Projects
PhD scholarship in quantitative longitudinal analysis of social protection - Social protection as an investment in capabilities and human rights KU Leuven
This PhD project is embedded in the Re-InVEST.be project (2020-2024). The research will focus on the link between social protection, housing and health. Key research questions in all three areas will relate to accessibility and adequacy of rights, as well as the (mutually reinforcing) effects of social (dis)investment on the ‘beings and doings’ of households and individuals. The research will also include an evaluation of existing policy ...
International expertise on decent work and social protection to support the preparation of a new thematic portfolio on Social Protection in Central Africa. KU Leuven
The objective of this assignment is to provide expertise during the development of the new thematic portfolio in the area of decent work and social protection. The expertise will advise the preparation team at Enabel on innovative strategies based on Belgian and international good practices, and will provide input and feedback on actions and opportunities identified.
Vade-mecum of common EU indicators agreed in the context of the Open Method of Coordination on Social Protection and Social Inclusion. University of Antwerp
Eastern European welfare regimes within Social Europe. A comparison of the architecture and social adequacy of the income protection of the elderly in three Eastern European countries. University of Antwerp
Changing work, changing incomes: designing a responsive social protection system for all (CHANGE). University of Antwerp
Changing work, changing incomes: designing a responsive social protection system for all - CHANGE KU Leuven
The COVID-19 pandemic once again underlined the fundamental role played by welfare states in protecting household incomes from exogenous shocks. Still, preliminary analyses show that specific groups, such as those in flexible employment, independent workers and students, were not sufficiently covered, and this in spite of large extensions of social protection in developed welfare states. While this inadequate coverage became highly visible ...
Literature review of options for international financing mechanisms for social protection University of Antwerp
Changing work, changing incomes: designing a responsive social protection system for all KU Leuven
The COVID-19 pandemic once again demonstrated the vital role social security plays in safeguarding people’s livelihood in the face of major disruptive shocks. Yet preliminary analysis also suggests that some groups were not sufficiently covered. While the problem of inadequate social protection coverage became highly visible during the COVID19 disruption, it is part of a broader problem that developed welfare states need to confront head-on. ...
The accessability of social protection systems in Flanders for people of no fixed abode. KU Leuven
Homeless people are a vulnerable group, whose fundamental social rights are not always realized, even though the right to a dignified life is enshrined in law both at an international level and within Belgium. This right includes the right to housing, social assistance, social security, and health care. The homeless find it more difficult to access these fundamental social rights, for reasons among others related to legislation and ...