Projects
Free time of young people in migration Ghent University
This research project addresses the call for research into leisure activities among young people in migration, as issued by the Agency for Socio-Cultural Work, Department of Youth. The project call focuses on both the perspective of the young people and that of other actors involved, and wishes to answer questions such as how much free time young people in migration have, what they expect, to what extent these young people find a suitable ...
Fashionably Late? Economic growth and time awareness in early modern Europe (Antwerp & Amsterdam, 16th-18th century) University of Antwerp
Just in time! Using personal and contextual data to stimulate healthy behavior through adaptive interventions: Theoretical framework, technological building blocks and empirical evidence. University of Antwerp
“La Révolution des Temps”: revolutionary languages and politics of time in the Austrian Netherlands and the Dutch Republic (1780-1790) Ghent University
This project will study chronopolitics in the political languages of the pamphlets and the opinion press in the Austrian Netherlands and the Dutch Republic (1780-1790). We define “chronopolitics” as the relation between perspectives on time and their impact on political discours and policy-making. A study of this “politics of time” will yield new insight in the political culture and intellectual history of the Low Countries.
No time to lose: Towards the creation of a thorium-based nuclear clock and a new era of ultra-high precision spectroscopy with radioactive isotopes. KU Leuven
Perspicio: To Look At, Through and Beyond the Picture Plane KU Leuven
This Research by Drawing uses linear perspective in the reconstruction of Proto-Renaissance (hence pre-perspectival) painted space, in such manner that the act of drawing becomes a re-observation of as well as a dwelling in the unlocked imaginary world that exists behind the canvas. Drawing (by hand) and reading drawings is harnessed as a way of exploring other works and, thereupon, the idea of space and how we look at it. ...
Middle Childhood Attachment From a Cognitive Perspective: The role of interpretation processing biases KU Leuven
Over the years, attachment theory has demonstrated its importance for understanding relationships between children and caregivers and the impact of such relationships on future adjustment. Attachment experiences are stored in the Internal Working Model (IWM). Children who receive consistent responsive care are likely to develop a secure IWM. In contrast, those who lack responsive caregivers, most likely develop an insecure IWM. Recent ...