Projects
Visualising and measuring the role of industrial relations in addressing gender equality KU Leuven
VIRAGE aims to study how industrial relations and social dialogue can shape progress towards the achievement of gender equality in Europe. Given that gender equality is a multifaceted concept, encompassing many dimensions, VIRAGE considers several aspects of gender equality related to the labour market, such as earnings, work-life balance, occupational or sectoral segregation, discrimination, and sexual harassment at the workplace. VIRAGE ...
The Role of 'Digital Super Peers' in Gender and Sexual Identity Achievement Among Adolescents KU Leuven
Adolescence is a crucial phase for the exploration and achievement of gender and sexual identity. During this period, parents, peers, but also the media can act as important socialization agents who shape norms and values. In particular, digital environments offer unique opportunities to turn to media personae, so-called ‘super peers’, who can serve as role models and information sources regarding gender and sexual identity in a way that is ...
Successfully mainstreaming gender in EU development cooperation and the role of the EU, the partner country and civil society: a best and worst cases analysis. University of Antwerp
Temperament and harmful behaviors: the role of gender and anger coping styles. KU Leuven
Harmful behaviors represent a public health concern for both clinicians and society. Temperament, defined as individual differences in emotional reactivity and regulation, can impact propensity to harmful behaviors and, likewise, the outcomes of anger coping styles such as anger internalization and externalization. Individual problems experienced with anger coping styles can affect vulnerability to harmful behaviors. Although temperament, ...
The role of local government associations in promoting gender mainstreaming KU Leuven
This research aims to contribute to support the capacity building of the local government association ANCB and its Belgian development partner VVSG on gender mainstreaming. This research relies on two data collection processes: 1/identifying good practices in other similar (African) local government associations and 2/providing methodological support to the local government association ANCB on gender mainstreaming support to municipalities. ...
Men’s health behavior and wellbeing obstructed: The role of gender identification and precarious manhood in three domains. KU Leuven
It has been well documented that men have a shorter life expectancy and a higher suicide rate than women, and there is preliminary evidence that traditional masculinity norms may be linked to such health and wellbeing risks. However, most health researchers have examined these issues from a clinical perspective and not much is known about the underlying social psychological mechanisms that may account for such outcomes. This project aims to ...
Succesfully mainstreaming gender in Eu development cooperation and the role of the EU, the partner country and civil society. a best and worst ases analysis. Ghent University
The research seeks to which factors contribute to successful gender mainstreaming of EU development aid by analysing best and worst-case practices. The first hypothesis focuses on factors related to the preferences and intrests of the EU; the second hypothesis concentrates on internal political and goverance factors in the partner wountry; and the third hypothesis expolres the role of civil society.
Climate Change Adaptation, Development and Gender in The Southern Coast of Bangladesh: Exploring the Role of Social Innovation in Enabling ‘Sustainable Adaptation’ KU Leuven
Climate change is a global challenge that has severe social implications in all places. Coastal territories and communities have been recognized to be especially vulnerable to climate change due to their fragile ecological and social features, land-sea interactions, and a frequent risk of natural hazards. On top of climate risks, inhabitants of these areas also face poverty and social exclusion, poor and unsustainable governance, political ...
Decentring without recentering: rethinking Member States' role in shaping a decentred European foreign policy through the cases of gender and religion Ghent University
Over the past decades, the European Union (EU) has suffered from an evident bias, defining itself as an
actor bearing a ‘mission civilisatrice’ towards ‘the Rest’. However, it has become increasingly evident that
the EU has to face the challenges of understanding and re-defining its role as no longer ‘at the centre’, but
also acknowledging the historical and colonial legacies which are the direct product of a formerly ...