Projects
Subsidiary social provision before the welfare state. Political theory and social policy in nineteenth-century Belgium KU Leuven
This study is about the origins of the Belgian welfare state; more specifically, about both the policy origins and the ideological origins of the Belgian welfare state. The historical origins of the Belgian modern welfare state are often traced back to the introduction of social insurances in national legislation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. However, this legislation only confirmed a system that had ...
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
Towards a balance in the new welfare state: dynamic comparison of the social security systems in five leading European countries and their performance in terms of old and new social risks. University of Antwerp
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
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.
Welfare systems and labour market policies for economic and social resilience in Europe KU Leuven
Four megatrends - technological transformations, globalisation, climate warming and demographic changes - reshape labour markets, redefine opportunities and risks, and pose new challenges for welfare states in the EU. WeLaR aims to fill knowledge gaps about these processes by pursuing two main goals: (i) provide a comprehensive and comparative diagnosis of the effects on megatrends on labour market risks and challenges for welfare states; ...
SOLIGION: Co-creating complementary forms of social support across faith-based organisations and secular welfare state institutions KU Leuven
Our project sets out to produce better forms of collaboration and more complementary forms of solidarity between faith-based (including humanistic) organisations (FBOs) and secular welfare state institutions (WSIs). It does so by 1° examining the dynamic interaction between FBOs and WSIs in an interdisciplinary way and through a multi-method approach and 2° the co-creation by both FBOs and WSIs of new practices of solidarity and social ...
Researching the role of social work in the non-take-up of welfare rights: a retrospective analysis of the pathways of people in poverty Ghent University
Although people in poverty are formally entitled to welfare rights, recent research shows that they
often do not take up these rights in practice. Hence, this research project aims to acquire thorough
insights in the complex processes at play in the (non-)take-up of welfare rights in situations of
poverty and to examine the role of social work in this context. The project builds on three basic
premises: (1) it captures ...