Elective Egg Freezing (EEF) provides women with the possibility to delay childbearing and still have a genetically related child. This project aims to contribute ethnographic insights from India - an Asian lower-middle-income country ...read more
This research project strives to fill the research gaps concerning three bodily-related controversies (baring the right shoulder, sitting in a leisurely position while eating, and shaving the hair) discussed inside Buddhist ...read more
This project examines conviviality as an everyday practice of bridging religious and cultural difference from the perspective of Muslim minorities in Belgium. It aims to reveal the modalities in which ...read more
The project investigates the fundamental philosophical and ethical concepts that influenced Kauṭilya and their impact on the social and political realm as reflected in the treatise “Arthaśāstra” (1- 2nd cent. ...read more
This project examines conviviality as an everyday practice of bridging religious and cultural difference from the perspective of Muslim minorities in Belgium. It aims to reveal the modalities in which ...read more
This project aims to examine multiperspective narratives in contemporary media—novels, movies, and video games—through the lens of cultural and transmedial narratology. More specifically, I intend to foreground their experiential effects, ...read more
Mahayana Buddhism has its own viewpoints on sexuality, birth, death, and religious practices. Some topics have been discussed extensively, such as “Buddhist perspectives on same-sex marriage”, “Buddhist attitudes toward the ...read more
Several innovations in health care disrupt the traditional model of de doctor-patient relationship and exchange more specialized and qualitative medical care for more accessible or cheaper care. Examples include the ...read more
Families with parents of Advanced Parental Age (APA) are becoming more and more common; a trend that has raised serious concerns for several reasons. APA is typically advised against as ...read more
My postdoctoral research in Egypt (2016-2019, 2023, 2024) focused on religious and non-religious identities, family structures, and intergenerational negotiations of Islamic norms. The monograph innovatively highlights the intimate spaces of ...read more