Projects
Language Ideologies in Scientific Discourses on Content & Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): A Sociolinguistic and Discourse Analysis. Ghent University
Via comparative quantitative and qualitative analyses I investigate language ideologies in scientific discourses on CLIL. To this end, I determine (i) how CLIL has been defined and promoted in scientific discourses; (ii) to what extent the genre of key scientific discourses on CLIL is ‘hybrid’.
A critical discourse analytic-approach to public and media discourses on genetically modified crops and food in Asia. University of Antwerp
Negotiating Group Identities in a Multicultural Society. Case: The Role of Mainstream Media, Discourse Relations and Political Alliances in Germany KU Leuven
This research on media portrayals of (ethnic/religious) minorities encompasses the fields of media sociology, media effects, political communication, multiculturalism, populism in the media and politicized uses of collective identities. It compares the political discourse (Bundestag plenary protocols) with the mainstream discourse (mainstream press) in Germany over the sample period of 2009-2015, and scrutinizes a ...
The realization of satirical discourse in 17th century translations (1641-1645) of Spanish satirical fiction KU Leuven
The purpose of this study is to investigate the creation of the satirical discourse in Dutch translations of Spanish satirical narrative prose texts from the peak period 1641-1645, a time when translations prevailed over local literature in the Dutch Republic. Spanish picaresque and satirical prose texts remained present throughout the 17th century, at the end of which the Spanish model can be found in local literary prose texts (Leemans, ...
Extremist Discourse and Sectarian Incitement in the Digital Era KU Leuven
Amid the extensive use of digital media platforms by extremist groups operating in war-torn countries like Syria and Iraq, the discourse of such organizations is believed to have incited sectarian confrontations among diverse components of the society and to have contributed to the escalation of violence and the deterioration of living conditions at the heart of the Middle East. Major extremist religious organizations that emerged in the ...
Challenging Crossroads: A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Intersections of Race, Gender, Class, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Ensuing Discursive Counterreactions in Female Apartheid Narratives Ghent University
Between 1948 and 1994, the National Party installed the apartheid regime in South Africa, based on the communicating vessels of racism and sexism, which permeated the entire country and its inhabitants. Its discriminatory effects were not only tangible for darker skinned people, but also for women, people of the lower class, ethnic minority groups and persons with a sexual orientation diverging from the heteronormative ideal. When two or more ...
Doing restorative justice in intercultural contexts: An alternative discourse of justice and security KU Leuven
The dissertation explores critically the potential and the limits of the restorative justice discourse in addressing conflicts in intercultural contexts in Europe, as an alternative discourse on both justice and security. The exploration revolves around two main questions: 1. How can we conceptualise the application of restorative justice at a range of community-based and social conflicts?; 2. How can ...
"Moi les hommes, je les déteste": Misandry as a literary discourse. University of Antwerp
(De-)politicization strategies in the European Union: An Actor-Centered Comparative Study of Public Discourse on EU Policies KU Leuven
This doctoral thesis conceptualizes what an act of (de-)politicization in the public sphere looks like and shows how this can be detected empirically through a claim-level (de-)politicization index – the first of its kind in the field. This approach is applied to a database of EU policy evaluations (claims), in the media of six Member States (Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Denmark). The aim is to explore avenues which theoretically ...