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How are social divides produced in contemporary labour markets?A macro-micro-macro study of the impact of European variants of labour market policies, industrial relations and welfare institutions on the working conditions, job quality and social rights o KU Leuven

Valeria Pulignano
Centre for Sociological Research
The study investigates the interaction of macro- and micro-forces producing social divides in contemporary European labour markets, defined as differences in working conditions, job quality and social rights of different groups of workers. It uses quantitative and qualitative approaches in a complementary way to address different aspects of the same research question i.e. how are social divides produced in contemporary European labour markets. ...

The connection between government presence and local social quality. An investigation in the neigbourhouds of four Flemish cities Ghent University

Carl Devos
Department of Political Sciences

The central question this research this research project wants to answer concerns the relationship between the fysical presence of goverment in people's living invironement and the quality of social life. During the project a measuring instrument for goverment presence will be developed. The quality of social life will be measured using objective and subjective data.

U+2018There is no inclusion without exclusionU+2019. Examining high quality and inclusion in early childhood education and care from the perspectives of policy makers, social work professionals and parents of young children. Ghent University

Michel Vandenbroeck
Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy

This research project examines the ways in which high quality can be realized in social work practices in early childhood education and care for (poor) families with children. A specific interest goes to the principle of progressive universalism. A multilevel analysis on macro-, meso- and microlevels, including the meaning-making of policy makers, social work professionals and parents, is used.



Quality indicators of quality of life and care for people with cognitive problems, including dementia mainly and staying in a nursing home. KU Leuven

Chantal Van Audenhove
LUCAS - Centre for Care Research and Consultancy, Academic Center for General Practice

The Flemish government supports and facilitates the quality policy of Flemish residential care centers. The Flemish residential care centers provide the instruments that support their internal quality policy with the Flemish housing care centers. The residential care centers have since 2013 registered a number of themes that are being processed into quality indicators about "quality of care and safety" (eg decubitus, fall incidents) and about ...

The role of managers in social work: uncovering their ideology and its meaning for social work. Ghent University

Michel Vandenbroeck
Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy

For the last few decades, the role of managers in social work has increased in unprecedented ways. It has been argued that they are now at the helm of social work and influence the quality of social work delivery. In doing so, their leadership styles as well as their ideology (i.e. perception on the use of discretion) seems to play a pivotal role. To date, we can gain insight into their
leaderships styles by building on research from ...

“Caring is sharing”: Creating a holding environment of quality relationships between the home and the facilitated group-home for children with extensive support needs. KU Leuven

Bea Maes
Parenting and Special Education, Clinical Psychology
The proposed PDM project handles the issue of sharing the care for children or adolescents with severe or profound intellectual disabilities (SPID), in which care is shared between the home environment and the facilitated group-home as care contexts. Though a number of valid reasons could be given to choose for a (part-time) transition to a facilitated group-home, this transition is still major for both the parents and their children with SPID. ...

The development of alternative design blueprints for social economy sites aiming for a (more) inclusive economic participation within an urban(ized) environment (the so-called IEP-sites) University of Antwerp

Nathalie Vallet
Henry van de Velde
The project proposal aims at the development of strategic-spatial design blueprints for urban IEP-sites. The acronym IEP stands for the ultimate goal or ambition, being an inclusive i.e. a (more) complete and high quality participation of socially deprived or vulnerable urban citizens. As the blueprints present alternative choices for (types) of IEP-sites, they are very useful for and applicable by the policy makers of local governments.

Return migration: longitudinal research on factors influencing the migration processes, experiences and quality of life of returning migrants to South Caucasian republics Georgia and Armenia Ghent University

Ilse Derluyn, Eric Broekaert
Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Department of Special Needs Education

This study's aim is determining the factors influencing the objective and subjective "quality of life" of migrants returning to their country of origin. For this purpose two groups of returnees will be followed during a longer period, questioning them before their return to the country of origin, some months after return and one year after the return.

Caught in the Crossfire. A Study of the Quality of Political Debate on Democratic Legitimacy KU Leuven

Sofie Marien
Centre for Political Research
While it is claimed repeatedly that political debates in the media have coarsened over time with detrimental effects on the democratic legitimacy of a political system, little effort has been made to investigate this. This project offers a theoretical innovation by the development of a framework to systematically think about the quality of debates between political leaders in the media and its effect on democratic legitimacy. Original data will ...