Projects
Celebrity activism: An Empirical Study of the Co-operation between Social Movements and Flemish Celebrities. University of Antwerp
Development and Human Rights in the 'Second World'. Christian NGOs and Social Movements towards the Opening of the East, 1980s-1990s. KU Leuven
The end of the Cold War and the fall of state Socialism in Eastern Europe in 1989-1991 inspired a lot of reactions in Western European societies. More specifically, the opening of the East attracted hundreds of Western European NGOs, development workers, and experts to Central and East Europe. Church-linked and Christian-inspired organizations - ranging from Pax Christi to trade unions and Third World solidarity groups - played a prominent ...
Development and Human Rights in the 'Second World'. Christian NGOs and Social Movements towards the Opening of the East, 1980s-1990s. KU Leuven
Towards a non-essentialist understanding of social change. How citizen platforms affiliated with the 15M movement are transforming urban space in Spain Ghent University
Since the local elections in 2015, citizen platforms affiliated with 15M are actually governing in many big cities and hundreds of towns throughout Spain. With this project, I will investigate how these citizen platforms intervene in the production of urban space (in Madrid and Barcelona) to challenge dominant political-economic configurations and implement alternative political projects.
Towards a non-essentialist understanding of social change. How citizen platforms affiliated with the 15M movement have transformed urban space in Spain. Ghent University
Since the local elections of 2015, citizen platforms affiliated with 15M (have) governed in many big cities and hundreds of towns throughout Spain. Focusing on Madrid and Barcelona, I investigate how these citizen platforms have intervened in the production of urban space to challenge dominant political-economic configurations and examine their efforts to implement alternative political projects.
Tituli honorarii: honorary monuments. Comparative and social research on the epigraphic habit on the Italian peninsula, the western provinces and Asia Minor. Ghent University
Monumental commemorative monuments form the basis of epigraphic research, shedding new light on aspects of Roman society, such as social mobility. Did the degree of romanization in the provinces ensure an imitation of the model? The influence of provincial subcultures will be investigated. Attention is paid to the social stratification and mobility within the provinces and the relationship to the Roman model of society.
Occupation & City: The Proto-Urbanism of Urban Movements in Central São Paulo KU Leuven
Central São Paulo is concurrently the site, subject and in part the incessantly provisional product of myriad occupations. This project inquires whether and how such occupation practices perform instances of a latent proto-urbanism, considering the manifold ways in which they interact with the architecture of the city. Operating on the intersection of urbanism and anthropology, the project seeks coming to terms with the vicissitudes of the ...
Elucidating psychological and social risk factors for low back pain in highly physically active adolescents: a case study in female pre-professional dancers. University of Antwerp
The rise of mass consumption in Belgium (1945-1989): the social and political construction of affluence. Ghent University
This project highlights mass consumption in the Keynesian welfare state as the outcome of negotiations. Three types of social movements are investigated: the Association des Consommateurs, the co-operative movement and new social movements such as Anders Gaan Leven. By looking at institutional structures, discourses and actions, these intermediaries between citizen and state are put in a new perspective, thereby re-evaluating the first era of ...