Projects
Adaptation of and research on the usability of the Impact TOS questionnaire on children and adolescents within a school context among children of low socioeconomic status and/or multilingual background HOGENT
Acute effects of park characteristics on mental health among older adults with a low socio-economic status Ghent University
This project aims to examine acute effects of park characteristics on mental health among low socio-economic older adults. Three studies will be conducted to assess acute mental state using mobile EEG while walking through the park: 1) observational study, 2) natural experiment, 3) virtual experiment. Recommendations will be formulated to optimize future park renovations for promoting healthy ageing.
The buffering effect of individual and community level social capital in the relation between socio-economic status and health Ghent University
Quantitative study of the buffering effect of social capital (both at the individual and the community level) on the detrimental health effects of individual poverty and/or neighborhood deprivation. Hereto, data will be collected on respondents’ socio-economic status, social capital and health using questionnaires, external databases and key-informant-interviews.
Neighborhoud Environmental and Socioeconomic Correlates of Health Enhancing Physical Activity and Overweight among Adults in Nigeria Ghent University
(1) A study on cross-cultural adaptation and validation of internationally used questionaires (the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF), the Physical Activity Neighborhood Environment Scale (PANES) and the Neighborhood Environemnt Walkability Scale (NEWS) in Nigeria; (2) A population based cross-sectional study to determine the associations between outcomes (physical activity, and overweight status), and environmental ...
Validating the application of a first-in-class human serum-functional immunodynamic status (sFIS) assay as bona fide immuno-oncology biomarker KU Leuven
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.