Projects
Housing and environmental quality in Social Housing Districts in Flemish central cities. HOGENT
The connection between government presence and local social quality. An investigation in the neigbourhouds of four Flemish cities Ghent University
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.
‘There is no inclusion without exclusion’. 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
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.
Screening, quality and inspiration tool for welfare and education actors for the roll-out and implementation of an integral cooperation in supporting children in socially vulnerable families at school. HOGENT
Meals at school: food quality of lunch boxes and accessibility of school meals for children and young people in socially vulnerable situations Ghent University
Th aim of the research is:
Organization of a steering committee for cooperation and coordination around this project
- Application for ethical approval and recruitment of schools and parents
- Registration of the contents of the lunch boxes and analysis of the collected data
- Mapping of strategies/interventions at home and abroad regarding the accessibility and availability of school meals for people in socially ...
Analaysis of relations between “Equality of Life Chances” and “Early Childhood Care and Education”, as foundations for social justice and human development: the case study of Mauritius Ghent University
The research looks at relations between Equality of life chances and early childhood care and education. It explores how normative interpretations of equality shape early childhood policies, through a review of
contemporary egalitarian philosophy as well as through discourse analysis of international organisations. In addition a case study on Mauritius is conducted through quantitative analyses of a longitudinal database.
Quality indicators of quality of life and care for people with cognitive problems, including dementia mainly and staying in a nursing home. KU Leuven
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
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 ...