Projects
The Social Anthropology of Security Practices and Conflict Dynamics in Central African Civil Wars Ghent University
This project investigates the socialization processes that (re-)configure (violent) security practices occurring in Central Africa. It aims to understand how these are shaped between community members and armed groups on one side but also to study how they impact on eastern Congo, a region characterized by insecurity and inter-community tensions, coupled with the involvement of foreign armed groups.
EM-POLITE: How to get the most out of your e-mail? An experimental study exploring the impact of im/politeness, social status and gender on our responses to e-mail communication. Ghent University
In the current context of globalization, a significant part of our daily
communication happens online, and the first communicative
exchange creating a new relationship often occurs via e-mail. E-mails
are widely used because of their speed and efficiency, but they lack
information available face-to-face, such as intonation, facial
expressions, gestures. This makes it challenging to adapt our e-mails
to our ...
Growing Utopias: Social Innovation and Transformation through Urban Gardening KU Leuven
With a growing share of the population living in urban areas, there is a growing need for sustainable urbanization with consideration extending beyond the market to both the environment and socially inclusive institutions. Socially innovative citizen led urban gardening contributes to societal transformations by the introduction of alternative utopian visions on the city. This project aims to examine the nature of these socio-political ...
Legal Standards for Online Social Networks: Case Study of Data Interoperability. KU Leuven
Understanding political change from the Margins: Social and Environmental Justice in Morocco and Tunisia. Ghent University
This sets out to explore the complex interplay between political transformation, (economic) globalization and contentious politics from the margins in Morocco and Tunisia. By using the margins as a lens, the project contributes to the existing debates in three academic fields: development studies, (post-)democratization studies and social movement theory (SMT).
'Sketches from Flemish life'. Forms of Exemplarity and the Construction of Social Minds in Hendrik Conscience's Novels of Manners. University of Antwerp
Promotion of physical, mental and social well-being in young people through organized sport clubs in Flanders. KU Leuven
Trade unions and environmental movements: towards a common Just Transition? Ghent University
Trade unions and environmental movements have long been diametrically opposed. Recently, the movements seem to have found each other in the Just Transition concept. Although Just Transition is often presented as a consensus for "leaving no one behind" in the energy transition, Just Transition is nevertheless not as uncontroversial as is often suggested. Indeed, Just Transition is characterised by tensions between environmental and equity ...
Evaluating Some Hypothesized Cultural and Evolutionary Functions of Music: A Study of Young Children KU Leuven
Theoretical reflections on the evolutionary adaptive functions of music are abundant in literature. However, concrete evaluations of the proposed functions are scarce. This dissertation aimed to evaluate some of the many evolutionary functions that have been attributed to human music. These functions can be evaluated either directly or by testing their underlying assumptions. In this dissertation both methods were employed.
A first ...