Projects
Cannabis Social Clubs’ presence, ties, and practices within the European Union Ghent University
This study focuses on a particular model for the supply of cannabis: Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs). CSCs are an intermediate, non-profit model, which rely on in-house growers to cultivate the cannabis that is distributed among CSCs’ adult members. CSCs have first emerged in Spain, but can be found in many other European countries today, although little is known about their features and the ties among them. Drawing on a mixed methods design, ...
Is the tail wagging the dog? Comparative study on the influence of social media on traditional media coverage of political events (TAILWAGSDOG). University of Antwerp
The fifth estate or an echo chamber of the fourth estate? The impact of social media on sourcing practices and agenda-setting in journalism. University of Antwerp
The Legal Anatomy of the Social Market Economy. Framing Supplementary Pensions in EU Competition and Internal Market Law KU Leuven
For more than thirty year, the legal relationship between social protection, competition law and the EU internal market has proven to be an uneasy one. In the EU, it was generally assumed that social protection in all its areas, is primarily a State prerogative, whereas competition law focuses on the conduct of private undertakings. One of the most controversial aspects is how the EU economic constitution — in particular the competition and ...
Research social value/impact World cycling championship 2021 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Towards an empirical methodology in the research on social musical expericiences Ghent University
The development of an empirical methodology and statistical analysis methods in the research on music and movement, using wireless motion sensors, will be the main forus in this research project. More specifically the impact of a social, interactive context on music perception in children and adolescents will be investigated.
Social security, territoriality and the principle of assimilation. An exploration of the outer limits of the principle of non-discrimination. Ghent University
The new principle of assimilation prescribes the equal treatment of facts in the assessment of the social security position of migrants in the European Union. This project aims to unveil the obscurities surrounding the scope and application of this principle, as well as its incidence on national social security schemes and the European coordination thereof.
The social dimension of European citizenship Ghent University
The research analyses the impact of European citizenship on the national systems of sociale protection. More specifically, attention will go to the legal implications of its role as the key to national solidarity mechanisms, the protection against 'welfare shopping', the possibilities for a future European legal framework and the significance for the competency and legitimacy of the European Union.