Projects
A quantitative, longitudinal study of the development of and relationship between perceived racism, oppositional school cultures and educational outcomes and wellbeing for native Belgian and Turkish and Moroccan minority students Ghent University
This quantitative, longitudinal research project focuses on the one hand on the development of racism and anti-school cultures and on the other hand on the relationship between perceived racism, oppositional school cultures and educational outcomes and wellbeing for native Belgian and Turkish and Moroccan minority students.
How do different schools deal with cultural diversity and (why) does it matter for achievement gaps? KU Leuven
Many countries face severe ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in education. Combining recent insights from educational sciences and social-cultural psychology, this project formulates a novel route to understand and tackle these disparities - a route that studies how a school’s diversity model (SDM; i.e., approach to diversity) impacts achievement via psychosocial mechanisms at the teacher and pupil levels. Specifically, we aim to identify ...
Changing leaders, changing times? A description and analysis of leadership practices at upper-school level in secondary school clusters in Flanders. KU Leuven
In part 1 we report on a systematic review of the literature on ...
Is biculturalism a resource or hindrance for minority school achievement? A multi-method approach KU Leuven
In light of debates over multiculturalism and evidence of minority disadvantage, we examine when biculturalism (identifying with both minority and majority cultures) promotes minority school achievement. Asking how biculturalism meshes with the prevailing multicultural climate, Study 1 tests when bicultural identity helps or hinders minority performance across schools and societies with different diversity attitudes (CILS4EU in Sweden, UK, ...
Teacher and school characteristics associated with selfregulated learning practices in primary education: a multidimensional approach Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Frankfurt School meets Phenomenology: Walter Benjamin and Husserlian Thought KU Leuven
The centennial of the Frankfurt School in 2023 will be an excellent opportunity to take stock of its academic legacy. The present project starts from the assumption that the early Frankfurt School was first and foremost a philosophical movement. It reconstructs the position of one of its most prominent members, Walter Benjamin, in a crucial philosophical debate of his time: the debate with Husserlian phenomenology. The project combines a ...
Teaching in the bed of Procrustes – Effectiveness of gender-sensitive strategies with regard to academic achievement, school retardation, unqualified drop-out, the motivation to learn and the aspirations of youngsters in secondary education. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A cross-national study on risk and protective factors for minority stress, mental health and school achievement among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning students Ghent University
The proposed project will focus on the experiences of LGBTQ students, namely students who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB), who have a gender identity that is different from their biological sex (Transgender), who refuse traditional notions of dichotomous identities, e.g., female-male or heterosexual-LGB (Queer), or who question their sexual identity (Questioning). Research demonstrates that LGBTQ youth are more vulnerable to compromised ...