minority attitudes has hitherto remained rather scant. To address this notable lacuna, the central goal of the present proposal is to expand the underdeveloped inter-minority attitudes literature in three important ways. Firstly, we aim to improve the conceptualization and measurement of inter-minority ...
Turkish and Maroccan entrants into the Flemish labour market: the role of social capital Ghent University
This research wants to explain the quantitative and qualitative lag of Turkish and Maroccan entrants into the Flemish labour market by the structural inequality of accessed and used social captial in searching a job.
Capital Market Effects of Information Dissemination on Social Media. University of Antwerp
Examining online/offline social capital and its association with online/offline risk behaviors, both at the individual and neighborhood level Ghent University
Today, social capital is not limited to face-to-face contacts, but also includes social networks online. The present project focuses on the association between online/offline social capital and online/offline risk behaviors, both at the individual and neighborhood level. Therefore, longitudinal data about socio-economic characteristics, social capital and risk behaviors will be collected among 2400 inhabitants of 60 neighborhoods in Ghent.
Ethnic minorities on the labour market: the role of social capital Ghent University
The central aim is to examine the role of individual social capital in explaining the quantitative and qualitative disadvantages of ethnic minorities on the Belgian labour market. In the first part, we examine to what extent there are ethnic differences in social capital. In the second part, we investigate whether these differences contribute to the disadvantaged positions of ethnic minorities on the labour market.
The buffering effect of individual and community level social capital in the relation between socio-economic status and health Ghent University
Quantitative study of the buffering effect of social capital (both at the individual and the community level) on the detrimental health effects of individual poverty and/or neighborhood deprivation. Hereto, data will be collected on respondents’ socio-economic status, social capital and health using questionnaires, external databases and key-informant-interviews.