Projects
Stratification and social inequality in Italy and Lugdunum. A comparative qualitative epigraphic analysis of the class structure, power relations and social struggle between municipal status groups during the Principate. Ghent University
Romans meticulously described their social position, but modern researchers often use general categories treating humiliores as an undifferentiated 'class'. We want to investigate 'status groups' from local Italian municipalities and the relationships between them and compare them with material from Lugdunum. How are power relations, competition and violence connected with 'class' and hierarchy? We will use concepts from P. Bourdieu.
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
Towards unraveling the complexities of social relations of adults with a disability in ambulatory support services. Personal Network Stories as a pathway to intervention. KU Leuven
Earlier research demonstrates the great importance of social relations for adults with a disability. Healthy interpersonal relationships and social inclusion are found to have a positive influence on several domains such as individual and family quality of life (e.g. Buntinx & Schalock, 2010; Munikanan et al., 2017) and better physical and mental health (e.g. Ehsan et al., 2019; Umberson & Montez, 2010). Adults with an intellectual ...
Being Human: Exploring the Social Relations between Humans and Intimate Technological Others in Everyday Life KU Leuven
Everywhere we go, we are confronted with, guided by and welcomed by ever more interactive technologies that are not only occupying a physical space around us, but also a significant place in our hearts, minds and bodies. This thesis argues and empirically demonstrates that our sense of self and social rituals are being impacted by technologies that are not just tools, but veritable Others with different agential capacities. That is, people ...
Industrial relations and social dialogue to kick-in inclusive adult learning KU Leuven
I SKILL is a research project to study how industrial relations and social dialogue can drive progress in adult learning in the EU. It will look at how these can support universal right to adult learning and ensure that all workers can exercise this right through access to quality learning opportunities during the green and digital transition. The project will provide comparative knowledge on how industrial relations and social dialogue ...
Social relations through consumer practices. Well-to-do households in Antwerp, second half 17th - first half 19th century. University of Antwerp
Social relations and consumer activity of the Antwerp elite (17th-18th century). University of Antwerp
Community, Control and Commons. Access to Land, Use Rights and Social Power Relations in the Belgian Ardennes between 1750 and 1900 Ghent University
This research project aims to reassess historiographical debates on shifting power relations in rural
communities during the transition period 1750-1900, when village communities were gradually
incorporated into modern society in Western Europe. The ambition of this project is to approach
these shifts by analysing social property relations, which appear at the heart of power struggles
between and among local actors, ...
Structural Equation Modeling and the Social Relations Model: challenges arising from a longitudinal study assessing dynamics in stepfamilies Ghent University
Stepfamily members affect each other’s thoughts and feelings and gradually establish as such stepfamily relationships. Using a design in which all members report on their relationships with all other members at three occasions, the Social Relations Model allows to study whether individual, relation-specific or family effects steer the development of stepfamily relationships and how these sources evolve over time.