Projects
Co-creating complementary forms of welfare support across faith-based organisations and secular welfare state institutions (SOLIGION). University of Antwerp
Co-creating complementary forms of welfare support across faith-based organisations and secular welfare state institutions (SOLIGION). University of Antwerp
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 ...
Structure, Institutions, and Governance in Agricultural Cooperatives: A Quantitative Analysis of Efficiency, Productivity, and Welfare Effects in Ethiopia KU Leuven
One of the most intensively discussed concepts in the international political debate today is the concept of sustainability. According to the Brundtland Commission, sustainability means that current generations should meet their needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. On the one hand, the impact of agriculture on the environment is a matter of public concern, on the other hand, agricultural growth ...
How are social divides produced in contemporary European labour markets? A macro-micro-macro study of the impact of labour market policy, employment and welfare institutions on workers working conditions and job quality KU Leuven
This is the first study investigating the interaction of macro- and micro-forces producing social divides in contemporary European labour markets by using a macro-micro-macro research model. Social divides are defined as differences in working conditions and job quality of different groups of workers. The research project consists of several steps. Firstly, by using latent class analysis social divides are uncovered. Secondly, country-level ...
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
Research into the collaboration between private collectors/private collection management institutions and (semi)public cultural heritage institutions in Flanders. University of Antwerp
Welfare deservingness and welfare policy. New perspectives on popular deservingness opinions and their interaction with welfare state policies KU Leuven
In present times of ‘permanent’ austerity, in which various structural challenges -such as globalization, population ageing and mass migration- continue to threaten the financial sustainability and social legitimacy of modern welfare states, the issue of welfare deservingness is again high on the political agenda. Despite the considerable progress made in recent years by a growing body of research trying to improve our understanding of the ...
Equality, proportionality and the duty of care in animal welfare law - One Biology, one welfare - one law KU Leuven
The research is concerned with the animal's position in society, using the concept of 'One Welfare', which focuses on the interaction between the welfare of animals, human beings and their environment. 'One Welfare' is considered to be an extension of the 'One Health' theme, with which it partly overlaps. The last few months it has become even more clear that the health and welfare of human beings cannot be seen separately from the health and ...