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
Scholarship on the no-self (anātman) doctrine in Buddhism has predominantly focused on the Indian context, often overlooking significant variations within the history of Chinese Buddhism. This may due to scholars’ ...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
The research proposal aims to explore the extent to which Palestinian agency can be exercised through art in a restrictive context and how it facilitates the expression of political ...read more