Projects
Development, implementation and pilot-testing of a gamified E-learning platform for the improvement of (motor)cycling knowledge & skills of Vietnamese adolescents Hasselt University
Cultural difference and social belonging: The formation of social ties and identities in intercultural interactions and networks KU Leuven
Belonging denotes the social grounding of people’s sense of self in their relationships with others. This process connects critical individual outcomes - such as (poor) health, (under)achievement, civic (dis)engagement - to the social environment. As our social world is becoming increasingly culturally diverse, a lack of belonging of (some) cultural minorities causes public concern, and there is an urgent need to better understand the ...
Problematic of dropout and school reintegration of girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1960 to 2010. KU Leuven
School dropout is a process that leads a young person in initial education to break away from the training system until he or she leaves school before graduating. This stall is a clear social problem that appeals to parents, teachers, managers and political leaders alike. It is often apprehended as a female problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo; since they are statistically more likely to drop out of high school than boys. Hence, this ...
Road safety in an international and digital era. Hasselt University
The use of online personal narratives to improve adolescents' coping with psychological distress. University of Antwerp
An ethnographic study on everyday practices of ethnic discrimination in Flemish secondary schools. University of Antwerp
Evaluation of the Permanent Education Program for Bus Drivers. University of Antwerp
D-PAC: from research project to spin-off. University of Antwerp
Understanding the reciprocal associations between adolescents’ social media use and alcohol: A multimethod approach KU Leuven
Accumulating evidence indicates that adolescents’ use of social networking sites (SNS) is associated with alcohol consumption. The current project extends this line of research in important theoretical, empirical, and methodological ways. First, building upon models such as the reinforcing spirals model (Slater, 2007), the differential susceptibility to media effects model (Valkenburg & Peter, 2013) and the prototype willingness model ...