Despite growing societal awareness of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, the impact of linguistic factors in selection procedures remains underresearched, especially in the Dutch-speaking context. This research project focuses ...read more
Even in the past, broad social categories like status played a crucial role in language variation and change. However, language use is also linked to the existence of more locally ...read more
Over the course of a four-year research project, we will collaborate with the Belgian National Crisis Center to explore how Belgian citizens can be more effectively informed about emergency situations ...read more
Drawing on News Translation Studies, this project focuses on the understudied translational and human factors in news production in modern-day Bulgaria, a country ideologically situated between East and West. Examining ...read more
Chiquitano/Bésɨro and Guarayo are two communities in Bolivia that share a history of forced migrations and, to this day, face linguistic and cultural erasure. However, they adopted opposite survival strategies: ...read more
For governments across the world today, ensuring population well-being is one of their core tasks. This project - a collaborative initiative between the universities of Ghent, Stellenbosch, and the Western ...read more
This dissertation investigates the significance, characteristics, evolution, and hermeneutics of the doctrine of “non-self” (Skt. anātman; Ch. wuwo 無我) in Ming Dynasty Buddhism, focusing on the influential monk Zibo Zhenke ...read more
Since 1945, Belgium has participated in a long series of military operations abroad, including peacekeeping and peace-enforcing missions under the auspices of the UN or NATO, but also bilateral or ...read more
In the decades leading up to passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920 granting American women the vote, three Norwegian immigrants had surprising roles in ...read more
Analysis of the representations of feminism in AI-generated visuals. Preparation of an edited volume on AI-generated visuals (Routledge, december 2025)read more