Projects
Context, intergroup threats and contact as determinants of prejudice toward immigrants KU Leuven
Prejudice toward immigrants remains widespread in Western multi-ethnic societies. So far, the majority of studies investigated prejudice toward immigrants from either the individual level or the contextual level as viewed from one discipline. In this dissertation, I take an interdisciplinary and multi-method approach to examine how (perceptions of) the social environment contribute to intergroup threat and contact that subsequently have an ...
Beyond Borders, Through Frames: Exploring inclusive methods of producing animation (with humor) as a tool to generate awareness and representation with stories from and by immigrants KU Leuven
This PhD proposal delves into the utilization of animation and humor as powerful tools for spotlighting immigrant stories while exploring the filmmaking process to be more inclusive and accessible. It encompasses the creation of an animated short film, underpinned by a commitment to decolonial and inclusive practices from conception to distribution.The blend of theory and practice, alongside my filmmaking expertise, the research promises a ...
In-between Identities: generation 1.5 in Moroccan immigrants’ literature in Spain Ghent University
In recent years, migration has become one of the defining features and preoccupations of European societies and a prominent literary theme. During the 1970s and 1980s, Spain experienced a wave of Moroccan migration that peaked at the beginning of the 1990s. Representations of Moroccan immigrants in Spanish media and literature have tended to be negative, shaped by a long history of tension between the two countries going back to al-Andalus, ...
In-between Identities: generation 1.5 in Moroccan immigrants' literature in Spain. University of Antwerp
In-between Identities: generation 1.5 in Moroccan immigrants’ literature in Spain. Ghent University
In recent years, migration has become one of the defining features and preoccupations of European
societies and a prominent literary theme. During the 1970s and 1980s, Spain experienced a wave of
Moroccan migration that peaked at the beginning of the 1990s. Representations of Moroccan
immigrants in Spanish media and literature have tended to be negative, shaped by a long history of
tension between the two countries going ...
Immigrant's integration in several EU and non-EU countries: a time-use approach Ghent University
Levels of integration of immigrants in the EU and in non-EU countries such as Canada and the United States represent a key topic in research aiming to understand deviations and elaborate policy actions. The EU-funded TIMEUSE project will study the integration of immigrants by applying a new approach based on the amount of time immigrants and natives spend on daily activities. It will explore the differences between immigrants and natives, ...
Political Rights Beyond Citizenship. An Inquiry into the Moral Bases of Immigrants' Political Entitlements KU Leuven
The idea of differential political rights for citizens and denizens (defined non-citizen residents), is normatively undertheorized within the political philosophy of migration, despite its salience in political debate and political praxis. Denizens do not enjoy the rights and benefits of citizenship, nor are they in most cases expected to discharge the burdens and obligations associated with citizenship. In contrast, barring felony, citizens ...
Socio-economic rights differentiation between citizens and immigrants KU Leuven
This research tackles rights differentiation as a way to attenuate the pressure put by large scale labor migration on the welfare state and the prospects of native workers. It examines and evaluates mid-way possibilities between closed borders and renouncing the welfare state, by drawing on and balancing new normative demands of our contemporary reality: a) novel interests of temporary migrants and b) a fair distribution of burdens among host ...
Should Immigrants Have Fewer Language Rights and Socio-Economic Rights Than Citizens? An Enquiry Into The Moral Bases of Denizens’ Linguistic and Socio-Economic Entitlements KU Leuven
Immigrants are generally thought to be entitled to fewer language rights than citizens, whose longsettled languages almost universally receive more official recognition. More recently, the idea has appeared both in the academic literature and in the public debates in European and North-American states that immigrants might likewise be entitled to fewer socio-economic rights. Should immigrants really have fewer rights than citizens? What, if ...